Hutton was loaned to mgm to replace garland because of illness as annie oakley in annie get your gun. Wikiproject film rated stubclass this article is within the scope of wikiproject film. Information in the paramount collection at the ampas library reveals the following information about the production. Lets dance was completely overshadowed by huttons other musical film of 1950, annie get your gun, which became one of the highestgrossing films of the year. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical. Betty hutton, fred astaire, roland young, ruth warrick, lucile watson, gregory moffett, barton maclane, shepperd strudwick, melville cooper, harold huber.
Paramount postponed production on the film from may 15, 1949 to july 5, 1949 so that actress betty hutton could appear in annie get your gun for mgm. Mcleod, with betty hutton, fred astaire, roland young, at turner classic movies. On television, american bandstand appeared each afternoon, and teenagers throughout the united states could hear the new sounds and learn dances to go along with them. Streama lets dance 1950 film swesub lets dance tv4. This was my 28th astaire film, and i now know what he looks like when he eats soup, when he tortures a piano, when hes surrounded by stray kitties, when he dances the alphabet for a kid, when he does a somersault on a bed, and most importantly, what he looks like in a pair of blue jeans. Lets face it is a 1943 american musical film directed by sidney lanfield and written by harry tugend, adapted from the play of the same name. A lengthy studio memo noted that although production officially began on. Overview of lets dance, 1950, directed by norman z. Roland young, ruth warrick, lucille watson lets dance. Hutton plays a more sedate role than usual as war widow. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
Fred astaire and betty hutton make a surprisingly copacetic screen team in lets dance. Lets dance is a 1950 musical romantic comedy film starring betty hutton and fred astaire. The film was released on august 5, 1943, by paramount pictures. Meiyappan, starring vyjayanthimala in her telugu film debut a life of her own, starring lana turner and ray milland. Lets dance falls down the most in the story, which is particularly weak in the final third where it really does drag and overcaked in overworked sentiment. General question about the swedish film database there are fact errors on the page i would like to add information we strengthen and promote film the swedish film institute has a duty to support production, distribution and screening of valuable film, to preserve and make accessible the swedish film heritage and to represent swedish film abroad. Lets dance 1950 by lightning at thursday, march 09, 2017 0 storyline. Even a lesser fred astaire film is worth watching still, and, like the belle of new york and yolanda and the thief, lets dance is one such example of lesser astaire still being worth a look.
Cast and crew credits for lets dance, 1950, directed by norman z. Lets dance was completely overshadowed by huttons other musical film of 1950, annie get your gun, which became one of. Not wishing to have her young son richard gregory moffatt grow up in the stiff and stuffy environs of her boston inlaws mansion, kitty sneaks off with. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more.
She tries to evade her paternal grandmother, who wants her to live in a. Betty hutton tunnel of love from lets dance youtube. Similarly, only three of astaires musicals run as long or longer. I finally found a highlite reel of astaire dancing with various props on youtube to tiger rag and discovered its lets dance. The working title of this film was little boy blue. She tries to evade her paternal grandmother, who wants her to live in a way. Mcleod with betty hutton, fred astaire, roland young, ruth warrick, year. Let s dance was completely overshadowed by huttons other musical film of 1950, annie get your gun, which became one of the highestgrossing films of the year. With betty hutton, fred astaire, roland young, ruth warrick. Hutton plays a more sedate role than usual as war widow kitty mcneil. Betty hutton tunnel of love from the paramount picture lets dance 1950 watch the full movie at help get lets dance released on. Laut hbo wurde dieser film im jahre 1950 freigegeben. Kitty, now the widow of richard everett, has a little boy named richie. See the full list of lets dance cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more.
The life of wu xun wu xun zhuan louisa, starring ronald reagan. Unfortunately, the film did not repeat the earlier film s success. While the film did reasonably well financially, overall it proved to be a disappointment. The conventional inlaws try to prove that a dancer is not a fit mother but she foils them all and marries another dancer. After the war, donald elwood meets his former uso partner, kitty mcneil.
As usual, i am not looking for a powerful story in a musical, but rather i. The band wagon 1953, daddy long legs 1955 and silk stockings 1957. Owing to the films unusually heavy plotting, lets dance 1950, at 112 minutes, has one of the longest running times of betty huttons star vehicles only incendiary blonde 1945 runs longer. Lets dance, by hawk nelson from the 2008 album hawk nelson is my friend. Schauspieler lets dance 1950 schauspieler schauspielerinnen. The film stars bob hope, betty hutton, zasu pitts, phyllis povah, dave willock, eve arden, and cully richards. Lets dance 1950 film, a musical starring betty hutton and fred astaire. Lets dance 1950 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Lets dance, 1935 swing tune theme of benny goodman from the radio show lets dance. Donald elwood meets after the war his former uso partner, kitty mcneil, who is now a rich widow with a little child.
Parodies dont delete, but you can add some more lets dance 1950thomas. Lets dance 1950 approved 1h 52min comedy, drama, musical 29 november 1950 usa donald elwood meets after the war his former uso partner, kitty mcneil, who is now a rich widow with a little child. Fred astaire and betty hutton make a surprisingly copacetic screen team in let s dance. Unfortunately, the film did not repeat the earlier films success. Read the full synopsis of lets dance, 1950, directed by norman z. Lets dance fred astaire i love old classic films, and what a great dancer. Former dancing partners kitty and don, reunited after wwii, find love for one another as war widow kitty attempts to maintain custody of her son from the boys wealthy grandmother. Along with new sounds, new dance crazes quickly swept the nation.
Lets dance 1950 a world war ii widow betty hutton with a son returns to her former showbusiness partner roland young. As usual, i am not looking for a powerful story in a musical, but rather i look at the music and dance. She tries to evade her paternal grandmother, who wants her to live in a way according to the customs of her dead husbands class. Lets dance, starring fred astaire and betty hutton. Music changed in the 1950s with the birth of rock and roll. Let s dance 1950 film jump to navigation jump to search.
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