My Dream Is Yours (1949)

An agent must search for a new personality to replace a popular singer who refuses to renew his radio contract. He finds one in the form of a single mother, but complications soon occur.

Directors:

Michael Curtiz, Friz Freleng (uncredited)

Writers:

Harry Kurnitz (screenplay), Dane Lussier (screenplay)

Stars:

Jack Carson, Doris Day, Lee Bowman

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jack Carson	...	Doug Blake
Doris Day	...	Martha Gibson
Lee Bowman	...	Gary Mitchell
Adolphe Menjou	...	Thomas Hutchins
Eve Arden	...	Vivian Martin
S.Z. Sakall	...	Felix Hofer
Selena Royle	...	Freda Hofer
Edgar Kennedy	...	Uncle Charlie
Sheldon Leonard	...	Fred Grimes
Franklin Pangborn	...	Sourpuss Manager
John Berkes	...	Customer at Green Room
Ada Leonard	...	Ada Leonard
Frankie Carle	...	Frankie Carle
Mel Blanc	...	Bugs Bunny / Tweety (voice)

Storyline

Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace Garry. In New York, he finds Martha Gibson, a single mother with a great voice. He arranges for her to move to Hollywood, but then has a problem trying to sell her to the show's sponsor. Doug tries every trick he can think of to make Martha a star, and as the two work more closely, he falls in love with her. Complicating matters further is when Martha meets and becomes attracted to Garry.

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Plot Keywords:

bourbon whiskey | champagne | brown derby restaurant | camp | singer | 

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Taglines:

Warner Bros.' Love-Time Musical!

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Music | Musical | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

After nearly 10 years, Harry Warren, on loan from MGM, returned to write new songs for a Warner Bros. musical.(Ralph Blane was the lyricist.) For old time's sake, the score interpolated three Harry Warren standards for Doris Day to sing: "Nagasaki," lyrics by Mort Dixon; "I'll String Along with You," original lyrics by Al Dubin, "lullaby" lyrics by Ralph Blane; and "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby," lyrics by Johnny Mercer. This film was a remake of Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934), which had featured, among the tunes by Warren and Dubin, "I'll String Along with You," sung first as a Dick Powell solo, then as a duet by Mr. Powell and Ginger Rogers. For her disc on Columbia Records, Doris Day teamed with Buddy Clark to croon "I'll String Along with You."

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Goofs

As Gary and Martha begin to sit in their booth following their duet at the Cocoanut Grove, the bottle of champagne is unopened and pointing away from the table and their glasses are empty. As the camera cuts to them sitting down, the bottle is opened, pointing towards the table, and their glasses are filled.

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Quotes

Doug Blake: [Doug has just sprung a little boy as an unexpected new roommate on Vi, whose apartment management does not allow children or pets] Vi, isn't he wonderful?
Vivian Martin: Yeah, cutest little lease-breaker I ever saw. Where's his mother?
Doug Blake: She's downstairs, she wasn't sure how you'd take this.
Vivian Martin: Yeah I'll bet.

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Connections

Referenced in The Twilight Zone: To Serve Man (1962)

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Soundtracks

Hooray for Hollywood
Music by Richard A. Whiting
Played during the opening sequence

User Reviews

Considerably Less Than the Sum of It's Parts, But What Parts!!

In the late forties Warner Brothers brought out three glossy Technicolor comedies with songs starring Jack Carson which served to introduce to an appreciative public the fresh-faced charm of the young Doris Day before she was a virgin. Ms Day had already been promoted to second billing by the time she made 'My Dream is Yours', which was the second, and by far the least, of this trio; which has a very thin storyline and at 101 minutes is frankly too long, but is so packed with goodies you'll still have a good time.

Even if you're not a fan of Doris's singing (my own favourite of her numbers in this film was the brief hula 'Nagasaki' number) there's Carson himself and a dream supporting cast including Eve Arden with a number of killer quips while wearing a number of killer outfits, Edgar Kennedy (in his last film), Franklin Pangborn, and even Bugs Bunny and Tweety Pie; although fourth-billed Adolphe Menjou (who gets less screen time than 'Cuddles' Sakall) is frankly wasted.

No expense seems to have been spared on the studio scenes, while the second unit have provided a fascinating record of the Los Angeles of the period (including the Brown Derby and Schwab's Drug Store), all in Technicolor!!

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 April 1949 (USA)

Also Known As:

My Dream Is Yours

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Michael Curtiz Productions, Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1