My Blue Heaven (1950 film)
{{Short description|1950 film by Henry Koster}}
{{other uses||My Blue Heaven (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox film
| name = My Blue Heaven
| image = Blueheaven.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Henry Koster
| producer = Sol C. Siegel
| screenplay = Lamar Trotti
Claude Binyon
| based_on = {{Based on|Stork Don't Bring Babies|S.K. Lauren}}
| starring = Betty Grable
Dan Dailey
| cinematography = Arthur E. Arling
| editing = James B. Clark
| color_process = Technicolor
| studio = 20th Century Fox
| distributor = 20th Century Fox
| released = {{Film date|1950|9|15|New York City}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $2,275,000 (US rentals){{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety181-1951-01#page/n57/mode/1up|title=Top Grosses of 1950|magazine=Variety|date=January 3, 1951|page=58}}'The Top Box Office Hits of 1950', Variety, January 3, 1951[https://books.google.com/books?id=WIZwZOz8LHsC&dq=aubrey+solomon+20th+century+fox&pg=PA212 Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 223]
}}
My Blue Heaven is a 1950 American drama musical film directed by Henry Koster and starring Betty Grable and Dan Dailey. New songs by Harold Arlen and Ralph Blane.
Plot
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Kitty Moran (Betty Grable), a radio star, finds out she is pregnant. After she miscarries, Kitty and her husband Jack (Dan Dailey) move their show to television, and become determined to adopt a baby.
Miss Gilbert, an adoption agency official, is sympathetic but warns them the process can be complicated and some officials may consider their show business background unfavorably. Their dog, Mr. Milton, hides under the sofa whenever mention of having to share his affections comes up.
When the couple finally get a baby through unofficial means, Kitty fires the overly strict nurse Mrs. Bates and stays home.
This lasts five weeks, until Kitty learns her understudy Gloria Adams is getting a little too big for her britches where
Kitty's husband is concerned. She quickly returns to work.
It all ends in happy confusion, as the couple ends up with two adopted babies and the news that Kitty is pregnant again.
Cast
- Betty Grable as Kitty Moran
- Dan Dailey as Jack Moran
- David Wayne as Walter Pringle
- Jane Wyatt as Janet Pringle
- Mitzi Gaynor as Gloria Adams
- Una Merkel as Miss Irma Gilbert
- Louise Beavers as Selma
- Laura Pierpont as Mrs. Johnston
- Elinor Donahue as Mary – Bratty Autograph Seeker
- Phyllis Coates as Party Girl
- Mae Marsh as Maid
- Minerva Urecal as Mrs. Bates aka Old Mule Face
- Suzanne Ridgeway as Audience Member / Passerby on Street
- Barbara Pepper as Susan, Waitress
- James Pierce as Tough Truck Driver (uncredited)
- Thomas Browne Henry as Tavern Owner (uncredited)
- Myron Healey as Adoptive Father (uncredited)
Background
My Blue Heaven was the third film that Grable and Dailey made together, the first two being Mother Wore Tights in 1947 and When My Baby Smiles at Me in 1948. They later co-starred in a fourth, Call Me Mister (1951).
My Blue Heaven marked the film debut of musical star Mitzi Gaynor.
Grable was reluctant to make the film. She only agreed to do it if Lamar Trotti rewrote the script and Henry Koster replaced Claude Binyon as director.{{Cite news|title=GRABLE TO APPEAR IN 'BLUE HEAVEN': Star Ends Hold-Out Against the Fox Studios -- Koster Will Direct as She Preferred|date=Oct 19, 1949|work=New York Times|page=37}}
Radio adaptation
My Blue Heaven was presented on Lux Radio Theatre on 25 February 1952. The one-hour adaptation featured Grable and Dailey in their roles from the film.{{cite news|last1=Kirby|first1=Walter|title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2520492/the_decatur_daily_review/|work=The Decatur Daily Review|date=February 24, 1952|page=38|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 28, 2015}} {{Open access}}
Notes
Jane Wyatt and Elinor Donahue later starred in the TV show Father Knows Best (1954–1960).
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0042767|title=My Blue Heaven}}
- {{TCMDb title|id=84280}}
{{Henry Koster}}
Category:1950s musical drama films
Category:20th Century Fox films
Category:American musical drama films
Category:1950s English-language films
Category:Films about entertainers
Category:Films about television
Category:Films directed by Henry Koster