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She's Back on Broadway

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She's Back on Broadway
Directed byGordon Douglas
Written byOrin Jannings
Produced byHenry Blanke
StarringVirginia Mayo
Gene Nelson
Frank Lovejoy
Steve Cochran
Patrice Wymore
Virginia Gibson
CinematographyEdwin B. DuPar
Edited byFolmar Blangsted
Music byDavid Buttolph
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • March 14, 1953 (1953-03-14)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.9 million (US)[1]

She's Back on Broadway is a 1953 musical comedy-drama Warnercolor film starring Virginia Mayo in her final musical film, although her singing voice was dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams.[2] The film was Mayo's unofficial successor to her 1952 musical hit She's Working Her Way Through College.[3]

Plot

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When Catherine Terris' career in Hollywood begins to falter, she returns to Broadway, where her first great triumphs occurred. She takes the lead in a play directed by Rick Sommers, with whom she had a romantic past. Sommers is still bitter that she left him to become the toast of Hollywood years earlier. They try to overcome their mutual animosity to make the play a success.

Cast

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Musical numbers

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  • 1) Overture/I'll Take You/Behind the Mask - Played by Orchestra
  • 2) I May Be Wrong - Sung by Gene Nelson
  • 3) I'll Take You - Sung and Danced by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams) and Gene Nelson
  • 4) One Step Ahead - Sung and Danced by Patrice Wymore, Steve Condos and Jerry Brandow
  • 5) Break the Ties That Bind You - Sung by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams)
  • 6) Breakfast in Bed - Sung and Danced by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams) and Chorus
  • 7) Mardi Gras - Sung by Sy Milano and Chorus, then Danced by Patrice Wymore and Chorus
  • 7.1) Behind the Mask - Sung by Sy Milano, then Danced by Virginia Mayo and Chorus
  • 7.2) Mardi Gras (reprise) - Danced by Gene Nelson
  • 7.3) Behind the Mask (reprise) - Sung by Chorus, Danced by Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson and Chorus
  • 8) I'll Take You (reprise) - Sung and Danced by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams), Gene Nelson and Chorus

References

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  1. ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
  2. ^ She's Back on Broadway at TCMDB
  3. ^ "She's Back on Broadway (1953) - Gordon Douglas | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
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