From the popular Broadway show, a musical adaptation Brandon Thomas's 1890's farce about an Oxford undergraduate posing as a classmate's aunt from Brazil--"where the nuts come from." ...
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| Ray Bolger | ... | Charley Wykeham | |
| Allyn Ann McLerie | ... | Amy Spettigue (as Allyn McLerie) | |
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Robert Shackleton | ... | Jack Chesney |
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Horace Cooper | ... | Stephen Spettigue |
| Margaretta Scott | ... | Dona Lucia | |
| Howard Marion-Crawford | ... | Sir Francis Chesney | |
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From the popular Broadway show, a musical adaptation Brandon Thomas's 1890's farce about an Oxford undergraduate posing as a classmate's aunt from Brazil--"where the nuts come from." Notable mainly for Frank Loesser's score and Ray Bolger's spectacular dance to "Once in Love with Amy."
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24 October 1952 (Finland) See more »Also Known As:
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(uncredited)
Written by Frank Loesser
Performed by the Ensemble
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Ray Bolger won Broadway's 1949 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for "Where's Charley?," a part he recreated in the film version. See more »Soundtracks
THE NEW ASHMOLEAN MARCHING SOCIETY AND STUDENTS' CONSERVATORY BAND(uncredited)
Written by Frank Loesser
Performed by the Ensemble
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I was only seven years old when my parents took us kids to see Where's Charley? I have never forgotten it or the song Once In Love With Amy which Ray Bolger sang. I was madly in love with Amy myself after we left the movie. I still remember the opening words, Once In Love With Amy and the melody they were sung to. I'd love to see this on DVD too. Why can't Hollywood get all these old movies out to DVD anyway? They are leaving gold buried in the vaults. What I mostly remember about the movie was the dancing Ray Bolger performed, although I don't remember Amy dancing or not, but I assume she did too. Too bad the IMDb contains no pictures of the actress who played Amy, Allyn Ann McLerie. I'd love to see what she looks like now, or then, so maybe I could understand why I fell in love with her when I was only seven.