| Call Me Mister | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:CallMeMister.jpg) Betty Grable and Dan Dailey on a Call Me Mister lobby card. | |
| Directed by | Lloyd Bacon |
| Written by | Albert E. Lewin Burt Styler |
| Based on | Call Me Mister 1946 musical by Harold Rome Arnold M. Auerbach |
| Produced by | Fred Kohlmar |
| Starring | Betty Grable Dan Dailey |
| Cinematography | Arthur E. Arling |
| Edited by | Louis R. Loeffler |
| Music by | Leigh Harline |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,175,000 (US rentals)[1][2] |
Call Me Mister is a 1951 American Technicolor musical film released by Twentieth Century-Fox. The feature was directed by Lloyd Bacon and re-written from the 1946 Broadway play version by Albert E. Lewin and Burt Styler with music by Harold Rome that featured cast members from the US armed forces.
Call Me Mister was filmed in Technicolor, and starred Betty Grable and Dan Dailey and co-starred Danny Thomas with supporting players Dale Robertson, Benay Venuta, and Richard Boone. Only a couple Harold Rome numbers were kept in the film.[3]
- ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1951', Variety, January 2, 1952
- ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 223
- ^ "Call Me Mister - Original Broadway Cast | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.