In 1880, Osawkie, Kansas is feuding with rival town Mandaroon over which will be county seat, keeping the town's men away from home most of the time. The last straw is when Matt Davis feels...
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| Jeanne Crain | ... | Liza McClure | |
| George Nader | ... | Matt Davis | |
| Kitty Kallen | ... | Katy Connors | |
| Bert Lahr | ... | Job McClure | |
| Mamie Van Doren | ... | Birdie Snyder | |
| Keith Andes | ... | Rev. Peter Maxwell | |
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Kathleen Case | ... | Tilda Bean |
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Paul Gilbert | ... | Roscoe Dobbs |
| Tommy Rall | ... | Alf Connors | |
| Edna Skinner | ... | Cassie Slater | |
| Jimmy Boyd | ... | Newt McClure | |
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Cousin Emmy | ... | Cousin Emmy (as Cynthia May Carver) |
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The Midwesterners | ... | Western Band |
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Ward Ellis | ... | Zachary Bean |
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Mary Marlo | ... | Sarah 'Ma' McClure |
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In 1880, Osawkie, Kansas is feuding with rival town Mandaroon over which will be county seat, keeping the town's men away from home most of the time. The last straw is when Matt Davis feels compelled to go on a new foray on his wedding night; his bride Liza (just call her Lysistrata) takes teacher Cassie's advice and organizes a marital strike to make the men-folk stop their nonsense. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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square dance | teensploitation | male female relationship | teenager | shop owner |Taglines:
THE SINGIN' DANCIN' SAGA OF THOSE KANSAS CALICO DAYS!(original posters-all caps) See more »Parents Guide:
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14 November 1955 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Das gibt es nur in Kansas See more »Filming Locations:
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Written by Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer
Sung by Kitty Kallenand Danced by Tommy Rall
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HOW LONELY CAN I GETWritten by Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer
Sung by Kitty Kallenand Danced by Tommy Rall
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That's a typical couplet from this Universal musical, a rather desperate attempt to cash in on MGM's success with "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers." It hews to that formula very closely: Take an ancient myth ("Lysistrata" instead of "Rape of the Sabine Women"), set it out West, write a plot-specific score (in this instance, by many hands), and cap it with lots of athletic choreography (by Lee Scott, who's no Michael Kidd, but that is, admittedly, a high bar). George Marshall, by now something of a Western musical veteran, having just wrapped "Red Garters," directs briskly, and it's an interesting cast. Neither George Nader nor Jeanne Crain could sing, both are dubbed, but both sure were pretty. Kitty Kallen, a popular recording artist at the time who didn't have much luck with movies, has one nice ballad. The always wonderful Tommy Rall, inexplicably eighth-billed, does some astounding leaps. Keith Andes, too hunky to be playing a priest, gets to sing a song, one of those pseudo-religious mid-'50s things, while chopping down a tree, and winds up with Mamie van Doren. Bert Lahr clowns, Paul Gilbert gets a big specialty number, Jimmy Boyd squeaks, and the story gets spun out decently enough. It's another enterprising mid-'50s musical, trying to keep a fading genre alive. Is it good? Not very. But fun? You bet.