Mother Wore Tights

Mother Wore Tights (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
107 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1947 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Walter Lang

Written By:
Lamar Trotti
Miriam Young

Actors:
Betty Grable ..... Mother
Dan Dailey ..... Daddy
Mona Freeman ..... Iris
Connie Marshall ..... Mikie
Vanessa Brown ..... Bessie
Robert Arthur ..... Bob Clarkman
Sara Allgood ..... Grandmother McKinley
William Frawley ..... Mr. Schneider
Ruth Nelson ..... Miss Ridgeway
Anabel Shaw ..... Alice Flemmerhammer
Stephen Dunne ..... Roy Bivins
George Cleveland ..... Grandfather McKinley
Veda Ann Borg ..... Rosemary Olcott
Sig Ruman ..... Papa
Lee Patrick ..... Lil

Synopsis:

First teaming of Grable and Dailey, no Astaire-Rogers but the next best thing, and making the most of a nostalgic score ('Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey', 'Rolling Down to Bowling Green', 'You Do', 'Kokomo Indiana') as a pair of turn-of-the-century vaudevillains. Warm, colourful and a real charmer, despite tiresome complications latterly when the couple's eldest daughter grows up a snob ashamed of her background.

In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank Burt notices her talent, hires her for a 'two-act', then marries her. Incidents of the marriage and the growing pains of eldest daughter Miriam are followed, interspersed with nostalgic musical numbers.

Myrtle McKinley defies her family to become a chorus girl in a burlesque show. She marries the show's comedian and has a daughter, who grows to resent her show business career as much as Myrtle's family.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 16 November, 2012.

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