Good News (films)
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 Poster for the 1947 film |
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| Directed by | Charles Walters |
| Produced by | Arthur Freed |
| Written by | Lew Brown (play) Laurence Schwab (play) |
| Starring | June Allyson Peter Lawford |
| Music by | Conrad Salinger |
| Cinematography | Charles Schoenbaum |
| Editing by | Albert Akst |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | December 26, 1947 |
| Running time | 93 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
Good News is the title of two American MGM musical films based on the 1927 stage production of the same name.
The first, released in 1930, was directed by Nick Grinde. The cast included Bessie Love, Cliff Edwards and Penny Singleton. The film was shot in black-and-white, although the finale was in Technicolor. (The surviving print lacks the finale; no footage is known to survive.)
By the 1940s, the original had become illegal to view or exhibit in the United States due to its Pre-Code content, which included sexual innuendo and lewd suggestive humor. A sanitized 1947 version starred June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Mel Tormé, and Joan McCracken. The screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green was directed by Charles Walters in Technicolor.
The original score was embellished with tunes by Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin, and Roger Edens, who were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Pass That Peace Pipe."
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[edit] Cast (1930 version)
- Mary Lawlor as Connie Lane
- Stanley Smith as Tom Marlowe
- Bessie Love as Dixie O'Day
- Cliff Edwards as 'Pooch' Kearney
- Gus Shy as Bobbie Randall
- Lola Lane as Patricia Bingham
- Thomas E. Jackson as Coach Bill Johnson
- Delmer Daves as Beef Saunders
- Billy Taft as Sylvester
- Frank McGlynn as Professor Kenyon
- Penny Singleton as Flo
- Helyn Virgil as Girl
- Vera Marshe as Blonde Girl
[edit] Synopsis (1947 version)
World War I is over and the Roaring Twenties have arrived, and with them women have won the right to vote and college campuses, such as fictional Tait College, are as much a social scene as an academic one. Football is the big game, and Tait's star player Tom Marlowe (Peter Lawford) is a prime catch. All the girls are interested in Tom and vice-versa, although one society climber seems to have him in hand. Studious part-time school librarian Connie Lane (June Allyson) doesn't seem to have a chance and stays out of the fray. When Marlowe fails a final, he needs a tutor to help him pass so he can play in the big game on Saturday. Connie is selected to keep his nose to the grindstone, and the two fall for each other. The couple's romance can only endure if the team loses the big game.
[edit] Cast (1947 version)
- June Allyson as Connie Lane
- Peter Lawford as Tommy Marlowe
- Patricia Marshall as Pat McClellan
- Joan McCracken as Babe Doolittle
- Ray McDonald as Bobby Turner
- Mel Tormé as Danny (as Mel Tormé)
- Robert E. Strickland as Peter Van Dyne III (as Robert Strickland)
- Donald MacBride as Coach Johnson
- Tom Dugan as Pooch
- Clinton Sundberg as Professor Burton Kennyon
- Loren Tindall as Beef
- Connie Gilchrist as Cora the cook
- Morris Ankrum as Dean Griswold
- Georgia Lee as Flo
- Jane Green as Mrs. Drexel
[edit] Soundtrack
- Good News
- Music by Ray Henderson
- Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva
- Sung by Joan McCracken and chorus
- Tait Song
- Music by Ray Henderson
- Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva
- Performed by Joan McCracken and chorus
- Be a Ladies' Man
- Music by Ray Henderson
- Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva
- Performed by Peter Lawford, Ray McDonald, Mel Tormé, Tom Dugan and Lon Tindal
- Lucky in Love
- Music by Ray Henderson
- Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva
- Performed by Patricia Marshall, Joan McCracken, Mel Tormé, June Allyson and Peter Lawford
- The French Lesson
- Written by Roger Edens, Betty Comden and Adolph Green
- Performed by June Allyson and Peter Lawford
- The Best Things in Life Are Free
- Music by Ray Henderson
- Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva
- Performed by June Allyson
- Performed also by Mel Tormé
- Pass That Peace Pipe
- Written by Roger Edens, Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
- Performed by Joan McCracken, Ray McDonald and chorus
- Just Imagine
- Music by Ray Henderson
- Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva
- Sung by June Allyson
- Varsity Drag
- Music by Ray Henderson
- Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva
- Performed by June Allyson, Peter Lawford and chorus
[edit] References
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Information about the 1947 film version
- 1930 film version at IMDB
- 1947 film version at IMDB
- Good News (films) at the TCM Movie Database
- Good News (films) at AllRovi
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