Love Me or Leave Me (film)
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| Directed by | Charles Vidor |
| Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
| Written by | Daniel Fuchs Isobel Lennart |
| Starring | Doris Day James Cagney Cameron Mitchell |
| Music by | Chilton Price |
| Cinematography | Arthur E. Arling |
| Editing by | Ralph E. Winters |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | May 26, 1955 (NYC) June 10 (US wide) |
| Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Love Me or Leave Me is a 1955 biographical film which tells the life story of Ruth Etting, a singer who rose from dancer to movie star. It stars Doris Day as Etting, James Cagney as gangster Martin "Moe the Gimp" Snyder, her first husband and manager, and Cameron Mitchell as pianist/ arranger Myrl Alderman, her second husband. It was written by Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart. It was directed by Charles Vidor.
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[edit] Production
Cagney suggested to producer Joe Pasternak that Doris Day be cast in the Etting role. The role had been sought by Ava Gardner, but Cagney persuaded MGM to cast Doris Day, who was excited to play opposite Cagney.[citation needed]
[edit] Reception
Love Me or Leave Me won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Cagney), Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Music, Song (for Nicholas Brodzsky and Sammy Cahn for "I'll Never Stop Loving You"), Best Sound, Recording (Wesley C. Miller) and Best Writing, Screenplay.[1]
Variety called the film "a rich canvas of the Roaring '20s, with gutsy and excellent performances."[2]
[edit] Songs
Most of the songs in the movie were 1930s hits that Etting had recorded originally. Two new songs, however, were written specifically for the film: "Never Look Back", by Chilton Price, and, "I'll Never Stop Loving You", by Nicholas Brodzsky and Sammy Cahn.[3]
(all sung by Doris Day except as shown):
- Ten Cents a Dance
- I'm Sitting on Top of the World (sung by Claude Stroud)
- It All Depends On You
- You Made Me Love You
- Stay On the Right Side Sister
- Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Loves Nobody But Me)
- Mean To Me
- Sam, the Old Accordion Man
- Shaking the Blues Away (sung by Doris Day, danced by Doris Day and Chorus)
- I'll Never Stop Loving You
- Never Look Back
- Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue
- At Sundown
- My Blue Heaven
- Love Me or Leave Me
[edit] References
- ^ "The 28th Academy Awards (1956) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/28th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ Variety's review Posted: Sat., Jan. 1, 1955
- ^ Variety's review Posted: Sat., Jan. 1, 1955
[edit] External links
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- Love Me or Leave Me at the Internet Movie Database
- Love Me or Leave Me at AllRovi
- Love Me or Leave Me at the TCM Movie Database
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