Rich, Young and Pretty

Rich, Young and Pretty
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNorman Taurog
Screenplay byDorothy Cooper
Sidney Sheldon
Story byDorothy Cooper
Produced byJoe Pasternak
StarringJane Powell
Danielle Darrieux
Wendell Corey
Fernando Lamas
Marcel Dalio
Una Merkel
Richard Anderson
Jean Murat
Vic Damone
CinematographyRobert H. Planck
Edited byGene Ruggiero
Music bySammy Cahn (lyrics)
Nicholas Brodszky (music)[1]
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc.[2]
Release dates
  • July 24, 1951 (1951-07-24) (New York City)
  • August 3, 1951 (1951-08-03) (U.S.)[2]
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,528,000[3]
Box office$2,999,000[3]
Fernando Lamas and Danielle Darrieux

Rich, Young and Pretty is a 1951 American musical comedy film produced by Joe Pasternak for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Norman Taurog. Written by Dorothy Cooper and adapted as a screenplay by Cooper and Sidney Sheldon, it stars Jane Powell, Danielle Darrieux, Wendell Corey, and Fernando Lamas, features The Four Freshmen, and introduces Vic Damone. This was Darrieux's first Hollywood film since The Rage of Paris (1938).[4]

  1. ^ Bosley Crowther (1951-07-26). "Two Newcomers on the Local Scene". The New York Times.
  2. ^ a b Rich, Young and Pretty at the TCM Movie Database
  3. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
  4. ^ "Also Showing". Time. 1951-08-20. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012.