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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.
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 ...
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1h 47m 1947. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Awards. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A married vaudeville team struggles to raise a family while touring the nation. Cast & Crew. Read More. Walter Lang. Director. Betty Grable. Mother, Myrtle McKinley Burt. Dan Dailey. Daddy, Frank Burt. Mona Freeman. Iris Burt. Connie Marshall.
Release Date (DVD) Feb 18, 2014. Runtime. 1h 47m. Frank Burt (Dan Dailey) is a vaudeville performer who drafts young Myrtle McKinley (Betty Grable) for a theatrical production. During a successful...
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. She meets fellow hoofer Frank Burt (Dan Dailey), and they soon fall in love.
