Down Among the Sheltering Palms (film)

Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Film poster
Directed byEdmund Goulding
Written byClaude Binyon
Albert E. Lewin
Burt Styler
Produced byFred Kohlmar
StarringMitzi Gaynor
William Lundigan
Jane Greer
Gloria DeHaven
CinematographyLeon Shamroy
Edited byLouis R. Loeffler
Music byLeigh Harline, Harold Arlen
Production
company
20th Century Fox
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • March 1, 1953 (1953-03-01) (United States)
  • March 27, 1953 (1953-03-27) (Los Angeles)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.4 million[1]
Box office$1 million (US rentals)[2]

Down Among the Sheltering Palms is a 1953 American musical comedy film starring Mitzi Gaynor, William Lundigan, Gloria DeHaven, David Wayne and Jane Greer.[3] The popular song of the same name, which dates to 1914, is one of those performed in the film.

  1. ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p248
  2. ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
  3. ^ Down Among the Sheltering Palms at TCMDB