My Gal Sal

For other uses, see My Gal Sal (disambiguation).

My Gal Sal
Original Poster
Directed by	Irving Cummings
Produced by	Robert Bassler
Starring	Rita Hayworth Victor Mature Carole Landis
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Editing by	Robert L. Simpson
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	April 30, 1942
Running time	103 mins
Country	USA
Language	English

My Gal Sal (1942) is a 20th Century Fox musical starring Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature. The film is a biopic of 1890s composer and songwriter Paul Dresser and singer, Sally Elliot. The story it was based on was written by Paul Dresser's brother, novelist Theodore Dreiser. All of the songs were written by Paul Dresser.

Cast

• Rita Hayworth - Sally Elliott
• Victor Mature - Paul Dresser
• John Sutton - Fred Haviland
• Carole Landis - Mae Collins
• James Gleason - Pat Hawley
• Phil Silvers - Wiley
• Walter Catlett - Col. Truckee
• Mona Maris - Countess Mariana Rossini
• Frank Orth - McGuinness
• Stanley Andrews - Mr. Dreiser
• Margaret Moffatt - Mrs. Dreiser (as Margaret Moffat)
• Libby Taylor - Ida, Sally's Maid

Awards

The film won the Best Art Direction (Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright and Thomas Little). It was nominated for Best Score^[1]

Trivia

Alice Faye was originally supposed to play the lead but got pregnant and had to drop out of the role. Betty Grable was next in line but she complained that Fox overworked her and so the role was given to Hayworth.

References

1. ^ "NY Times: My Gal Sal". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/103332/My-Gal-Sal/details. Retrieved 2008-12-14. 

External links

• My Gal Sal at the Internet Movie Database
• Soundtrack Information