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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Alice Duer Miller (novel)
George Wells (writer) ...
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Release Date:
July 1952 (USA) more
Tagline:
M-G-M's Technicolor spectacle! Jerome Kern's music!
Plot:
Al Marsh, Tony Naylor and Jerry Ralby, Broadway producers, are desperately looking for backers. Al is one of the heirs of a dress salon in Paris... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Those Champion Dances... more (15 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Kathryn Grayson | ... | Stephanie |
 | Red Skelton | ... | Al Marsh |
 | Howard Keel | ... | Tony Naylor |
| Marge Champion | ... | Clarisse |
| Gower Champion | ... | Jerry Ralby |
 | Ann Miller | ... | Bubbles Cassidy |
 | Zsa Zsa Gabor | ... | Zsa Zsa |
| Kurt Kasznar | ... | Max Fogelsby |
| Marcel Dalio | ... | Pierre |
| Diane Cassidy | ... | Diane |
Additional Details
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Runtime:
103 min
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Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #15754) | Sweden:Btl
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The plot of the original Broadway show "Roberta", on which the movie is based, was almost entirely changed for this film, except for the situation of somebody inheriting a dress shop. But the two songs written for the 1935 film version of "Roberta" were retained for this film. Several of the songs from the show which were omitted from the 1935 film were brought back for Howard Keel to sing. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In one scene Stephanie and Tony ride through the park in a carriage. About once per minute the background jerks and then repeats showing that it is back projected on a loop. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V) more
Soundtrack:
I'll Be Hard to Handle more
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Lovely to Look at (1952)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| Songs in this movie | geoff-161 |
| MGM musicals were not all that good | Ratcliffe921 |
| ...good songs, good dancing... | keith-298 |
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This could have been much better. Terrific cast, however Red Skelton (one of my favorites, usually) isn't in good form (but Ann Miller's form is terrific), Howard Keel is lackluster, and Zsa-Zsa is YOUNG! However blah the plot and acting are, I can highly recommend this picture on the basis of 3 dance routines by Marge & Gower Champion, two of which are unique. The first takes place among clothes racks, utilizing a wheeled dress-sizer. Take a long look at the dance... there are no cuts! IT IS ALL ONE TAKE! The last dance is near the end of the film, where jewel-thief Gower tries to take a diamond bracelet from mannekin Marge. Superb choreography in both routines! I gave it an 8 out of 10.