My Dream Is Yours (1949)

Directors:

Michael Curtiz
Friz Freleng

Writers:

Laura Kerr (adaptation)
Harry Kurnitz (screenplay)

Release Date:

16 April 1949 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Plot:

Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace Garry...

Plot Keywords:

Singer | Single Mother | Bugs Bunny | Beautiful Woman | Widow

Cast

Jack Carson	...	Doug Blake
Doris Day	...	Martha Gibson
Lee Bowman	...	Gary Mitchell
Adolphe Menjou	...	Thomas Hutchins
Eve Arden	...	Vivian Martin
S.Z. Sakall	...	Felix Hofer
Selena Royle	...	Freda Hofer
Edgar Kennedy	...	Uncle Charlie
Sheldon Leonard	...	Grimes
Franklin Pangborn	...	Sourpuss Manager
John Berkes	...	Character Actor
Ada Leonard	...	Herself
Frankie Carle	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mel Blanc	...	Bugs Bunny / Tweety (voice)

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Michael Curtiz Productions

Trivia:

After nearly 10 years, Harry Warren, on loan from MGM, returned to write new songs for a Warner Bros. musical.(Ralph Blane was the lyricist.) For old time's sake, the score interpolated three Harry Warren standards for Doris Day to sing: "Nagasaki," lyrics by Mort Dixon; "I'll String Along with You," original lyrics by Al Dubin, "lullaby" lyrics by Ralph Blane; and "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby," lyrics by Johnny Mercer. This film was a remake of Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934), which had featured, among the tunes by Warren and Dubin, "I'll String Along with You," sung first as a Dick Powell solo, then as a duet by Mr. Powell and Ginger Rogers. For her disc on Columbia Records, Doris Day teamed with Buddy Clark to croon "I'll String Along with You."

Goofs:

Factual errors: During a montage showing Martha's rise to stardom, there's a shot of stacks of fan letters, all of them bearing the address of what turns out to be Martha's home address. Even in the far more innocent times in which the film was set, stars didn't publicly reveal their home addresses and virtually all fan mail would have been addressed to her movie studio or record label or simply "Hollywood."

Quotes:

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Movie Connections:

Referenced in Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go Hollywood (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

(You May Not Be an Angel, but) I'll String Along With You

Bubbly fluff...

Doris Day's second feature may have been written expressly for the hot new talent, what with a feisty character similar to her own personality involved in familiar circumstances. Radio show producer Jack Carson loses his temperamental star and has to find a new and exciting singer, 'accidentally' hearing perky Doris delivering a ditty and giving her a break. Playing a single mom and working girl, Day eventually goes to Hollywood yet doesn't forget her old chum, who has become a romantic partner. Extremely minor offering from Warner Bros. overdoses a bit on Day's natural spunk, though she does have a few nice numbers and works very comfortably with Carson. This is the movie with the elaborate Bugs Bunny dream sequence, which doesn't have a lot to do with what's going on but is colorful nevertheless. ** from ****