She's Back on Broadway
| She's Back on Broadway | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gordon Douglas |
| Produced by | Henry Blanke |
| Written by | Orin Jannings |
| Starring |
Virginia Mayo Gene Nelson Frank Lovejoy Steve Cochran Patrice Wymore Virginia Gibson |
| Music by | David Buttolph |
| Cinematography | Edwin DuPar |
| Edited by | Folmar Blangsted |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.9 million (US)[1] |
She's Back on Broadway is a 1953 musical comedy-drama film in WarnerColor. This is Virginia Mayo's last musical film. Her singing voice was dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams.[2] This was her unofficial follow-up to her 1952 musical hit She's Working Her Way Through College.[3]
Plot
When Catherine Terris's (Virginia Mayo) career in Hollywood hits the skids, she heads back to the site of her first great triumphs...Broadway! She takes the lead in a play which is being directed by Rick Sommers (Steve Cochran), the man who was both her Svengali and her lover. Sommers is still bitter that she walked out on him to become the toast of Hollywood years earlier. Can Terris and Sommers put aside their mutual animosity long enough to make a go of this production? After the way things start off, it doesn't seem likely.
Cast
- Virginia Mayo as Catherine Terris
- Gene Nelson as Gordon Evans
- Frank Lovejoy as John Webber
- Steve Cochran as Rick Sommers
- Patrice Wymore as Karen Keene
- Virginia Gibson as Angela Korinna
- Larry Keating as Mitchell Parks
- Paul Picerni as Jud Kellogg
- Nedrick Young as Rafferty
- Jacqueline deWit as Lisa Kramer
- Steve Condos as Specialty Dancer (as Condos)
- Jerry Brandow as Specialty Dancer (as Brandow)
- Douglas Spencer as Lew Ludlow
- Mabel Albertson as Velma Trumbull
- Lenny Sherman as Ernest Tandy
- Cliff Ferre as Lyn Humphries
- Ray Kyle as Mickey Zealand
- Sy Milano as Baritone Singer
Musical numbers
- 1) Overture/I'll Take You/Behind the Mask - Played by Orchestra
- 2) I May Be Wrong - Sung by Gene Nelson
- 3) I'll Take You - Sung and Danced by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams) and Gene Nelson
- 4) One Step Ahead - Sung and Danced by Patrice Wymore, Steve Condos and Jerry Brandow
- 5) Break the Ties That Bind You - Sung by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams)
- 6) Breakfast in Bed - Sung and Danced by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams) and Chorus
- 7) Mardi Gras - Sung by Sy Milano and Chorus, then Danced by Patrice Wymore and Chorus
- 8) Behind the Mask - Sung by Sy Milano, then Danced by Virginia Mayo and Chorus
- 9) Mardi Gras (reprise) - Danced by Gene Nelson
- 10) Behind the Mask (reprise) - Sung by Chorus, Danced by Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson and Chorus
- 11) I'll Take You (reprise) - Sung and Danced by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams), Gene Nelson and Chorus
References
- ↑ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
- ↑ She'd Back on Broadway at TCMDB
- ↑ http://www.allmovie.com/movie/shes-back-on-broadway-v109826
External links
- She's Back on Broadway at the Internet Movie Database
- She's Back on Broadway at AllMovie
- She's Back on Broadway at the TCM Movie Database
- She's Back on Broadway at the American Film Institute Catalog