Kismet (1955 film)

Kismet
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVincente Minnelli
Stanley Donen (uncredited)
Written byCharles Lederer
Luther Davis
Based onKismet
1911 play
by Edward Knoblock
Produced byArthur Freed
StarringHoward Keel
Ann Blyth
Dolores Gray
Vic Damone
CinematographyJoseph Ruttenberg
Edited byAdrienne Fazan
Music byAlexander Borodin
Bob Wright
George Forrest
Music supervised and conducted by
André Previn
Jeff Alexander
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc.
Release date
  • December 23, 1955 (1955-12-23)[1]
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3,015,000[2]
Box office$1,827,000[2]

Kismet is a 1955 American musical-comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Arthur Freed. It was filmed in CinemaScope and Eastmancolor and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

It is the fifth movie version of Kismet. The first was released in 1914, the second in 1920, the third in 1930 by Warner Brothers, and the fourth, starring Ronald Colman and Marlene Dietrich, by MGM in 1944.[3] The 1955 film is based on the successful 1953 stage musical Kismet, while the four earlier versions are based on the original 1911 play by Edward Knoblock.

  1. ^ "Kisment (1955): Original Print Info". TCM.com. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  3. ^ Singleton, Brian (2004). Oscar Asche, Orientalism, and British Musical Comedy. Praeger. pp. 64–65. ISBN 0275979296.