Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (film)
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| Directed by | David Butler |
| Written by | Harry Clork Roland Kibbee Peter Milne Avery Hopwood (Play) |
| Produced by | William Jacobs |
| Starring | Dennis Morgan Virginia Mayo Gene Nelson |
| Cinematography | Wilfred M. Cline |
| Edited by | Irene Morra |
| Music by | Howard Jackson (uncredited) |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.8 million (US rentals)[1] |
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine is the title of a Technicolor musical film released in 1951, directed by David Butler and starring Dennis Morgan and Virginia Mayo (singing voice was dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams). The film was based on an earlier musical, Gold Diggers of Broadway.
Plot summary
Three smart Las Vegas theatrical girls decide to look for husbands; - Carol, (Virginia Mayo), who thinks a millionaire would be good, Abby (Lucille Norman), who is in love with baritone Vince Nichols (Dennis Morgan), but is perturbed because he gambles, and June (Virginia Gibson), who has a crush on Ted Lansing, a dancer, (Gene Nelson). Ted, however, is in love with Abby.[2]
Cast
- Dennis Morgan as Vince Nichols
- Virginia Mayo as Carol
- Gene Nelson as Thedore (Ted) Lansing
- Lucille Norman as Abby
- S.Z. Sakall as Felix 'Uncle Felix' Hoff
- Virginia Gibson as June
- Tom Conway as Bennington Lansing aka Uncle Benny
- Wallace Ford as Sam Parks
Songs
- Painting the Clouds with Sunshine and Tiptoe Through the Tulips, music and lyrics by Joe Burke and Al Dubin
- Sung by Dennis Morgan and Lucille Norman
- Man Is a Necessary Evil and The Mambo Man, music by Sonny Burke, lyrics by Jack Elliott
- Vienna Dreams, music by Rudolf Sieczynski, lyrics by Irving Caesar
- We're in the Money, music and lyrics by Harry Warren and Al Dubin
- When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, music and lyrics by Ernest R. Ball, Chauncey Olcott and George Graff, Jr.
- With a Song in My Heart, music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart
- The Birth of the Blues, music and lyrics by Ray Henderson, B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown
- You're My Everything, music and lyrics by Harry Warren, Mort Dixon and Joe Young
- Jalousie 'Tango Tzigane', music and lyrics by Jacob Gade and Vera Bloom
- I Like the Mountain Music, music and lyrics by Frank Weldon and James Cavanaugh[3]
Criticism
"Laborious plot, conventional climax - but good dances and leg-art."[4]
References
- ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1951', Variety, January 2, 1952
- ^ Picturegoer, 19 January 1952, p.14
- ^ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/86138/Painting-the-Clouds-with-Sunshine/music.html
- ^ Picturegoer, January 19, 1952
External links
- Painting the Clouds with Sunshine at IMDb
- ‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› Painting the Clouds with Sunshine at AllMovie
- Painting the Clouds with Sunshine at the TCM Movie Database
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