Mother Wore Tights
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| Mother Wore Tights | |
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| Directed by | Walter Lang |
| Produced by | Lamar Trotti |
| Written by | Lamar Trotti Miriam Young (book) |
| Starring | Betty Grable Dan Dailey |
| Cinematography | Harry Jackson |
| Editing by | J. Watson Webb Jr. |
| Release date(s) | September 1947 |
| Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Mother Wore Tights is a 1947 musical film starring Betty Grable and Dan Dailey as married vaudeville performers. This was Grable and Dailey's first film together, based on a book of the same name by Miriam Young. It was the highest grossing film of Grable's career up to that time, earning more than $5 million at the box office. It was also 20th Century Fox's most successful film of 1947.
Alfred Newman won the Academy Award for Original Music Score. Josef Myrow (music) and Mack Gordon (lyrics) were nominated for Original Song ("You Do"), while Harry Jackson was nominated for Color Cinematography.
[edit] Cast
- Betty Grable as Myrtle McKinley Burt
- Dan Dailey as Frank Burt
- Mona Freeman as Iris Burt
- Connie Marshall as Miriam Burt
- Vanessa Brown as Bessie
- Robert Arthur as Bob Clarkman
- Sara Allgood as Grandmother McKinley
- William Frawley as Mr. Schneider
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