Mother Wore Tights (1947)
1h 47m
Running Time
August 20, 1947Release Date
Mother Wore Tights (1947)
1h 47m
Running Time
August 20, 1947Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Betty Grable
Myrtle McKinley
Dan Dailey
Frank Burt
Mona Freeman
Iris
Connie Marshall
Mikie
Vanessa Brown
Bessie
Walter Lang
Director
Robert Arthur
Bob Clarkman
Lamar Trotti
Writer
Sara Allgood
Grandmother McKinley
William Frawley
Mr. Schneider
Miriam Young
Writer
Frank Burt
Composer
Frank Burt
Composer
Ruth Nelson
Miss Ridgeway
Harry Jackson
Cinematographer
Anabel Shaw
Alice Flemmerhammer
Stephen Dunne
Roy Bivins
J. Watson Webb Jr.
Editor
George Cleveland
Grandfather McKinley
Veda Ann Borg
Rosemary Olcott
Sig Ruman
Papa
Lee Patrick
Lil
Señor Wences
Señor Wences
Anne Baxter
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Resort Guest (uncredited)
Ann Gowland
Mikie - Age 3 (uncredited)
Karolyn Grimes
Iris - Age 6 (uncredited)
Alvin Hammer
Clarence (uncredited)
Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Clarkman (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Resort Guest (uncredited)
Will Wright
Withers (uncredited)
Lee MacGregor
Boy (uncredited)
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Joseph C. Wright
Art Direction
Alfred Newman
Music Director
Richard Day
Art Direction
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Isham Jones
Songs
David Buttolph
Original Music Composer
Media.
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Wiki.
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 $5 million at the box office. It was also 20th Century Fox's most successful film of 1947.
Alfred Newman won the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture. Josef Myrow (music) and Mack Gordon (lyrics) were nominated for Original Song ("You Do"), while Harry Jackson was nominated for Color Cinematography.