Higher and Higher (film)
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| Directed by | Tim Whelan |
| Produced by | Tim Whelan |
| Written by | Musical: Gladys Hurlbut Joshua Logan Screenplay: Jay Dratler Ralph Spence Add'l dialogue: William Bowers Howard Harris. |
| Starring | Michèle Morgan Jack Haley Frank Sinatra |
| Music by | Songs: Jimmy McHugh (music) Harold Adamson (lyrics) Score: Constantin Bakaleinikoff |
| Cinematography | Gene Milford |
| Editing by | Robert De Grasse |
| Distributed by | RKO |
| Release date(s) | December 1943 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Higher and Higher is a 1943 musical film starring Michèle Morgan, Jack Haley, and Frank Sinatra, loosely based on a 1940 Broadway musical written by Gladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan. The film, however, written by Jay Dratler and Ralph Spence with additional dialogue by William Bowers and Howard Harris, diverges significantly from its source. The film has songs by Jimmy McHugh (music) and Harold Adamson (lyrics), although one song by Rogers and Hart, "Disgustingly Rich", remains from the stage production. This was the first feature film of Sinatra and he would continue to be in more than 40 movies after this.
The film was nominated for a 1945 Oscar for Best Music, Original Song for the song "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night", and also for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture for Constantin Bakaleinikoff.
[edit] External links
- Higher and Higher at the Internet Movie Database
- Higher and Higher at the TCM Movie Database
- Higher and Higher at AllRovi
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