Mother Wore Tights (1947)
1h 47m
Running Time
August 20, 1947Release Date
Mother Wore Tights (1947)
1h 47m
Running Time
August 20, 1947Release Date
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Plot.
In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank Burt notices her talent, hires her for a "two-act", then marries her. Incidents of the marriage and the growing pains of eldest daughter Miriam are followed, interspersed with nostalgic musical numbers.
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Cast & Crew.
Betty Grable
Mother
Dan Dailey
Father
Mona Freeman
Iris
Connie Marshall
Mikie
Vanessa Brown
Bessie
Robert Arthur
Bob Clarkman
Sara Allgood
Grandmother McKinley
William Frawley
Mr. Schneider
Ruth Nelson
Miss Ridgeway
Anabel Shaw
Alice Flemmerhammer
Stephen Dunne
Roy Bivins
George Cleveland
Grandfather McKinley
Veda Ann Borg
Rosemary Olcott
Sig Ruman
Papa
Lee Patrick
Lil
Señor Wences
Señor Wences
Frank Burt
Composer
Anne Baxter
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Resort Guest (uncredited)
Ann Gowland
Mikie - Age 3 (uncredited)
Karolyn Grimes
Iris - Age 6 (uncredited)
Alvin Hammer
Clarence (uncredited)
Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Clarkman (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Resort Guest (uncredited)
Will Wright
Withers (uncredited)
Lee MacGregor
Boy (uncredited)
Miriam Young
Author
Walter Lang
Director
Lamar Trotti
Screenplay / Producer
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Master
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Alfred Newman
Music Director
Seymour Felix
Choreographer
Kenny Williams
Choreographer
Gene Rose
Orchestrator
Eugene Grossman
Sound
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
David Buttolph
Original Music Composer
Frank Burt
Original Music Composer
Harry Jackson
Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 20, 1947
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 47m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
vaudeville
Wiki.
Mother Wore Tights is a 1947 American Technicolor musical film starring Betty Grable and Dan Dailey as married vaudeville performers, directed by Walter Lang.
This was Grable and Dailey's first film together, based on a book of the same name by Miriam Young. It was the highest grossing film of Grable's career up to this time, earning more than $5 million at the box office. It was also 20th Century Fox's most successful film of 1947.
Alfred Newman won the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture. Josef Myrow (music) and Mack Gordon (lyrics) were nominated for Original Song ("You Do"), while Harry Jackson was nominated for Color Cinematography.
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