Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "vaudeville"

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Somebody Loves Me *** (1952, Betty Hutton, Ralph Meeker, Robert Keith, Adele Jergens, Jack Benny) – Classic Movie Review 11,451

Writer-director Irving S Brecher’s 1952 Paramount Pictures film Somebody Loves Me stars fizzy Betty Hutton as vaudeville singer Blossom Seeley, who married her entertainer partner Benny Fields (Ralph Meeker), in this fairly pleasant, if soft-hearted […]

Aug, 05

Mother Wore Tights *** (1947, Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Mona Freeman, Connie Marshall) – Classic Movie Review 11,251

Betty Grable had been the reigning box office queen since the beginning of the 1940s, and scored her biggest triumph with director Walter Lang’s Technicolor musical Mother Wore Tights in 1947. This amiable story dissecting […]

May, 28

When My Baby Smiles at Me *** (1948, Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Jack Oakie, June Havoc, Richard Arlen, James Gleason) – Classic Movie Review 11,250

‘From Burlesque to Broadway!! 12 show-stopping song hits in the year’s hit-topping musical!’ Director Walter Lang’s 1948 20th Century Fox Technicolor musical film When My Baby Smiles At Me stars Betty Grable and Dan Dailey […]

May, 28

Say One for Me ** (1959, Debbie Reynolds, Bing Crosby, Robert Wagner) – Classic Movie Review 10,809

Robert Wagner supports Bing Crosby and Debbie Reynolds in the mix of comedy, musical and romance that is Say One for Me (1959). It was nominated for one Oscar: Best Music, Scoring of a Musical […]

Jan, 20

The Florodora Girl *** (1930, Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray, Walter Catlett) – Classic Movie Review 7954

The one-time ‘Queen of the Screen’ Marion Davies stars as New York chorus girl Daisy Dell the Florodora Girl, in the Gay Nineties – the 1890s, that is. Daisy’s married friends encourage her to reject her life […]

Dec, 29

Walking My Baby Back Home ** (1953, Donald O’Connor, Janet Leigh, Buddy Hackett, Lori Nelson) – Classic Movie Review 7266

A group of former World War Two American army buddies join together again to play jazz, starting a band, which flops so he joins Colonel Dan Wallace (George Cleveland)’s a minstrel show and falls for the Colonel’s […]

Jul, 08

Road to Utopia **** (1946, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour) – Classic Movie Review 6974

Director Hal Walker’s 1946 Road to Utopia is the fourth comedy film in the seven film ‘Road to …’ series, starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, filmed in 1943 but not released until 1946, Road to Utopia received an […]

Apr, 28

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