The West Point Story (film)
- The West Point Story (film)
Infobox Film
name = The West Point Story
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director = Roy Del Ruth
producer = Louis F. Edelman
writer = Irving Wallace
Charles Hoffman
John Monks Jr.
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starring = James Cagney
Virginia Mayo
Doris Day
music = Ray Heindorf
cinematography = Sidney Hickox
editing = Owen Marks
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
released = December 22 1950 (USA)
October 15 1951 (UK)
February 8 1953 (Australia)
runtime = 107 mins.
country = United States
language = English
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amg_id = 1:53849
imdb_id = 0043123
"The West Point Story" (also known as "Fine and Dandy") is a 1950 musical comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Doris Day.
Plot
Elwin 'Bix' Bixby (Cagney) is an unemployed Broadway musical director who agrees to stage the annual show at West Point called "100th Night" for producer Harry Eberhart (Roland Winters). [cite web
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title = The West Point Story > Overview
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publisher = Allmovie
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url = http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:53849
accessdate =2008-06-28 ] [Citation
title = Fresh treatment and new twists to the musical formula make The West Point Story worthwhile entertainment.
newspaper = Variety
date = 1950
url =http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117796269.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0
accessdate=2008-06-28 ]
Cast
*James Cagney as Elwin 'Bix' Bixby
*Virginia Mayo as Eve Dillon
*Doris Day as Jan Wilson
*Gordon MacRae as Tom Fletcher
*Gene Nelson as Hal Courtland
*Alan Hale Jr. as Bull Gilbert
*Roland Winters as Harry Eberhart
*Raymond Roe as Bixby's 'wife'
*Wilton Graff as Lieutenant Colonel Martin
*Jerome Cowan as Mr. Jocelyn
Reception
The film received two award nominations in 1951. Ray Heindorf was nominated for a Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture and John Monks Jr., Charles Hoffman and Irving Wallace were nominated for a Writers Guild of America award for Best Written American Musical.
References
External links
*imdb title|0043123|title=The West Point Story
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