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Director:
Writers:
C.M.S. McLellan (play)
Chester Erskine (adaptation)
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Release Date:
22 February 1952 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
M.G.M's Gay TECHNICOLOR Musical!
Plot:
In squeaky-clean New York at the turn of the century, playboy Charlie Hill falls so much in love that he can walk on air... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Fred Astaire ... Charlie Hill
Vera-Ellen ... Angela Bonfils
Marjorie Main ... Mrs. Phineas Hill
Keenan Wynn ... Max Ferris
Alice Pearce ... Elsie Wilkins
Clinton Sundberg ... Gilford Spivak
Gale Robbins ... Dixie 'Deadshot' McCoy
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Oliver Blake ... Currier (Wedding Portrait) (uncredited)
George Boyce ... Bowery Bum (uncredited)
Carol Brewster ... One of Frenchie's girls (uncredited)
Dorinda Clifton ... One of Frenchie's Girls (uncredited)
James Conaty ... Supper Club Extra (uncredited)
Jean Corbett ... One of Frenchie's Girls (uncredited)
Charles Cross ... Bowery Bum (uncredited)
Roger Davis ... Hills' Butler (uncredited)
Pamela Drake ... One of Frenchie's Girls (uncredited)
Tom Dugan ... With Wedding Gift of Stolen Silver (uncredited)
Joe Evans ... Bowery Bum (uncredited)
Lisa Ferraday ... Frenchie (uncredited)
Mary Jane French ... One of Frenchie's Girls (uncredited)
Al Gallagher ... Bowery Bum (uncredited)
Billy Griffith ... Ives (Wedding Portrait) (uncredited)
Percy Helton ... Presents Angela with flowers (uncredited)
Lola Kendrick ... One of Frenchie's Girls (uncredited)
Donald Kerr ... Bowery Bum Wearing Red Bow Tie (uncredited)
Helen Kimbell ... One of Frenchie's Girls (uncredited)
Meredith Leeds ... One of Frenchie's girls (uncredited)
Sandee Marriott ... Bowery Bum (uncredited)
Harold Miller ... Supper Club Extra (uncredited)
Joe Niemeyer ... Bowery Bum (uncredited)
Betty Jean Onge ... One of Frenchie's Girls (uncredited)
Jetsy Parker ... One of Frenchie's Girls (uncredited)
Bud Penny ... Bowery Bum (uncredited)
Walter Ridge ... Bowery Bum (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt ... Cab Driver (uncredited)
Reginald Simpson ... Casino Headwaiter (uncredited)
Henry Slate ... Police Sgt. Clancy (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook ... Bowery Bum Wearing Dark Reddish Coat (uncredited)
Beverly Thomas ... One of Frenchie's Girls (uncredited)
Dick Wessel ... With Wedding Gift of Stolen Silver (uncredited)
Lyn Wilde ... One of Frenchie's girls (uncredited)
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Directed by
Charles Walters 
 
Writing credits
C.M.S. McLellan (play) (as Hugh Morton)

Chester Erskine (adaptation)

Robert O'Brien (writer) &
Irving Elinson (writer)

Produced by
Arthur Freed .... producer
Roger Edens .... associate producer (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Robert H. Planck (director of photography) (as Robert Planck)
 
Film Editing by
Albert Akst 
 
Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons 
Jack Martin Smith 
 
Set Decoration by
Richard Pefferle 
Edwin B. Willis 
 
Costume Design by
Helen Rose (costumes: women)
Gile Steele (costumes: men)
 
Makeup Department
Sydney Guilaroff .... hair designer
William Tuttle .... makeup designer
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Al Jennings .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer .... recording supervisor
 
Special Effects by
Warren Newcombe .... special effects
Irving G. Ries .... special effects
 
Music Department
Robert Alton .... musical numbers staged and directed by
Maurice De Packh .... orchestrator (as Maurice DePackh)
Adolph Deutsch .... musical director
Conrad Salinger .... orchestrator
Alexander Courage .... orchestrator (uncredited)
Robert Franklyn .... orchestrator (uncredited)
Robert Tucker .... music arranger: vocal arrangements (uncredited)
 
Other crew
James Gooch .... technicolor color consultant
Henri Jaffa .... technicolor color consultant
Marilyn Christine .... assistant choreographer (uncredited)
Alex Romero .... assistant choreographer (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Runtime:
82 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The song "I Love to Beat the Big Bass Drum" was written for the film but not used. more
Quotes:
Charlie Hill: Can I have a magazine? I'll treasure this all my life, I'll sleep with it under my pillow.
Angela Bonfils: It would do you more good if you read it.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) more
Soundtrack:
Naughty but Nice more

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Not up to par, 13 September 2007
3/10
Author: ryancm from United States

Not one of Freds best, although there are moments of entertainment if you skip the plot. The dancing is, as always, in a Fred Astaire film, the highlight. The songs are not memorable except his signature I WANT TO BE A DANCIN MAN. Vera Ellen makes a great partner and their numbers together are worth watching. Wish the plot were more plausible. The Marjorie Main character knows and helps the Vera Ellen character at a shelter, but her nephew, Astaire, doesn't know about it? The DVD transfer is marvelous, the costumes exceptional and the dancing wonderful, so it does deserve at least 3 stars for that. They could have omitted the "dancing in the air" bit. That brought the movie way down. I know it's fantasy, but please!!

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