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| Distributor : | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1953 - 112 minutes) |
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| Producers : | Arthur Freed, Roger Edens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Director : | Vincente Minnelli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writers : | Betty Comden, Adolph Green | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Composers : | Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer : | Michael Kidd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Plot :
Tony Hunter is a famous movie star whose career is in a downturn. He decides to try his luck on the Broadway stage, and accepts to star in a musical written by his friends Lester and Lily Marton. The three team up with Jeffrey Cordova, a pretentious director who decides to turn the play into an revised version of Faust. He also insists on hiring a classical ballerina, Gabrielle Gerard, to star with Tony. Thanks to the massive egos of everyone involved, the show proves a disaster in out-of-town tryouts. Everyone then decide to put aside their differences and to work together, to lead the show to success.
Awards and nominations| 1953, 26th Academy Awards : | |
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Nominated, Best Story and Screenplay : Betty Comden, Adolph Green Nominated, Best Scoring of a Musical Picture : Adolph Deutsch Nominated, Best Costume Design (Color) : Mary Ann Nyberg |
Memorable quotes | ||
| Jeffrey Cordova | There is no difference between the magic rhythms of Bill Shakespeare's immortal verse, and the magic rhythms of Bill Robinson's immortal feet. | |
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| Lester Marton | I can stand anything but pain ! | |
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| Lily Marton | We're not fighting ! We're in complete agreement ! We hate each other ! | |
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Pictures from the movie
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