Love Me or Leave Me (film)

Infobox Film
name = Love Me or Leave Me


image_size = 200px
caption = Promotional movie poster for the film
director = Charles Vidor
producer = Joe Pasternak
writer = Daniel Fuchs
Isobel Lennart
starring = Doris Day
James Cagney
Cameron Mitchell
music = Chilton Price
cinematography = Arthur E. Arling
editing = Ralph E. Winters
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = flagicon|US May 26, 1955 (New York City, New York)
June 10 (wide)
flagicon|Sweden November 14
flagicon|Finland March 23, 1956
flagicon|Denmark June 24, 1959
runtime = 122 min.
country = U.S.A.
language = English
amg_id = 1:30307
imdb_id = 0048317

"Love Me or Leave Me" is a 1955 biographical film which tells the life story of Ruth Etting, a singer who rose from dancer to movie star. It stars Doris Day as Etting, James Cagney as Martin "Moe the Gimp" Snyder, and Cameron Mitchell.

Cagney suggested to producer Joe Pasternak that Day be cast in the Etting role. [ [http://www.dorisday.net/mgm.html Review on Dorisday.net site] ] The role had been sought by Ava Gardner, but Cagney persuaded MGM to cast Day. In turn, she was excited to play opposite Cagney.

The movie was written by Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart. It was directed by Charles Vidor.

It won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Cagney), Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Music, Song (for Nicholas Brodzsky and Sammy Cahn for "I'll Never Stop Loving You"), Best Sound, Recording and Best Writing, Screenplay.

Most of the songs in the movie were 1930s hits that Etting had recorded originally. Two new songs, however, were written specifically for the film: "Never Look Back" by Chilton Price, and "I'll Never Stop Loving You," by Nicholas Brodzsky and Sammy Cahn.

ongs

(all sung by Doris Day except as shown):
*Ten Cents a Dance
*I'm Sitting on Top of the World (Claude Stroud)
*It All Depends On You
*You Made Me Love You
*Stay On the Right Side Sister
*Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Loves Nobody But Me)
*Mean To Me
*Sam, the Old Accordion Man
*Shaking the Blues Away (sung by Doris Day, danced by Doris Day and Chorus)
*I'll Never Stop Loving You
*Never Look Back
*Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl)
*At Sundown
*My Blue Heaven
*Love Me or Leave Me

References

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* [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117792782.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0 Variety's review]