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Good News (1947) -- At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring 20's, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane (June Allyson) falls for football hero Tommy Marlowe (Peter Lawford)...

Overview

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Director:
Charles Walters
Writers:
Lew Brown (play) and
Laurence Schwab (play) ...
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Release Date:
26 December 1947 (USA) more
Plot:
At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring 20's, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane (June Allyson)... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
The new fall TV season: Good news, for a change
 (From EW.com - PopWatch. 28 September 2009, 9:00 AM, PDT)

Sony Finally Reports Some Good News
 (From Studio Briefing - TV News. 27 August 2009, 1:46 PM, PDT)

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Cast

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June Allyson ... Connie Lane
Peter Lawford ... Tommy Marlowe
Patricia Marshall ... Pat McClellan
Joan McCracken ... Babe Doolittle
Ray McDonald ... Bobby Turner
Mel Tormé ... Danny (as Mel Torme)
Robert E. Strickland ... Peter Van Dyne III (as Robert Strickland)
Donald MacBride ... Coach Johnson
Tom Dugan ... Pooch
Clinton Sundberg ... Professor Burton Kennyon
Loren Tindall ... Beef
Connie Gilchrist ... Cora the cook
Morris Ankrum ... Dean Griswold
Georgia Lee ... Flo
Jane Green ... Mrs. Drexel
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Additional Details

Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G | USA:Approved (PCA #12519)
Filming Locations:
Burbank, California, USA

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Trivia:
The original Broadway musical on which the screenplay and score were based was "Good News" that opened at Chanin's 46th Street Theatre on September 6, 1927 and ran for 557 performances. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Not one of the "College Girls" is either dressed or coiffed in anything that resembles 1920s styles. The costumers used contemporary clothing (1947 that is) for virtually all scenes. more
Quotes:
Bobby Turner: Babe! Go away!
Babe Doolittle: Is that all you have to say to me?
Bobby Turner: No! Leave me alone!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in That's Entertainment! (1974) more
Soundtrack:
Just Imagine more

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16 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
Don't Get Yourself in a Sweat !, 3 May 2005
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Author: drednm

Great MGM color musical from 1947 that boasts terrific performances from June Allyson and Peter Lawford as the stars and Joan McCracken, Ray McDonald, Patricia Marshall, Connie Gilchrist, Donald McBride, Mel Torme, Tom Dugan, Clint Sundberg, and Jane Green in support.

"Pass That Peacepipe" is one of the best production numbers I've ever seen, and McCracken and McDonald are super in it. It seems to have only 3 cuts in it and it's an amazing production numbers full of color and energy.

Allyson and Lawford have so much fun in the "Varsity Drag" number on a huge stage that it's infectious (but watch for the female dancer in pink who falls). Good songs throughout from the 20s stage show like the title song as well as "Lucky in Love," "The Best Things in Life Are Free," "Lady's Man," "Good News," "The French Lesson," and the sad song "Just Imagine" Allyson sings. Lively, colorful, and totally fun, this is an grossly underrated musical from MGM's golden years.

The 40s riff on 20s songs works thanks to Kay Thompson, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Great fun from the opening sequence til the end. Joan McCracken, by the way, was married to Bob Fosse.

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