Oh, You Beautiful Doll (film)
| Oh, You Beautiful Doll | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John M. Stahl |
| Produced by | George Jessel |
| Written by |
Albert Lewis Arthur Lewis |
| Starring |
Mark Stevens June Haver S.Z. Sakall |
| Cinematography | Harry Jackson |
| Edited by | Louis R. Loeffler |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
Release dates |
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Running time |
93 minutes 2565.50 m (10 reels) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,950,000 (US rentals)[1][2] |
Oh, You Beautiful Doll is a 1949 musical film starring the musical queen June Haver and Mark Stevens. Co-stars included S.Z. Sakall, Charlotte Greenwood, and Gale Robbins.[3]
Plot
The film is a fictionalized biography of Fred Fisher, a German-born American writer of Tin Pan Alley songs. Tin Pan Alley promoter (Mark Stevens) turns serious composer Fred Breitenbach (S.Z. Sakall) into songwriter Fred Fisher. Fred Fisher is his assumed name in real life and Breitenbach is his birth surname. In the film, many Fisher songs were given a symphonic arrangement that was performed at Aeolian Hall. Among the Fisher songs heard were:
- Chicago
- Dardanella
- Peg O' My Heart
- Who paid the rent for Mrs. Rip Van Winkle? (1914) (1949) OCLC 49782832 OCLC 428700169
Cast
Leading actors
- Mark Stevens – Larry Kelly
- June Haver – Doris Fisher
- S.Z. Sakall – Fred Fisher aka Alfred Breitenbach
- Charlotte Greenwood – Anna Breitenbach
- Gale Robbins – Marie Carle
- Jay C. Flippen Lippy Brannigan
- Andrew Tombes – Ted Held
- Eduard Franz – Gottfried Steiner
Other cast
- Sam Ash – quartet
- Warren Jackson – quartet
- Donald Kerr – quartet
- Al Klein – quartet
- Frank Kreig – head waiter
- Nestor Paiva – Lucca
Uncredited cast
- Myrtle Anderson – cook
- Curt Bois – Zaltz
- Edward Clark – Cooper - desk clerk
- Tom Coleman – Policeman
- John Davidson – Davis - Steiner's secretary
- Sam Finn – minor role
- Joseph Forte – waiter
- Robert Gist – musician
- James Griffith – Joe - reporter
- Sam Harris – composer
- Eddie Kane – Charles Hubert
- Kenner G. Kemp – audience spectator
- Carl M. Leviness – composer (uncredited)
- Sidney Marion – minor role (uncredited)
- Marion Martin – big blonde
- Frank Mills – man in jail
- Eula Morgan – Madame Zoubel
- John Mylong – toastmaster
- William J. O'Brien – waiter
- Torchy Rand – Sophie - waitress
- Dick Rich – burly man in saloon
- Maurice Samuels – Italian
- Harry Seymour – Volk, nightclub M.C.
- Lester Sharpe – music store proprietor
- Ray Teal – policeman
- Phil Tully – desk sergeant
- Ray Walker – box office attendant
- Billy Wayne – reporter
- Robert Williams – police lieutenant
- Victor Sen Yung – houseboy
References
- ↑ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1950', Variety, January 3, 1951
- ↑ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 223
- ↑ Thomas M. Pryor (1915–2001), Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949), A Pleasant Musical From Fox, The New York Times, November 12, 1949
Video samples
- Chicago on YouTube, song by Fred Fisher, featuring June Haver
- Oh You Beautiful Doll on YouTube, sung by June Haver
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