Coney Island (1943 film)
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 Original film poster |
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| Directed by | Walter Lang |
| Produced by | William Perlberg |
| Written by | George Seaton |
| Starring | Betty Grable George Montgomery Cesar Romero Charles Winninger Phil Silvers |
| Music by | Original music: Alfred Newman Non original music: Otto Harbach |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Editing by | Robert Simpson |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | June 11, 1943 |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.62 million |
| Box office | $3.5 million |
Coney Island is a 1943 American Technicolor musical film released by Twentieth Century Fox and starring Betty Grable in one of her biggest hits. A "gay nineties" musical (set in that time period) it also featured George Montgomery, Cesar Romero, and Phil Silvers, was choreographed by Hermes Pan, and was directed by Walter Lang. Betty Grable also starred in the 1950 remake of Coney Island, named Wabash Avenue. The film is notable for musical number "Miss Lulu in Louisville" which Betty Grable performs in Blackface.
In 1944, the year after the film was released, it was nominated for an Oscar for Alfred Newman in the category of Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
The film is also known as: Coney Island in Sweden, L'île aux plaisirs in France, L'isola delle sirene in Italy, San oneiro in Greece, Se necesitan maridos in Spain and Tivolin kaunotar in Finland.
[edit] Cast
- Betty Grable - Kate Farley
- George Montgomery - Eddie Johnson
- Cesar Romero - Joe Rocco
- Charles Winninger - Finnigan
- Phil Silvers - Frankie
- Matt Briggs - William 'Willie' Hammerstein
- Paul Hurst - Louie
- Leo Diamond - Himself - Solidaires Leader
- Hermes Pan - Uncredited dance partner to Betty Grable in finale
Betty Grable at this point in her career was number one in the box office chart in 1943 "Coney Island" grossed more than $5 million dollars at the box office equivalent to $180 million today.
[edit] Soundtrack
- "Take It from There"
- Music by Ralph Rainger
- Lyrics by Leo Robin
- "Beautiful Coney Island"
- Music by Ralph Rainger
- Lyrics by Leo Robin
- "Miss Lulu from Louisville"
- Music by Ralph Rainger
- Lyrics by Leo Robin
- "Get the Money"
- Music by Ralph Rainger
- Lyrics by Leo Robin
- "There's Danger in a Dance"
- Music by Ralph Rainger
- Lyrics by Leo Robin
- "Old Demon Rum"
- Music by Ralph Rainger
- Lyrics by Leo Robin
- "Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey (I Never Knew Any Girl Like You)"
- Music by Albert von Tilzer
- Lyrics by Junie McCree
- "Cuddle Up a Little Closer"
- Words by Otto A. Harbach (as O.A. Hauerbach)
- Music by Karl Hoschna (as Karl L. Hoschna)
- "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling"
- Music by Ernest Ball
- Lyrics by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff Jr.
- "Pretty Baby"
- Music by Egbert Van Alstyne and Tony Jackson
- Lyrics by Gus Kahn
- "The Darktown Strutters' Ball"
- Written by Shelton Brooks
[edit] External links
- Coney Island at the Internet Movie Database
- Coney Island at AllRovi
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