Two Tickets to Broadway

Two Tickets to Broadway
Original film poster
Directed byJames V. Kern
Written bySammy Cahn
Produced byNorman Krasna
Jerry Wald
Howard Hughes (uncredited)
StarringTony Martin
Janet Leigh
Gloria DeHaven
Ann Miller
Eddie Bracken
CinematographyEdward Cronjager
Harry J. Wild
Edited byHarry Marker
Music byWalter Scharf
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • November 20, 1951 (1951-11-20)[1]
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2 million (US rentals)[2]

Two Tickets to Broadway is a 1951 American musical film directed by James V. Kern and starring Tony Martin, Janet Leigh, Gloria DeHaven and Ann Miller. It was filmed on the RKO Forty Acres backlot.[3] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording (John O. Aalberg).[4] The film was choreographed by Busby Berkeley. The film recorded an estimated loss of $1,150,000.[5]

  1. ^ "Two Tickets to Broadway: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  2. ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1951', Variety, January 2, 1952.
  3. ^ Hal Erickson (2012). "Two Tickets to Broadway". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  4. ^ "The 24th Academy Awards (1952) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  5. ^ Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p261.