- Delicious (film)
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Delicious 
Directed by David Butler Written by Guy Bolton
Sonya LevienStarring Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
Virginia CherrillMusic by George Gershwin Cinematography Ernest Palmer Editing by Irene Morra Distributed by Fox Film Corporation Release date(s) December 27, 1931 (US) Running time 106 minutes Country United States Language English Delicious (1931) is a Gershwin musical romantic comedy film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, directed by David Butler, with color sequences in Multicolor (now lost). The film featured music by George and Ira Gershwin, including the introduction of "New York Rhapsody" (later expanded into the Second Rhapsody by Gershwin); an imaginative and elaborate set piece. Gershwin also contributed other sequences for the movie score, but only a five-minute Dream Sequence and the six-minute "New York Rhapsody" made the final cut. Fox Film Corporation rejected the rest of the score.
Gaynor plays a Scottish girl emigrating by ship to America who runs afoul of the authorities and has to go on the run, falling in with a ragtag group of immigrant musicians in Manhattan. Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics Seventh Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), and Lucky Star (1929); Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for the first two and F. W. Murnau's Sunrise.
Cast
- Janet Gaynor as Heather Gordon
- Charles Farrell as Larry Beaumont
- El Brendel as Chris Jansen
- Raul Roulien as Sascha
- Lawrence O'Sullivan as Detective O'Flynn
- Manya Roberti as Olga
- Olive Tell as Mrs. Van Bergh
- Virginia Cherrill as Diana Van Bergh
- Mischa Auer as Mischa
- Marvine Maazel as Toscha
A screenshot from Delicious
See also
- List of early color feature films
External links
- Delicious at the Internet Movie Database
- Delicious at AllRovi
Films directed by David Butler 1920s Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929)1930s High Society Blues (1930) · Just Imagine (1930) · A Connecticut Yankee (1931) · Delicious (1931) · Business and Pleasure (1932) · Bottoms Up (1934) · Bright Eyes (1934) · The Little Colonel (1935) · The Littlest Rebel (1935) · Captain January (1936) · Pigskin Parade (1936) · Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) · You're a Sweetheart (1937) · Kentucky Moonshine (1938) · Straight, Place and Show (1938) · Kentucky (1938) · That's Right You're Wrong (1939)1940s If I Had My Way (1940) · You'll Find Out (1940) · Caught in the Draft (1941) · Playmates (1941) · Road to Morocco (1942) · They Got Me Covered (1943) · Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) · Shine On, Harvest Moon (1944) · The Princess and the Pirate (1944) · San Antonio (1945) · Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946) · The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946) · My Wild Irish Rose (1947) · Two Guys from Texas (1948) · John Loves Mary (1949) · Look for the Silver Lining (1949) · It's a Great Feeling (1949) · The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)1950s The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950) · Tea for Two (1950) · Lullaby of Broadway (1951) · Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951) · Where's Charley? (1952) · April in Paris (1952) · By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953) · Calamity Jane (1953) · The Command (1954) · King Richard and the Crusaders (1954) · Jump Into Hell (1955) · Glory (1956) · The Girl He Left Behind (1956)1960s The Right Approach (1961) · C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1967)Categories:- American films
- 1930s comedy film stubs
- Musical film stubs
- 1931 films
- 1930s musical films
- 1930s romantic comedy films
- American musical comedy films
- American romantic comedy films
- American romantic musical films
- Black-and-white films
- English-language films
- Films directed by David Butler
- 20th Century Fox films
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