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Mother Wore Tights is a 1947 American Technicolor musical film starring Betty Grable and Dan Dailey as married vaudeville performers, directed by Walter Lang. This was Grable and Dailey's first film together, based on a book of the same name by Miriam Young. It was the highest grossing film of Grable's career up to this time, earning more than ...
- Lamar Trotti
- Frank Burt, David Buttolph
- August 20, 1947
Mother Wore Tights: Directed by Walter Lang. With Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Mona Freeman, Connie Marshall. 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.
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- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Walter Lang
- 1947-09
Grable and Dailey remained lifelong friends until her death in 1973. Mother Wore Tights was a huge hit, and earned three Oscar® nominations, for Harry Jackson's cinematography, for the song "You Do," and for Alfred Newman's musical score, which won the award. The reviews ranged from tepid to enthusiastic.
- Walter Lang, Hugh Cummings, Gaston Glass
- Betty Grable
Mother Wore Tights (1947) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Frank Burt (Dan Dailey) is a vaudeville performer who drafts young Myrtle McKinley (Betty Grable) for a theatrical production. During a successful run as a stage team, Myrtle and Frank fall in...
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- Walter Lang
- Musical, Romance
- Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Mona Freeman
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Author. Walter Lang. Director. Lamar Trotti. Screenplay. 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.
Synopsis by Mark Deming. A woman looks back at her childhood in show business in this musical comedy. At the turn of the century, Myrtle McKinley (Betty Grable) is working her way through business school and gets a job dancing at a San Francisco vaudeville house.
