- DuBarry Was a Lady (film)
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DuBarry Was a Lady
theatrical posterDirected by Roy Del Ruth Produced by Arthur Freed Written by Herbert Fields
Buddy G. DeSylva
Nancy Hamilton
Irving Brecher
Wilkie C. MahoneyStarring Red Skelton
Lucille Ball
Gene KellyMusic by Cole Porter Cinematography Karl Freund Editing by Blanche Sewell Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date(s) May 30, 1943 (US) Running time 101 minutes Country United States Language English DuBarry Was a Lady is a 1943 Technicolor film, starring Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, and Gene Kelly, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is based on the 1939 stage musical of the same name.
The film was released by MGM on May 30, 1943, and directed by Roy Del Ruth. It used very little of the original Cole Porter score. New characters were added, and many of the original characters' names were changed. The basic outline remained the same, although the relationships of some of the characters were different. In the film, Ginny (another singer) pines away for Louis, who is too infatuated with May Daly to notice, and it is only at the end that he realizes that Ginny loves him.
The dream sequence in the film was purposely delayed by more than forty-five minutes, with vaudeville-type acts performed as a floor show before the dream sequence got underway. The Louis XV - Mme. DuBarry scenes, unlike the play, featured very little singing.
Contents
Cast
- Red Skelton as Louis Blore and Louis XV
- Lucille Ball as May Daly and Madame DuBarry (two songs dubbed by Martha Mears)
- Gene Kelly as Alec Howe and The Black Arrow
- Virginia O'Brien as Ginny
- Rags Ragland as Charlie
- Zero Mostel as Rami the Swami
- Hugh Beaumont as Footman
- Donald Meek as Mr. Jones and Duc de Choiseul
- Douglass Dumbrille as Willie and Duc de Rigor
- George Givot as Cheezy and Count de Roquefort
- Louise Beavers as Niagara
- Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra as themselves
Songs
Musical numbers featured Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra (featuring Buddy Rich and Ziggy Elman), Dick Haymes, Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers, Six Hits and a Miss, and The Music Maids. Lucille Ball's singing voice was dubbed in most of the picture, but her real voice is heard in Friendship.
- Medley: Dubarry Was a Lady (Main Title)/Do I Love You? - MGM Studio Orchestra
- Dubarry Was a Lady - MGM Studio Chorus,
- Nightclub Medley: Give Him to the Oo-La-La/Well, Did You Evah [Partial] - MGM Studio Orchestra
- Oxford Boys Medley: Thinking of You/A Cigarette, Sweet Music and You
- Medley: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/Well, Git It! - Tommy Dorsey
- When Love Beckoned (On 52nd Street) - MGM Studio Orchestra
- Do I Love You? - Gene Kelly
- Do I Love You - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, The Pied Pipers
- Salome - Virginia O'Brien
- I Love an Esquire Girl - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, The Pied Pipers, Red Skelton
- Medley: Friendship/Do I Love You?/But in the Morning, No - MGM Studio Orchestra
- Ladies of the Bath
- Katie Went to Haiti - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, The Pied Pipers
- Madame, I Love Your Crepes Suzette - Red Skelton
- Song of Rebellion - Gene Kelly
- Friendship - Lucille Ball, Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Gene Kelly, Virginia O'Brien, Red Skelton
References
- Notes
External links
- DuBarry Was a Lady at the Internet Movie Database
- DuBarry Was a Lady at AllRovi
Films directed by Roy Del Ruth 1920s Three Weeks in Paris (1925) · The First Auto (1927) · The Terror (1928) · The Desert Song (1929) · Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929) · The Aviator (1929)1930s Hold Everything (1930) · The Life of the Party (1930) · The Maltese Falcon (1931) · Side Show (1931) · Blonde Crazy (1931) · Taxi! (1932) · Winner Take All (1932) · Blessed Event (1932) · Employees' Entrance (1933) · Captured! (1933) · Bureau of Missing Persons (1933) · Lady Killer (1933) · Upper World (1934) · Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934) · Kid Millions (1934) · Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) · Thanks a Million (1935) · It Had to Happen (1936) · Born to Dance (1936) · On the Avenue (1937) · Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) · Tail Spin (1939)1940s He Married His Wife (1940) · Topper Returns (1941) · The Chocolate Soldier (1941) · Maisie Gets Her Man (1942) · DuBarry Was a Lady (1943) · Broadway Rhythm (1944) · Barbary Coast Gent (1944) · It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947) · The Babe Ruth Story (1948) · Red Light (1949) · Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)1950s The West Point Story (1950) · On Moonlight Bay (1951) · Starlift (1951) · About Face (1952) · Stop, You're Killing Me (1952) · Three Sailors and a Girl (1953) · Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954) · The Alligator People (1959)1960s Why Must I Die? (1960)Categories:- 1943 films
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- American films
- English-language films
- Films shot in Technicolor
- 1940s musical films
- Films directed by Roy Del Ruth
- Films set in France
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