She's Back on Broadway
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| Directed by | Gordon Douglas |
| Written by | Orin Jannings |
| Produced by | Henry Blanke |
| Starring | Virginia Mayo Gene Nelson Frank Lovejoy Steve Cochran Patrice Wymore Virginia Gibson |
| Cinematography | Edwin B. DuPar |
| Edited by | Folmar Blangsted |
| Music by | David Buttolph |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.9 million (US)[1] |
She's Back on Broadway is a 1953 musical comedy-drama Warnercolor film starring Virginia Mayo in her final musical film, although her singing voice was dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams.[2] The film was Mayo's unofficial successor to her 1952 musical hit She's Working Her Way Through College.[3]
Plot
[edit]When Catherine Terris' career in Hollywood begins to falter, she returns to Broadway, where her first great triumphs occurred. She takes the lead in a play directed by Rick Sommers, with whom she had a romantic past. Sommers is still bitter that she left him to become the toast of Hollywood years earlier. They try to overcome their mutual animosity to make the play a success.
Cast
[edit]- Virginia Mayo as Catherine Terris
- Gene Nelson as Gordon Evans
- Frank Lovejoy as John Webber
- Steve Cochran as Rick Sommers
- Patrice Wymore as Karen Keene
- Virginia Gibson as Angela Korinna
- Larry Keating as Mitchell Parks
- Paul Picerni as Jud Kellogg
- Nedrick Young as Rafferty
- Jacqueline deWit as Lisa Kramer
- Steve Condos as Specialty Dancer (as Condos)
- Jerry Brandow as Specialty Dancer (as Brandow)
- Douglas Spencer as Lew Ludlow
- Mabel Albertson as Velma Trumbull
- Lenny Sherman as Ernest Tandy
- Cliff Ferre as Lyn Humphries
- Ray Kyle as Mickey Zealand
- Sy Milano as Baritone Singer
Musical numbers
[edit]- 1) Overture/I'll Take You/Behind the Mask - Played by Orchestra
- 2) I May Be Wrong - Sung by Gene Nelson
- 3) I'll Take You - Sung and Danced by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams) and Gene Nelson
- 4) One Step Ahead - Sung and Danced by Patrice Wymore, Steve Condos and Jerry Brandow
- 5) Break the Ties That Bind You - Sung by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams)
- 6) Breakfast in Bed - Sung and Danced by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams) and Chorus
- 7) Mardi Gras - Sung by Sy Milano and Chorus, then Danced by Patrice Wymore and Chorus
- 7.1) Behind the Mask - Sung by Sy Milano, then Danced by Virginia Mayo and Chorus
- 7.2) Mardi Gras (reprise) - Danced by Gene Nelson
- 7.3) Behind the Mask (reprise) - Sung by Chorus, Danced by Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson and Chorus
- 8) I'll Take You (reprise) - Sung and Danced by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams), Gene Nelson and Chorus
References
[edit]- ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
- ^ She's Back on Broadway at TCMDB
- ^ "She's Back on Broadway (1953) - Gordon Douglas | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
External links
[edit]- She's Back on Broadway at IMDb
- She's Back on Broadway at the TCM Movie Database
- She's Back on Broadway at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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- 1953 films
- 1950s romantic musical films
- 1950s romantic comedy-drama films
- 1950s musical comedy-drama films
- American romantic comedy-drama films
- American romantic musical films
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- Films directed by Gordon Douglas
- Films scored by David Buttolph
- 1953 comedy films
- 1953 drama films
- 1950s English-language films
- 1950s American films
- English-language romantic comedy-drama films
- English-language musical comedy-drama films
- English-language romantic musical films
- Warner Bros. films
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- Films produced by Henry Blanke