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Director:
David Miller
Writers:
Clare Boothe Luce (play)
Fay Kanin (writer) ...
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Release Date:
29 April 1957 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical | Romance more
Tagline:
M-G-M's FUN-FILLED GIRLIE SHOW -- WITH MUSIC! (original print ad - all caps) more
Plot:
Kay Hilliard, a former nightclub singer, married ten years and mother of a young daughter, is informed... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Actress June Allyson Dies at 88
 (From WENN. 11 July 2006)

Actress June Allyson Dies at 88
 (From WENN. 10 July 2006)

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Who's responsible for the musical score? more (30 total)

Cast

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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:117 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Perspecta Stereo | 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:K-16

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The picture marked Charlotte Greenwood's last feature-film appearance of 33 since 1915. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Toward the end where "Kay" says that she has had a year to grow claws, "Jungle Red!" She holds up her hands, but her nails are not red. When she arrives at the nightclub, still no red nails, but later - same evening, same nightclub - her nails are red. more
Quotes:
Go-fer: I'd give every cent I've got to be a millionaire. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Stage on Screen: The Women (2002) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Yellow Gold more

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Who's responsible for the musical score?, 18 September 2005
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Author: H3463 from United States

I recently saw this movie on the AMC Movie Channel. Who wrote the score for this movie? A better question would be who is responsible for planning who sings and who doesn't? June Allyson, a big MGM musical singing/dancing star sings a few incidental numbers but when they come to the big dreamy ballad of the film, her voice is dubbed. The only song worth listening to is a re-make of an earlier movie version of a June Allyson song titled "Young Man with a Horn". Also, why did the studio think that casting a good comedy actor like Dick Shawn as a singer in a show was a good idea? As for Joan Blondell, she might as well not have even been in the picture for all the screen time she had. What a waste of talented people!

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