Sincerely Yours (1955)

Tony Warrin has it all: a popular pianist who plays any style, he has money, great clothes, a penthouse overlooking Central Park, a rich blond fiancée, a loyal brunette secretary secretly ... See full summary »

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Writers:

Jules Eckert Goodman (play), Irving Wallace

Stars:

Liberace, Joanne Dru, Dorothy Malone

Cast

Credited cast:
Liberace	...	Anthony Warrin
Joanne Dru	...	Marion Moore
Dorothy Malone	...	Linda Curtis
Alex Nicol	...	Howard Ferguson
William Demarest	...	Sam Dunne
Lori Nelson	...	Sarah Cosgrove
Lurene Tuttle	...	Mrs. McGinley
Richard Eyer	...	Alvie Hunt
James Bell	...	Grandfather Hunt
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Diane Brewster	...	Girl at Carnegie Hall (scenes deleted)
Ray Montgomery	...	Mr. Neff (scenes deleted)

Storyline

Tony Warrin has it all: a popular pianist who plays any style, he has money, great clothes, a penthouse overlooking Central Park, a rich blond fiancée, a loyal brunette secretary secretly in love with him, and a date at Carnegie Hall. On concert night, disease deafens him. While medical science works on a cure, he must find other ventures. He learns lip reading and, using high-powered binoculars, eavesdrops on conversations in the park. When he finds people in need, he plays God, interceding with help. Meanwhile, his fiancée is falling in love with another man, his secretary quits, and his doctors give him new hope. Carnegie Hall and true love may be within reach.

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Plot Keywords:

manhattan new york city | carnegie hall manhattan new york city | new york city | based on play

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 November 1955 (USA)

Also Known As:

Eilikrina dikos sou

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

International Artists (II), Warner Bros

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color (Warnercolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Liberace made this as the first of a two-picture deal he had with Warner Bros. It did so poorly that Warners paid off the pianist rather than make a second film featuring him.

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Crazy Credits

Liberace is listed in the opening credits with the familiar ornate script of his official concert logo.

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Connections

Featured in The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982)

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Soundtracks

"Sincerely Yours"
Music by Liberace
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Performed by Liberace

User Reviews

So kittenish on the keys...

Would the radio ads of the day announced: '"LIBERACE: inSINCERELY YOURS" thus starting the thin edge of the wedge about his reputation? I wonder.....This film has a howling reputation in Australia. For some reason it is really well known with the over 45s who still today make jokes about it. There must have been one major TV moment in this Nation's history in about 1967 when the entire population - all ages - must have watched it on the same night . I did, all my school friends did, Granny, Mum and Dad all the Aunties and Uncles and even people from other TV stations did. Because the next week or so they made a big deal about showing 'the original' which is 1931 film THE MAN WHO PLAYED GOD with George Arliss and Bette Davis. and if we stayed up late on a Friday night and saw THAT we could compare the two. Somehow SINCERELY YOURS stained the nations psyche...and future film makers...just look at the demented campy musicals Australia has made in the last decade. One friend said once to me: "when I saw the apartment with those big rooms and that patio with the view, I thought this is what life was going to be like when we grew up." And it is true! we all did! It screened about the same time THE JERRY LEWIS SHOW made a debut on Oz TV. and of course weren't we all in for a disappointment when we grew up. I think SINCERELY YOURS should be reissued and made into an audience participation film like ROCKY HORROR or MOMMY DEAREST. Lush, camp and ridiculous. Great viewing. Almost all through as good as the fantastic scene in MIDNIGHT LACE when Doris Day goes mad on the stairs. She lets out some sort of wobbly primeval shudder and howl. Incredible! Well all of SINCERELY YOURS is like that except with Liberace leering and tinkling as well, and on a shag carpet, under a chandelier. Wow!