April Love (film)

April Love
Directed byHenry Levin
Written byGeorge Agnew Chamberlain (novel)
Winston Miller
Produced byDavid Weisbart
StarringPat Boone
Shirley Jones
Dolores Michaels
CinematographyWilfred M. Cline
Edited byWilliam B. Murphy
Music bySammy Fain
Alfred Newman
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • November 27, 1957 (1957-11-27)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,425,000[1]
Box office$3.7 million (US and Canada rentals)[2]

April Love is an American musical film directed by Henry Levin and produced by David Weisbart, based on the novel Phantom Filly by George Agnew Chamberlain (New York City, 1941).[3] Photographed in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color by Wilfred M. Cline, it was the fourth most popular movie of 1957 and stars Pat Boone, Shirley Jones, Arthur O'Connell, Dolores Michaels, Matt Crowley, Jeanette Nolan and Bradford Jackson.

The title song, sung by Boone, went to number one on the Billboard Chart in December 1957 and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.

  1. ^ "Solomon, p. 251".
  2. ^ Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M144.
  3. ^ "Info Turner Classic Movies, April Love (1957)". Tcm.com. Retrieved June 7, 2012.