1h 39min | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 22 September 1955 | Color, WS
Director: Richard Sale
Stars: Jane Russell, Jeanne Crain, Alan Young.
Jack Cole ... choreographer
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048111/
Bootleg; print is a copy of vhs, blurry, compressed/cropped
This is people doing pale imitations of their own prior work, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ('53). Anita and Mary Loos, writers, Jack Cole, dance director, JR, performer. But they borrowed songs from various unrelated sources, and had JR & JC double up as their no-talent, all-flash antecedents (mother, aunt). Then produce it at Columbia, not a dream factory for musicals. No wonder the IMDb rating is 5.2 with 400+ votes.
For me, add the blurry, cropped print, which is so bad it gave me a mild headache to watch it. And no official release yet. (I can't believe someone listed Loving the Classics (2018) as a distribution company. They have a BBB rating less than 2/5, and are just a dupe company with many names and a bad reputation.)
Songs performed (17 chapters, no menu); Jeanne Crain's singing is dubbed by Anita Ellis:Bootleg; print is a copy of vhs, blurry, compressed/cropped
This is people doing pale imitations of their own prior work, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ('53). Anita and Mary Loos, writers, Jack Cole, dance director, JR, performer. But they borrowed songs from various unrelated sources, and had JR & JC double up as their no-talent, all-flash antecedents (mother, aunt). Then produce it at Columbia, not a dream factory for musicals. No wonder the IMDb rating is 5.2 with 400+ votes.
For me, add the blurry, cropped print, which is so bad it gave me a mild headache to watch it. And no official release yet. (I can't believe someone listed Loving the Classics (2018) as a distribution company. They have a BBB rating less than 2/5, and are just a dupe company with many names and a bad reputation.)
- ch1. Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, Sung by Johnny Desmond over opening and closing credits
- ch1. You're Driving Me Crazy, Sung by Jane Russell and Jeanne Crain
- ch4. Have You Met Miss Jones, Sung by Rudy Vallee
- ch6. My Funny Valentine, Sung by Jeanne Crain
- ch7. I've Got Five Dollars, Sung by Jane Russell and Scott Brady (dubbed by Robert Farnon)
- ch9. I Wanna Be Loved by You, Sung by Jane Russell and Jeanne Crain, also by Rudy Vallee
- ch11. Daddy, Sung by Jane Russell and Jeanne Crain
- ch14. Ain't Misbehavin', Sung by Alan Young, Jane Russell and Jeanne Crain
- ch??. Miss Annabelle Lee, listed in opening credits
AY doesn't sing well, and the staging of Ain't Misbehavin' is just miserable, with JR&JC in costumes imitating MG in The I Don't Care Girl ('53, Fox), also with JC as dance director.
Good news: 1 or 2 widescreen prints are online now. Next time, search for them and see if this is less offensive to the eye, at least.
I'll be generous and leave this as a 6 (prior rating) but with a minus.
Russ-Field Prod., distr. UA, dir. Sale; 6-
Good news: 1 or 2 widescreen prints are online now. Next time, search for them and see if this is less offensive to the eye, at least.
I'll be generous and leave this as a 6 (prior rating) but with a minus.
