Playboy Charlie Hill meets beautiful Angela Bonfils, a mission house worker in the Bowery. He genuinely falls in love, so, dedicated to winning her over, Charlie cleans up his act and even g... Read allPlayboy Charlie Hill meets beautiful Angela Bonfils, a mission house worker in the Bowery. He genuinely falls in love, so, dedicated to winning her over, Charlie cleans up his act and even gets a job as a driver to impress her.Playboy Charlie Hill meets beautiful Angela Bonfils, a mission house worker in the Bowery. He genuinely falls in love, so, dedicated to winning her over, Charlie cleans up his act and even gets a job as a driver to impress her.
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- Mr. Currier
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- Bowery Bum
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- One of Frenchie's Girls
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- Supper Club Patron
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- Waltz Girl
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- One of Frenchie's Girls
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThere are two versions of Fred Astaire's "I Wanna be a Dancin' Man" number. The first was shot in front of a red curtain with Astaire in casual attire. MGM wasn't pleased with the costume, so they reshot the number in front of a different backdrop, with Astaire in a far more debonair suit. They then did a split-screen comparison of the two numbers; the side-by-side comparison demonstrated the technical precision of Astaire's dancing.
- GoofsDuring the "Currier and Ives" segment, Charlie Hill and Angela Bonfils are skating on a frozen pond in the "Winter" sequence. The refrigerant pipes for freezing the pond are visible under the ice in several shots.
- Quotes
Mrs. Phineas Hill: One moment, you worm. I might have known. All these checks I've written to Charles, five of them! Supposedly for his pet charities. Huh! Well, I'm through being charitable to everyone he pets.
- ConnectionsFeatured in That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
- SoundtracksWhen I'm Out With the Belle of New York
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Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Sung by chorus
So, what's wrong with Belle of New York? Acutually nothing. It was a fantasy and Astaire didn't feel to good about making a fantasy film. He admits in his autobiography that he believed that the film would play very well today. It was just the wrong timing, and here we go with the films that flop, like a bottle of wine, age with time and finally become the hit they should have in their initial release.
But, there are good songs and dance numbers. Once again, Anita Ellis ghost sings for Vera Ellen in "Naughty Butg Nice". Majorie Main is, well, Marjorie Main, but the dancing in the air over the city is a little much even for Fred Astair and at the end when he and Vera Ellen finally fall in love and dance over the city in the air, Astaire stated that he knew where they stood with this one when he and Vera Ellen are dancing in the air at the end and some woman watching the end said in earshot of Astaire, "Well, how silly can you get!" And Astaire said, "We then knew where we stood with this one!" But, he also said that even if the movie is a flop or not, at least you get paid, and how much did he admit to, "Once again, for making the film, I got a fortune!" It one of the That's Entertainment movies, Debbie Reynolds had us see how much of a perfectionist Astaire was by screening the different versions of "I Wanna Be A Dancin' Man" side by side, and in another That's Entertainment movie, Gene Kelly asked Fred Astaire, "Is it true that you once said that all you wanted to do was be a dancin' man, and Astaire said, "That's not true at all! I never said that!" And immediately, they played the number from "The Belle of New York"! But, Fred was right about one thing, the movie DOES play very well today, and is very entertaining. Once again, it was just too far ahead of its time and needed to age like a good bottle of wine! Guess what? It aged beautifully!
- joseph952001
- Jun 18, 2006
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- Skål för bruden!
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- Budget
- $2,563,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1