The Sky's the Limit (1943)
July 13, 1943Release Date
The Sky's the Limit (1943)
July 13, 1943Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Fred Astaire
Fred Atwell aka Fred Burton
Joan Leslie
Joan Manion
Robert Benchley
Phil Harriman
Robert Ryan
Reginald Fenton
Elizabeth Patterson
Mrs. Fisher
Marjorie Gateson
Canteen Hostess
Freddie Slack
Freddie Slack - Leader of His Orchestra
Bobby Barber
Canteen Waiter (uncredited)
S.K. Lauren
Writer
Eric Blore
Jackson - Phil's Butler (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich
Pilot
Neil Hamilton
Navy Officer on Train (uncredited)
Robert Andersen
Officer
Olin Howland
Driver (uncredited)
Edward H. Griffith
Director
Paul Hurst
Dock Foreman (uncredited)
Francis Fenton
Writer
Clarence Kolb
Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited)
Lynn Root
Writer
Peter Lawford
Naval Commander (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Officer at Dinner (uncredited)
David Hempstead
Producer
Clarence Muse
Colonial Club Doorman (uncredited)
Russell Metty
Cinematographer
Roland Gross
Editor
Amelita Ward
Southern Girl (uncredited)
Anne G. Sterling
Woman in Canteen
Ella Mae Morse
Singer (uncredited)
Jack Carr
Customer
Edna Harris
Salesgirl (uncredited)
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects
Johnny Mercer
Lyricist
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 13, 1943
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Content RatingNR
Budget$871,000
Box Office$2,185,000
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
Wiki.
The Sky's The Limit is a 1943 romantic musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire and Joan Leslie, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The film was directed by Edward H. Griffith, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Astaire plays a Flying Tiger pilot on leave. Robert T. Smith, a real former Flying Tiger pilot on leave before joining the Army Air Forces, was the technical adviser on the film. The comedy is provided by Robert Benchley — his second appearance in an Astaire picture — and Eric Blore, a stalwart from the early Astaire-Rogers pictures.
The film was an unusual departure for Astaire, one which caused some consternation among film critics and fans at the time, though not enough to prevent the film from doing well. Aside from the dancing – which contains the famous solo performance to the standard "One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)", described by Astaire as "the best song specially written for me" – the script provided him with his first opportunity to act in a serious dramatic role, and one with which his acting abilities, sometimes disparaged, appear to cope.
Arlen and Mercer were nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Song, for "My Shining Hour". Leigh Harline was nominated for the Academy Award for Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture).