She's Back on Broadway

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| name = She's Back on Broadway

| image = File:She's Back on Broadway.jpg

| caption =

| director = Gordon Douglas

| producer = Henry Blanke

| writer = Orin Jannings

| based_on =

| narrator =

| starring = Virginia Mayo
Gene Nelson
Frank Lovejoy
Steve Cochran
Patrice Wymore
Virginia Gibson

| music = David Buttolph

| cinematography = Edwin B. DuPar

| editing = Folmar Blangsted

| studio = Warner Bros.

| distributor = Warner Bros.

| released = {{Film date|1953|3|14}}

| runtime = 95 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross = $1.9 million (US)'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954

}}

She's Back on Broadway is a 1953 musical comedy-drama Warnercolor film starring Virginia Mayo in her final musical film, although her singing voice was dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams.[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/27292/shes-back-on-broadway She's Back on Broadway] at TCMDB The film was Mayo's unofficial successor to her 1952 musical hit She's Working Her Way Through College.{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/shes-back-on-broadway-v109826|title = She's Back on Broadway (1953) - Gordon Douglas | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie}}

Plot

When Catherine Terris' career in Hollywood begins to falter, she returns to Broadway, where her first great triumphs occurred. She takes the lead in a play directed by Rick Sommers, with whom she had a romantic past. Sommers is still bitter that she left him to become the toast of Hollywood years earlier. They try to overcome their mutual animosity to make the play a success.

Cast

Virginia Mayo as Catherine Terris
Gene Nelson as Gordon Evans
Frank Lovejoy as John Webber
Steve Cochran as Rick Sommers
Patrice Wymore as Karen Keene
Virginia Gibson as Angela Korinna
Larry Keating as Mitchell Parks
Paul Picerni as Jud Kellogg
Nedrick Young as Rafferty
Jacqueline deWit as Lisa Kramer
Steve Condos as Specialty Dancer (as Condos)
Jerry Brandow as Specialty Dancer (as Brandow)
Douglas Spencer as Lew Ludlow
Mabel Albertson as Velma Trumbull
Lenny Sherman as Ernest Tandy
Cliff Ferre as Lyn Humphries
Ray Kyle as Mickey Zealand
Sy Milano as Baritone Singer

Musical numbers

1) Overture/I'll Take You/Behind the Mask - Played by Orchestra
2) I May Be Wrong - Sung by Gene Nelson
3) I'll Take You - Sung and Danced by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams) and Gene Nelson
4) One Step Ahead - Sung and Danced by Patrice Wymore, Steve Condos and Jerry Brandow
5) Break the Ties That Bind You - Sung by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams)
6) Breakfast in Bed - Sung and Danced by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams) and Chorus
7) Mardi Gras - Sung by Sy Milano and Chorus, then Danced by Patrice Wymore and Chorus
7.1) Behind the Mask - Sung by Sy Milano, then Danced by Virginia Mayo and Chorus
7.2) Mardi Gras (reprise) - Danced by Gene Nelson
7.3) Behind the Mask (reprise) - Sung by Chorus, Danced by Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson and Chorus
8) I'll Take You (reprise) - Sung and Danced by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams), Gene Nelson and Chorus