Girl Crazy (1932 film)
Appearance
Girl Crazy | |
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Directed by | William A. Seiter |
Written by | Walter DeLeon Herman J. Mankiewicz Eddie Welch Tim Whelan Guy Bolton (play) Jack McGowan (play) |
Produced by | William LeBaron |
Starring | Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Dorothy Lee |
Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
Edited by | Arthur Roberts |
Music by | Max Steiner |
Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
Release date | March 27, 1932 |
Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $532,000[1] |
Box office | $555,000[1] |
Girl Crazy is a 1932 American pre-Code musical film adaptation of the 1930 stage play of the same name. The film was very unlike the stage play except for its score. It was tailored for the comic talents of Wheeler & Woolsey, a popular comedy team of the time. Three songs written by George and Ira Gershwin for the play were retained: "Bidin' My Time", "I Got Rhythm", and "But Not For Me". According to RKO records, the film lost $150,000.[1]
Cast
- Bert Wheeler - Jimmy Deagan
- Robert Woolsey - Slick Foster
- Eddie Quillan - Danny Churchill
- Dorothy Lee - Patsy
- Mitzi Green - Tessie
- Brooks Benedict - George Mason
- Kitty Kelly - Kate Foster
- Arline Judge - Molly Gray
- Stanley Fields - Lank Sanders
- Lita Chevret - Mary
- Chris-Pin Martin - Pete
- Monte Collins - Bartender
Soundtrack
- "Bidin' My Time"
- Music by George Gershwin
- Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
- Sung by male quartet
- "I Got Rhythm"
- Music by George Gershwin
- Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
- Performed by Kitty Kelly and chorus
- "You've Got What Gets Me"
- Music by George Gershwin
- Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
- Sung by Bert Wheeler and Dorothy Lee
- Danced by Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee and Mitzi Green
- "But Not for Me"
- Music by George Gershwin
- Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
- Sung by Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge
- also sung by Mitzi Green
References
External links
- Girl Crazy at the TCM Movie Database
- Girl Crazy at IMDb
- Girl Crazy at AllMovie
Categories:
- 1932 films
- 1932 musical comedy films
- American musical comedy films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- Films based on musicals
- American films based on plays
- Films directed by William A. Seiter
- Films scored by Max Steiner
- Films made before the MPAA Production Code
- George Gershwin in film
- Films with screenplays by Herman J. Mankiewicz
- RKO Pictures films
- Musical comedy film stubs