The Stars Are Singing (1953)

Fifteen-year-old Katri Walenska jumps a Polish ship, swims ashore and enters New York illegally. The United States Immigration officials are alerted---the USA still had a functioning ... See full summary »

Director:

Norman Taurog

Writers:

Paul Hervey Fox (story), Liam O'Brien

Stars:

Rosemary Clooney, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Lauritz Melchior

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Rosemary Clooney	...	Terry Brennan
Anna Maria Alberghetti	...	Katri Walenska
Lauritz Melchior	...	Jan Poldi
Bob Williams	...	Homer Tirdell
Tommy Morton	...	Buddy Fraser (as Tom Morton)
Fred Clark	...	McDougall
John Archer	...	Dave Parish
Mikhail Rasumny	...	Ladowski
Lloyd Corrigan	...	Miller
Don Wilson	...	Radio Announcer
Otto Waldis	...	Ship's Captain Goslak
Henry Guttman	...	Ship's Mate
Paul E. Burns	...	Henryk, the Ship's Messboy
Freeman Lusk	...	Conway
Red Dust	...	Homer's Dog

Storyline

Fifteen-year-old Katri Walenska jumps a Polish ship, swims ashore and enters New York illegally. The United States Immigration officials are alerted---the USA still had a functioning immigration policy and department when this was filmed---and the search is on. Katri's only possessions are a ten-dollar bill and a letter to her parents' old friend, Jan Poldi, a former Metropolitan Opera star. She finds him in a shabby Greenwich Village apartment. His neighbors in the apartment house are three Broadway hopefuls; pop singer Terry Brennan, hoofer Buddy Fraser and Homer Tirdell and his talented dog Red Dust. (Pardon me, make that four Broadway hopefuls counting the dog.) When Terry hears Katri's magnificent singing voice, she scurries around New York to get her an audition and succeeds in getting her a spot on Don Wilson's televised amateur hour. She wins the contest but unwittingly reveals her true identity as an illegal alien, which causes the arrest of Poldi, Wilson and Dave, Terry's ...

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Plot Keywords:

dog | polish | illegal alien | opera singer | refugee

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Taglines:

New Talent...in TECHNICOLOR TOO!

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Genres:

Musical

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 May 1953 (France)

Also Known As:

Ein Lied, ein Kuß, ein Mädel

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This musical was Rosemary Clooney's film debut, two years after she had a big hit singing "Come-On-A-My-House", which she sings in this movie.

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Soundtracks

"My Kind of Day"
Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Sung by Anna Maria Alberghetti

User Reviews

It was a treat

I have but two impressions from this film: I saw it with my mother, at a premier showing in Los Angeles. Rosie was there in front of the screen, skinny legs and all, and threw up her arms and shouted, "I've been waiting a year for this!" as the opening titles flashed her name into view.

Ana Maria Alberghetti's singing was beautiful, but the director made such a closeup of her face as she sang, I remember only that her lips were flattened into a funny shape, and the mechanics of her singing overwhelmed all else.

And that's the truth.