Du Barry Was a Lady (film)

Du Barry Was a Lady
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRoy Del Ruth
Screenplay byIrving Brecher
Adaptation byNancy Hamilton
Additional dialogue byWilkie Mahoney
Based onDu Barry Was a Lady
1939 play
by Herbert Fields
Buddy G. DeSylva
Produced byArthur Freed
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byBlanche Sewell
Music byCole Porter
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc.
Release dates
  • August 19, 1943 (1943-08-19) (New York City)
  • 1943 (1943) (United States)
Running time
96 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.3 million[2]
Box office$3.5 million[2]

Du Barry Was a Lady is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth, starring Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Gene Kelly, and Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra. It is based on the 1939 stage musical of the same name. Shot in Technicolor, the film was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

  1. ^ a b Du Barry Was a Lady at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.