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Blue Skies

  • 19461946
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
1.4K
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Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Joan Caulfield, and Billy De Wolfe in Blue Skies (1946)
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  • Comedy
  • Musical
  • Romance
An ex-dancer and New York radio star narrates his love story for a band singer who loved a self-centered man who was unable to commit to his nightclub business or his family.An ex-dancer and New York radio star narrates his love story for a band singer who loved a self-centered man who was unable to commit to his nightclub business or his family.An ex-dancer and New York radio star narrates his love story for a band singer who loved a self-centered man who was unable to commit to his nightclub business or his family.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
1.4K
YOUR RATING
  • Directors
    • Stuart Heisler
    • Mark Sandrich(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Arthur Sheekman(screenplay)
    • Allan Scott(adaptation)
    • Irving Berlin(based on an original idea by)
  • Stars
    • Fred Astaire
    • Bing Crosby
    • Joan Caulfield
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  • Directors
    • Stuart Heisler
    • Mark Sandrich(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Arthur Sheekman(screenplay)
    • Allan Scott(adaptation)
    • Irving Berlin(based on an original idea by)
  • Stars
    • Fred Astaire
    • Bing Crosby
    • Joan Caulfield
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 31User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 2 nominations total

    Videos1

    Blue Skies
    Trailer 1:45
    Blue Skies

    Photos31

    Fred Astaire does a climatic jump during his "Puttin' on the Ritz" number for the 1946 movie "Blue Skies."
    Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby in Blue Skies (1946)
    Bing Crosby, Dick Earle, and Clark Eggleston in Blue Skies (1946)
    Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, and Olga San Juan in Blue Skies (1946)
    Fred Astaire and Olga San Juan in Blue Skies (1946)
    Fred Astaire, Jean Aloise, Carol Andrews, Maxine Ardell, Joan Caulfield, and Janice Cameron in Blue Skies (1946)
    Fred Astaire, Jean Aloise, Carol Andrews, Maxine Ardell, Dorothy Barrett, Grace Davies, Dorothy Dayton, Eileen Dixon, Virginia Duffy, Olga San Juan, Dolores Cole, Charlene Arnold, and Janice Cameron in Blue Skies (1946)
    Fred Astaire, Joan Caulfield, and Jimmy Conlin in Blue Skies (1946)
    Billy De Wolfe in Blue Skies (1946)
    Lucy Knoch in Blue Skies (1946)
    Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby in Blue Skies (1946)
    Will Wright in Blue Skies (1946)

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    Fred Astaire
    Fred Astaire
    • Jed Potteras Jed Potter
    Bing Crosby
    Bing Crosby
    • Johnny Adamsas Johnny Adams
    Joan Caulfield
    Joan Caulfield
    • Mary O'Haraas Mary O'Hara
    Billy De Wolfe
    Billy De Wolfe
    • Tonyas Tony
    Olga San Juan
    Olga San Juan
    • Nita Novaas Nita Nova
    Mikhail Rasumny
    Mikhail Rasumny
    • Françoisas François
    Frank Faylen
    Frank Faylen
    • Mackas Mack
    Victoria Horne
    Victoria Horne
    • Martha - Mary Elizabeth's Nannyas Martha - Mary Elizabeth's Nanny
    Karolyn Grimes
    Karolyn Grimes
    • Mary Elizabeth Adamsas Mary Elizabeth Adams
    Jean Aloise
    • Danceras Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Carol Andrews
    Carol Andrews
    • Dollyas Dolly
    • (uncredited)
    Maxine Ardell
    • Danceras Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Charlene Arnold
    • Flapperas Flapper
    • (uncredited)
    Gene Ashley
    • Danceras Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Valmere Barman
    • Danceras Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Jackie Barnett
    • Danceras Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Dorothy Barrett
    Dorothy Barrett
    • Showgirlas Showgirl
    • (uncredited)
    Herman Belmonte
    • Danceras Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Stuart Heisler
      • Mark Sandrich(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Arthur Sheekman(screenplay)
      • Allan Scott(adaptation)
      • Irving Berlin(based on an original idea by)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Ever the perfectionist that he was, Fred Astaire spent a grueling 5 weeks rehearsing his dance routines for the "Puttin' On the Ritz" number's challenging and most irregular rhythmic tempo.
    • Goofs
      At the beginning of the movie, which is just after World War I, the Crosby character tells the De Wolfe character to do his Frankenstein routine. The Frankenstein character he does is based on Boris Karloff's 1931 version which some ten years or so in the future. At that time in the movie Frankenstein was just a creature in Mary Shelly's book.
    • Quotes

      Jed Potter: Song and Dance Man.

      Johnny Adams: Song and Dance Man, that's right.

      Jed Potter: He didn't remember it then, how could he know it now?

      Johnny Adams: Oh, get out, I bet I could do it right now, the whole thing.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Dick Cavett Show: Fred Astaire (1970)
    • Soundtracks
      A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody
      Words and Music by Irving Berlin (1919)

      Sung by Fred Astaire

      Danced by Fred Astaire, Joan Caulfield, chorus

    User reviews31

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Following the trend of Crosby leading ladies.
    For the second and last collaboration of Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, and Irving Berlin, Bing and Fred needed all of their collective charm and talent to make this one work.

    Bing and Fred play the same type roles in this as in Holiday Inn. Fred's the ambitious partner of an act who wants to get to the top of the show business ladder. Bing just wants to work at the trade and go through life with the least responsibility possible. Of course they fall for the same girl as in Holiday Inn and at Paramount in the 1940s who do you think winds up with the girl?

    But the real star of this film is the music of Irving Berlin. This time Paramount gave Crosby and Astaire technicolor and it's put to good use with some great numbers. Astaire does two classic dance numbers with Putting on the Ritz and Heat Wave. Crosby gets two big budget numbers with Everybody Step and C-U-B-A, the latter nicely paired with Olga San Juan.

    Previous reviewers found Joan Caulfield as the object of affections performance weak. Maybe so, but she's following a trend of Crosby leading ladies who are nice girls swept up by the Crosby song and charm. It wasn't until Jane Wyman did those two films with Bing that he got a leading lady with real spirit. Sometimes Bing didn't even get the girl.

    The hit song here was You Keep Coming Back Like A Song which was a recurring theme. It got Oscar nominated, but lost to Judy Garland's train excursion On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe.

    Billy DeWolfe also does a nice comic turn and we get his famous Mrs. Mergitroid act which he did in nightclubs.

    Though the plot is thin who cares when you can see Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire at their very best.
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    5
    • bkoganbing
    • Jun 28, 2004

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    • Release date
      • October 16, 1946 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Blau ist der Himmel
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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