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Director:
Walter Lang
Writers:
Miriam Young (book)
Lamar Trotti (writer)
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Release Date:
September 1947 (USA) more
Genre:
Musical more
Tagline:
In our family dad wore the pants but . . . Mother Wore Tights [Australia Theatrical]
Plot:
In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations more
User Reviews:
Pedestrian backstage story of vaudeville family. more (9 total)

Cast

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Betty Grable ... Myrtle McKinley Burt
Dan Dailey ... Frank Burt
Mona Freeman ... Iris Burt
Connie Marshall ... Miriam 'Mikie' Burt
Vanessa Brown ... Bessie
Robert Arthur ... Bob Clarkman
Sara Allgood ... Grandmother McKinley
William Frawley ... Mr. Schneider
Ruth Nelson ... Miss Ridgeway
Anabel Shaw ... Alice Flemmerhammer
Stephen Dunne ... Roy Bivins (as Michael Dunne)
George Cleveland ... Grandfather McKinley
Veda Ann Borg ... Rosemary Olcott
Sig Ruman ... Papa (at resort)
Lee Patrick ... Lil (on train)
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Runtime:
107 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Finland:S
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Betty Grable was pregnant during the filming of this movie. more
Movie Connections:
Edited into My Blue Heaven (1950) more
Soundtrack:
(Rolling Down Bowling Green) On a Little Two-Seat Tandem more

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4 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
Pedestrian backstage story of vaudeville family., 26 January 2001
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Author: Arne Andersen (aandersen@landmarkcollege.org) from Putney, VT

This is strictly for fans of Betty Grable and Dan Dailey. The story is pedestrian and saccharine and has been done and infinitum in the movie musical world. It does have going for it fine Technicolor cinematography which was nominated for an Oscar, plus Alfred Newman's lively orchestrations which won an Oscar. It was additionally nominated for Best Song. Costumes are lavish and should also have been nominated. It's harmless but hardly outstanding.

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