Three Little Words (1950)
July 12, 1950Release Date
Three Little Words (1950)
July 12, 1950Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Fred Astaire
Bert Kalmar
Vera-Ellen
Jessie Brown Kalmar
Red Skelton
Harry Ruby
Arlene Dahl
Eileen Percy
Keenan Wynn
Charlie Kope
Gale Robbins
Terry Lordel
Gloria DeHaven
Mrs. Carter De Haven
Phil Regan
Phil Regan
Harry Shannon
Clanahan
Debbie Reynolds
Helen Kane
Paul Harvey
Al Masters
Richard Thorpe
Director
Carleton Carpenter
Dan Healy
George Metkovich
Al Schacht
George Wells
Writer
Jack Cummings
Producer
Harry Mendoza
The Great Mendoza
Harry Jackson
Cinematographer
Beverly Michaels
Shipboard Woman (uncredited)
Helen Kane
Helen Kane (singing voice) (uncredited)
Ben Lewis
Editor
Pat Flaherty
Coach (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Policeman on Street (uncredited)
Helen Rose
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 12, 1950
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Content RatingNR
Budget$1,470,000
Box Office$4,526,000
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Wiki.
Three Little Words is a 1950 American musical film biography of the Tin Pan Alley songwriting partnership of Kalmar and Ruby. It stars Fred Astaire as lyricist Bert Kalmar and Red Skelton as composer Harry Ruby, along with Vera-Ellen and Arlene Dahl as their wives, with Debbie Reynolds in a small but notable role as singer Helen Kane and Gloria DeHaven as her own mother, Mrs. Carter DeHaven. The film, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, was written by Academy-Award-winning screenwriter George Wells, directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Jack Cummings. Harry Ruby served as a consultant on the project, and he appears in a cameo role as a baseball catcher. The third in a series of MGM biopics about Broadway composers, it was preceded by Till the Clouds Roll By (Jerome Kern, 1946) and Words and Music (Rodgers and Hart, 1948) and followed by Deep in My Heart (Sigmund Romberg, 1954).