The Stars Are Singing
The Stars Are Singing | |
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Directed by | Norman Taurog |
Screenplay by | Liam O'Brien |
Story by | Paul Hervey Fox |
Produced by | Irving Asher |
Starring | Rosemary Clooney Anna Maria Alberghetti Lauritz Melchior |
Cinematography | Lionel Lindon |
Edited by | Arthur P. Schmidt |
Music by | Victor Young (uncredited) |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Stars Are Singing is a 1953 Paramount Pictures musical directed by Norman Taurog and starring Rosemary Clooney, Anna Maria Alberghetti, and Lauritz Melchior. Clooney performs her hit song "Come On-a My House" and Danish tenor Lauritz Melchior sings "Vesti la giubba" from Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci in this Technicolor production.[1]
Plot
[edit]A 15-year-old Polish girl attempts to enter the U.S. illegally, setting off a major search by immigration officials. She is befriended by a struggling group of New York performers, who try to get approval for her to remain in the country.
Cast
[edit]- Rosemary Clooney as Terry Brennan
- Anna Maria Alberghetti as Katri Walenska
- Lauritz Melchior as Jan Poldi
- Bob Williams as Homer Tirdell
- Tom Morton as Buddy Fraser
- Fred Clark as McDougall
- John Archer as Dave Parish
- Mikhail Rasumny as Ladowski
- Lloyd Corrigan as Miller
- Don Wilson as Radio Announcer
- Otto Waldis as Ship's Captain Goslak
- Henry Guttman as Ship's Mate
- Paul E. Burns as Henryk
- Freeman Lusk as Conway
Production
[edit]The film cost $1,264,337[2] and earned an estimated $1.6 million at the North American box office in 1953.[3]
Release
[edit]The film's world premier was in Clooney's home town, Maysville, Kentucky, at the Russell Theatre.
References
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- 1953 films
- 1953 musical comedy films
- American musical comedy films
- 1950s English-language films
- Films scored by Victor Young
- Films about singers
- Films directed by Norman Taurog
- Films set in New York City
- Paramount Pictures films
- 1950s American films
- Films about immigration to the United States
- English-language musical comedy films
- Musical comedy film stubs