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Step Lively [DVD] [1944]
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Release Date:06/18/2019
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Previously filmed as a so-so Marx Brothers vehicle in 1938, the John Murray-Alan Boretz Broadway hit Room Service was effectively musicalized in 1944 as Step Lively. The plot remains intact: Fly-by-night theatrical producer Gordon Miller (Groucho Marx in the 1938 film, George Murphy in the remake) struggles to keep his production and cast together, despite severe deficiencies in the money department. Hotel-chain supervisor Wagner (Adolphe Menjou) threatens to throw Miller and his actors off the premises, an eventuality Miller hopes to forestall until he can obtain $50,000 from a wealthy backer. Meanwhile, Glen Davis (Frank Sinatra), the author of Miller's play, shows up to see how things are going. Before long, Glen is swept up in a desperate plot hatched by Miller and his underlings Binion (Wally Brown) and Harry (Alan Carney) to stay in the hotel despite Wagner's efforts to oust them. Caught in the middle are hapless hotel manager Gribble (Walter Slezak), potential backer Jenkins (Eugene Pallette), Glen's sweetheart Miss Abboli (Anne Jeffreys) and Miller's leading lady Christine (Gloria DeHaven). This being a musical, the outcome hinges on Glen's hitherto untapped singing ability, which might save the day if he overcomes a bout of psychosomatic laryngitis.~Hal Erickson
Director
- Tim Whelan, Sr.
Writer
- Peter Milne
Cast
- Frank SinatraGlen Russell
- George MurphyGordon Miller
- Adolphe MenjouWagner
- Gloria DeHavenChristine Marlowe
- Eugene PalletteJenkins
- Walter SlezakJoe Gribble
- Wally BrownBinion
- Alan CarneyHarry
- Grant MitchellDr. Glass
- Anne JeffreysMiss Abbott
- Frances KingMother
- Harry NobleFather
- George ChandlerCountry Yokel
- Rosemary La PlancheLouella
- Dorothy MaloneTelephone operator
- Frank MayoDoorman
- Lee MurrayBellboy
- Elaine RileyLois
Crew
- Allen BoretzPlay Author
- Robert de GrasseCinematographer
- Constantin BakaleinikoffMusical Direction/Supervision
- Jule StyneComposer (Music Score)
- Gene MilfordEditor
- Darrell SilveraProduction Designer
- Albert S. D'AgostinoArt Director
- Carroll ClarkArt Director
- Darrell SilveraSet Designer
- Edward StevensonCostume Designer
- Vernon WalkerSpecial Effects
- Ernst MatrayChoreography
Details
- GenreConcerts Operas and Musicals
- SubgenreEnsemble Film,Showbiz Comedy
- TitleStep Lively
- Countries ProducedUnited States
- Duration88 minutes
- Year of Release1944
- Product TagsDVD
- FormatDVD
- Program TypeMovie
- Sound Featuresmonaural
- Screen FormatBlack & White
- Aspect Ratio1.37:1
- LanguageEnglish
- SubtitlesEnglish, French
- Region Code0
- StudioWarner Bros. Digital Distribution
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- Product NameStep Lively [DVD] [1944]
- UPC883929689798
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