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The Kid from Brooklyn is a 1946 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Steve Cochran, Walter Abel, Eve Arden, and Fay Bainter. Virginia Mayo's and Vera-Ellen's singing voices were dubbed by Betty Russell and Dorothy Ellers, respectively. [4]
Jul 20, 2008 · Based on the turbulent and triumphant life of Danny Kaye, this intimate musical portrayal chronicles Kaye’s career and his relationships on and off the stage as we follow the rise of Danny Kaye from an undisciplined improvisational comic to his success under the guidance of his wife, Sylvia Fine.
Jan 24, 2008 · This is NBC footage of a New Danny Kaye Musical which is touring around the country with the hopes of a final bow in New York City.
- 3 min
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- KayeKid
The Kid from Brooklyn: Directed by Norman Z. McLeod. With Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Steve Cochran. After a timid milkman knocks unconscious a boxing champion who was accosting his sister, he decides to take up boxing himself in order to impress a beautiful nightclub singer.
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- Comedy, Sport
- Norman Z. McLeod
- 1946-03-21
Her number in The Kid from Brooklyn, "Pavlova," is a musical fable about ballet. The Kid from Brooklyn has several influences and forerunners. To begin with, it's officially a remake of the Harold Lloyd talkie classic The Milky Way (1936), itself based on a play by Lynn Root and Harry Clork.
- Norman Z. Mcleod, Arthur S. Black
- Danny Kaye
May 21, 2008 · Directed by Peter J. Loewy, with book by Mark Childers and Peter J. Loewy, and musical direction by Charlie Harrison and David Cohen, The Kid From Brooklyn stars Helen Hayes Award Winner,...
The musical is a pastiche of Kaye on and off stage, with little in tone or impact to differentiate between the two. The best parts include his most famous performances of such songs as Deenah, Stanislavsky, Anatole of Paris, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, and Minnie the Moocher.
