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Give a Girl a Break (1953) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #GiveaGirlaBreakThree dancers vie for a coveted single spot, in this fan favorite film featuring contri...
Give a Girl a Break. Broadway choreographer Ted Sturgis auditions dancers for a new musical after the lead walks out, with talent ranging from a ballerina to an untrained novice and his former partner, a retired star.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Stanley Donen
- 1953-12-03
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When the temperamental star of a new Broadway musical revue in rehearsals walks out, director and choreographer Ted Sturgis suggests casting an unknown for the role. When it is announced in the newspapers, throngs of hopefuls show up. They sing about their hopes in the song, "Give a Girl a Break." The revue's musical composer, Leo Belney, champions...
Helen Wood as Mrs. Olga Bradshaw/Joanna MossIra Gershwin, lyrics, and Burton Lane, music 1. "Applause, Applause" 2. "Nothing Is Impossible" 3. "Puppet Master Dance" 4. "Challenge Dance" 5. "Give a Girl a Break" 6. "In Our United State" 7. "It Happens Ev'ry Time"
As Martin Gottfried wrote in his book, All His Jazz: The Life and Death of Bob Fosse, "There were residual elements of the big project it had once been, a score by Burton Lane and Ira Gershwin [their only collaboration], for instance, direction by Stanley Donen and musical supervision by Saul Chaplin. The screenwriters, Frances Goodrich and Albert ...
According to MGM records, the film earned $772,000 in the US and Canada and $506,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $1,156,000.
Give a Girl a Break at IMDbGive a Girl a Break at AllMovieGive a Girl a Break at Rotten TomatoesGive a Girl a Break at the American Film Institute CatalogJul 18, 2014 · The producers of the show, Ted Sturgis, Leo Belney and Bob Dowdy begin to search a replacement. After a quick audition, each favors someone else: Madelyn Corlane, Joanna Moss, Suzie Doolittle. The...
Give a Girl a Break (1953) 1953 USA Directed by Stanley Donen Produced by Larry Keating, Jack Cummings Featuring Marge Champion, Debbie Reynolds, Helen Wood.
Give a Girl a Break - (Original Trailer) The dancing team Marge and Gower Champion star in Give A Girl A Break (1954) with support from Debbie Reynolds and Bob Fosse.
When at top Broadway impresario announces a search for a new leading lady, the most beautiful, talented and ambitious starlets in New York vie for the coveted starring role. But the gloves come off when the competition narrows to three young women in this lighthearted singing, dancing, no-holds-barred competition to win stardom--Give a Girl a ...
