My Blue Heaven (1950)

Betty Grable and Dan Dailey are a married song and dance team who cannot have children. The movie follows the travails as they try and adopt and keep the kids they adopt while performing on their TV show.

Director:

Henry Koster

Writers:

Claude Binyon, S.K. Lauren (story "Stork Don't Bring Babies")

Stars:

Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, David Wayne

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Betty Grable	...	Kitty Moran
Dan Dailey	...	Jack Moran
David Wayne	...	Walter Pringle
Jane Wyatt	...	Janet Pringle
Mitzi Gaynor	...	Gloria Adams
Una Merkel	...	Miss Irma Gilbert
Don Hicks	...	Young Man
Louise Beavers	...	Selma
Laura Pierpont	...	Mrs. Johnston
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harry Seymour	...	Undetermined Minor Role (scenes deleted)
Robert R. Stephenson	...	Undetermined Minor Role (scenes deleted)

Storyline

Radio star Kitty Moran, long married to partner Jack, finds she's pregnant, but miscarries. For a change, the couple turn their act into a series on early TV and try to adopt a baby, finally acquiring a girl in a somewhat back alley manner. Complications follow amid a series of musical numbers.

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Plot Keywords:

halloween costume | halloween song | doctor's office | doctor | radio show | 

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Genres:

Drama | Musical

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Certificate:

Approved

Did You Know?

Trivia

Third of four movies that paired Betty Grable and Dan Dailey.

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Goofs

During the Cosmo Cosmetics number, all of the monitors in the television control room are in color. Expensive color sets would never have been used in a real TV control room, and in fact weren't even available in 1950.

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Connections

Edited from Mother Wore Tights (1947)

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Soundtracks

My Blue Heaven
Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by George Whiting
Sung during the opening credits by Betty Grable, Dan Dailey and chorus
Danced by Betty Grable and Dan Dailey

User Reviews

Better than most "musicals." My childhood favorite.

The songs and dances are wonderful! Kitty and Jack are actors so when they sing/perform there are scenery and wardrobes that go along with the songs, making it less like an ordinary "musical." The story itself is modern and realistic even for the time (like someone else mentioned some of the things they say may have been considered "risque.") If you like old movies or musicals, I recommend you find a way to see this! You'll never get these songs out of your head, and you probably wont want to either. A classic!

I grew up watching this movie over and over again. I wish that I could find another copy but it seems impossible. :( If any decides to release it again, let me know!

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 December 1950 (Mexico)

Also Known As:

My Blue Heaven

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1