Presenting Lily Mars
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| Directed by | Norman Taurog |
| Written by | Jack Mintz (comedy construction) |
| Screenplay by | Richard Connell Gladys Lehman |
| Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
| Starring | Judy Garland Van Heflin |
| Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Edited by | Albert Akst |
| Music by | George Stoll |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,045,000[1] |
| Box office | $3,255,000[1] |
Presenting Lily Mars is a 1943 American musical film directed by Norman Taurog, produced by Joe Pasternak, starring Judy Garland and Van Heflin, and based on the novel by Booth Tarkington. The film is often cited as Garland's first film playing an adult type role (although For Me and My Gal, released the previous year, is also often credited thus). Tommy Dorsey and Bob Crosby appear with their orchestras in this Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production.
Plot
Lily Mars (Judy Garland) is a small-town girl with big-city ambitions. She heads to Broadway hoping for stardom, but after a series of disappointments, the best she can manage is an understudy job.[2]
Cast
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Soundtrack
The soundtrack includes:
- Every Little Movement (Has a Meaning All Its Own)
- When I Look At You
- Tom, Tom The Piper's Son
- Three O'Clock in the Morning and
- Broadway Rhythm featuring Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra.
The finale, Where There's Music, originally included parts of St. Louis Blues, In The Shade of the Old Apple Tree, and It's a Long Way to Tipperary, which were deleted from the final version.
Reception
According to MGM records the film earned USD$2,216,000 in the US and Canada and $1,039,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $1,211,000.[1][4]
References
- ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^ http://www.allmovie.com/movie/presenting-lily-mars-v39066
- ^ Presenting Lily Mars, IMBD.com
- ^ "Top Grossers of the Season", Variety, 5 January 1944 p 54
External links
- Presenting Lily Mars at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Presenting Lily Mars at IMDb
- Presenting Lily Mars at AllMovie
- Presenting Lily Mars at the TCM Movie Database
- The Judy Room "Presenting Lily Mars" Section.
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- 1943 films
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Norman Taurog
- 1940s musical films
- English-language films
- Films based on American novels
- Films based on works by Booth Tarkington
- American romantic musical films
- American films
- Films produced by Joe Pasternak
- Romantic musical film stubs