Let's Do It Again (1953 film)

Let's Do it Again
Let's Do it Again
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alexander Hall
Written by	Mary Loos; Richard Sale
Produced by	Oscar Saul
Starring	Jane Wyman; Ray Milland; Aldo Ray
Cinematography	Charles Lawton Jr.
Edited by	Charles Nelson
Music by	George Duning
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	July 17, 1953;
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.25 million (US)

Let's Do it Again is a 1953 Technicolor musical film set in 1950 New York, and released by Columbia Pictures. The film was directed by Alexander Hall and starred Jane Wyman, Ray Milland, Aldo Ray, and Tom Helmore. It is the story of a composer's wife (Wyman) who tries to make him (Milland) jealous, but the ploy backfires and leads to divorce.

This color film is a reworking of a stage play by Arthur Richman, The Awful Truth (1922), which was previously filmed in 1925, again in 1929 (The Awful Truth), and in a 1937 film of that name starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant.

The lyrics for the musical numbers were written by Ned Washington.

Plot

Broadway philandering composer Gary Stuart (Ray Milland) discovers to his outrage that while he was taking a brief holiday from his marriage to Constance Stuart (Jane Wyman), she spent an evening in a "country inn" with rival composer Courtney Craig (Tom Helmore). Connie points out the impropriety of Gary's own behavior with dancer Lilly Adair (Valerie Bettis), yet when he agrees with her suggestion to consult a lawyer, she is regretful, and the couple get a divorce.^[2]

Cast

Jane Wyman as Constance 'Connie' Stuart
Ray Milland as Gary Stuart
Aldo Ray as Frank McGraw, Connie's new boyfriend
Leon Ames as Chet Stuart, Gary's brother
Valerie Bettis as Lilly Adair
Tom Helmore as Courtney Craig, a longstanding admirer of Connie
Karin Booth as Deborah Randolph, Gary's new girlfriend
Mary Treen as Nelly, Connie's maid

References

^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
^ http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=50911

External links

Let's Do It Again at IMDb
Let's Do It Again at the TCM Movie Database
Let's Do It Again at AllMovie
Let's Do It Again at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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[1] 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954

[2] ttp://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=50911

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