You're a Sweetheart
| You're a Sweetheart | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | David Butler |
| Written by | Story: Maxwell Shane Warren Wilson William C. Thomas Screenplay: Monte Brice Charles Grayson |
| Produced by | Buddy G. DeSylva |
| Starring | Alice Faye George Murphy Ken Murray |
| Cinematography | George Robinson |
| Edited by | Bernard W. Burton |
| Music by | Charles E. Henderson. Songs: Jimmy McHugh (music), Harold Adamson (lyrics) |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | December 26, 1937 |
Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $800,000[1] |
You're a Sweetheart is a 1937 musical film directed by David Butler and starring Alice Faye, George Murphy and Ken Murray. It was remade in 1943 under the title Cowboy in Manhattan.
You're a Sweetheart was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by Jack Otterson.[2][dead link][3]
Premise
A big and important Broadway producer is opening his new big show. He is alarmed when he discovers his new show opens on the same night as a charity convention. He decides to lie about the tickets already being sold, so the show will be more alluring.
Cast
- Alice Faye – Betty Bradley
- George Murphy – Hal Adams
- Ken Murray – Don King
- Charles Winninger – Cherokee Charlie
- Andy Devine – Daisy Day
- William Gargan – Fred Edwards
- Frank Jenks – Harry Howe
- Donald Meek – Conway Jeeters
- Constance Moore – Bit Role
Production
Universal paid 20th Century Fox $40,000 to use Alice Faye plus $26,500 when filming was extended.[1]
Songs
- You're a Sweetheart (Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson)
- Broadway Jamboree (Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson)
- My Fine Feathered Friend (Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson)
- Who Killed Maggie? (Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson)
- Oh, Oh, Oklahoma (Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson)
- So It's Love (Mickey Bloom, Lou Bring, Arthur Quenzer)
- Scrapin' the Toast' (Murray Mencher (music), Charles Tobias (lyrics))
References
- ^ a b Dick, Bernard K. (2015). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 114.
- ^ "NY Times: You're a Sweetheart". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
- ^ "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
External links
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