Three Sailors and a Girl

Three Sailors and a Girl

Directed by	Roy Del Ruth
Produced by	Sammy Cahn
Written by	Devery Freeman Roland Kibbee George S. Kaufman (play)
Starring	Jane Powell Gordon MacRae Gene Nelson
Cinematography	Carl E. Guthrie
Production company	Warner Bros.
Release dates	November 23, 1953 (1953-11-23)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Three Sailors and a Girl is a 1953 musical film made by Warner Bros.. It was directed by Roy Del Ruth and written by Devery Freeman and Roland Kibbee, based on the George S. Kaufman play The Butter and Egg Man. Ray Heindorf was the musical director, with orchestrations by Gus Levene, and vocal arrangements by Norman Luboff. Choreography was by LeRoy Prinz.

The soundtrack features original songs with music composed by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Sammy Cahn. As was the practice at the time, the soundtrack album was a studio recording [Capitol L-485 (10" LP) and FBF-485 (2 EP Box-Set)].^[1] The Capitol Records album was released early in 1954, and featured eight of the songs from the Fein/Cahn songwriting team. The film's stars Jane Powell and Gordon MacRae are the featured vocalists. George Greeley conducted the orchestra and chorus. The album was re-issued and released on CD in 2006; it contained 12 more songs by MacRae.^[2]

Plot

While their submarine is docked in New York City, three sailors on liberty invest the money they've earned at sea in a Broadway musical and its up-and-coming star.

Choirboy Jones carries a gunnysack stuffed with $50,000 in cash from his fellow sailors. Joe Woods, producing a new show starring the singer Emilio Rossi, is delighted to find a new investor, but female lead Penny Weston is worried that the boys are in over their heads.

After the show's out-of-town opening is a flop, Woods, Rossi and even the author want out. Penny consults some distinguished Broadway artists for their advice, which includes casting the talented singer Jones, dancer Twitch and comic Porky in key roles. The show is a smash and the sailors reap a handsome return on their investment, with Jones and Penny falling in love as a bonus.

Cast

Jane Powell as Penny Weston
Gordon MacRae as "Choirboy" Jones
Gene Nelson as Twitch
Sam Levene as Joe Woods
Jack E. Leonard as Porky
George Givot as Emilio Rossi
Veda Ann Borg as Faye Foss
Archer MacDonald as Webster
Raymond Greenleaf as Morrow
Henry Slate as Hank the Sailor

Burt Lancaster made an uncredited cameo appearance at the end, playing a Marine who hesitantly asks about taking over the starring role in the musical after Jones has to return to the Navy. Joe Woods brushes him off. When a woman asks why he was so brusque, Joe tells her that the Marine looked too much like Burt Lancaster. Merv Griffin also appeared uncredited as one of the sailors.

Soundtrack songs

"Face to Face" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"You're But Oh Right" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"There Must Be a Reason" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"When It's Love" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"I Get Butterflies" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"Kiss Me or I'll Scream" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"The Lately Song" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"Show Me a Happy Woman (and I'll Show you a Miserable Man)" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"It's Going to Be a Big Hit" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"Home Is Where the Heart Is" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"My Heart Is a Singing Heart" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"Embraceable You" - Music by George Gershwin; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
"The Japanese Sandman" - Words and Music by Richard a Whiting (background in nightclub scene)
"The Marines' Hymn" - Music by Jacques Offenbach

References

External links

Three Sailors and a Girl at the Internet Movie Database
Three Sailors and a Girl at AllMovie
Three Sailors and a Girl at the TCM Movie Database
Three Sailors and a Girl at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database

Films directed by Roy Del Ruth

The Cat's Meow (1924)
Three Weeks in Paris (1925)
Hogan's Alley (1925)
The Man Upstairs (1926)
The Little Irish Girl (1926)
Footloose Widows (1926)
Across the Pacific (1926)
The First Auto (1927)
If I Were Single (1927)
Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)
Powder My Back (1928)
Conquest (1928)
Five and Ten Cent Annie (1928)
The Terror (1928)
Beware of Bachelors (1928)
The Desert Song (1929)
The Hottentot (1929)
Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)
The Aviator (1929)
Hold Everything (1930)
The Second Floor Mystery (1930)
Three Faces East (1930)
The Life of the Party (1930)
Divorce Among Friends (1930)
My Past (1931)
The Maltese Falcon (1931)
Side Show (1931)
Blonde Crazy (1931)
Taxi! (1932)
Winner Take All (1932)
Blessed Event (1932)
Beauty and the Boss (1932)
The Mind Reader (1933)
Employees' Entrance (1933)
Captured! (1933)
Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
Lady Killer (1933)
Upper World (1934)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
Kid Millions (1934)
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
Folies Bergère de Paris (1935)
Thanks a Million (1935)
Private Number (1936)
It Had to Happen (1936)
Born to Dance (1936)
On the Avenue (1937)
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
Tail Spin (1939)
The Star Maker (1939)
Here I Am a Stranger (1939)
He Married His Wife (1940)
Topper Returns (1941)
The Chocolate Soldier (1941)
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
DuBarry Was a Lady (1943)
Broadway Rhythm (1944)
Barbary Coast Gent (1944)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
Red Light (1949)
Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)
The West Point Story (1950)
On Moonlight Bay (1951)
Starlift (1951)
About Face (1952)
Stop, You're Killing Me (1952)
Three Sailors and a Girl (1953)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
The Alligator People (1959)
Why Must I Die? (1960)

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