The Opposite Sex (1956)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

David Miller

Writers:

Clare Boothe Luce (play)
Fay Kanin (writer) ...

Release Date:

29 April 1957 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

M-G-M's FUN-FILLED GIRLIE SHOW -- WITH MUSIC! (original print ad - all caps)

Plot:

Kay Hilliard, a former nightclub singer, married ten years and mother of a young daughter, is informed...

Plot Keywords:

Divorce | Singer | Nightclub | Affair | Chorus Girl

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe.

Cast

June Allyson	...	Kay Hilliard
Joan Collins	...	Crystal Allen
Dolores Gray	...	Sylvia Fowler
Ann Sheridan	...	Amanda Penrose
Ann Miller	...	Gloria Dell
Leslie Nielsen	...	Steve Hilliard
Jeff Richards	...	Buck Winston
Agnes Moorehead	...	Countess D'Brion
Charlotte Greenwood	...	Lucy
Joan Blondell	...	Edith Potter
Sam Levene	...	Mike Pearl
Bill Goodwin	...	Howard Fowler
Alice Pearce	...	Olga
Barbara Jo Allen	...	Dolly DeHaven
Sandy Descher	...	Debbie Hilliard

Runtime:

USA:117 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Perspecta Stereo | 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-16

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

The picture marked Charlotte Greenwood's last feature-film appearance of 33 since 1915.

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.

Quotes:

Go-fer: I'd give every cent I've got to be a millionaire.

Movie Connections:

Version of Stage on Screen: The Women (2002) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Yellow Gold

Who's responsible for the musical score?

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!