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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Fred Astaire | ... | Josh Barkley | |
| Ginger Rogers | ... | Dinah Barkley | |
| Oscar Levant | ... | Ezra Millar | |
| Billie Burke | ... | Mrs. Livingston Belney | |
| Gale Robbins | ... | Shirlene May | |
| Jacques François | ... | Jacques Pierre Barredout (as Jacques Francois) | |
| George Zucco | ... | The Judge | |
| Clinton Sundberg | ... | Bert Felsher | |
| Inez Cooper | ... | Pamela Driscoll | |
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Carol Brewster | ... | Gloria Amboy |
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Wilson Wood | ... | Larry |
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Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful (though argumentative) musical-comedy team, yet Dinah chafes as Galatea to her husband's Pygmalion. When serious playwright Jacques Barredout envisions her as a great dramatic actress, Dinah is not hard to persuade. Written by Diana Hamilton <hamilton@gl.umbc.edu>
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USARelease Date:
1 September 1949 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
You Made Me Love You See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USAEdit
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(1949) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
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MGM Records issued a truncated sound track album in conjunction with the film's 1949 release, which, like In the Good Old Summertime (1949), was issued only on the 78rpm speed, with no ten-inch LP released. Only four numbers were included, leaving six omitted: "A Weekend in the Country," "Bouncin' the Blues," "Sabre Dance," "Swing Trot," "Manhattan Downbeat" and the Tchaikovsky concerto. Whereas In the Good Old Summertime (1949) was issued on LP in the 1950s, the long-out-of-print The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) would not find is way to LP until 1973. See more »Goofs
When Ezra goes to the theater to ask Dinah appear at the hospital benefit, Jacques calls her back to rehearsal and she says "Ill be there in a second JOSH" instead of Jacques. See more »Soundtracks
Natchez on the Mississippi(1949) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
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Another fluffy concoction from the Freed unit at MGM, this one most notable for the reteaming of Rogers and Astaire after a ten year break, with the usual mix of tunes and laughs. Full of the usual high jinks expected from the stars, the screenwriters and the creative team it's hard to resist...even if the polish can't completely cover all the cracks. When Fred and Ginger dance (again) to "They Can't Take That Away From Me" you just can't help but melt! Who could ask for anything more?