- Rich, Young and Pretty
Infobox Film
name = Rich, Young and Pretty
caption = Theatrical release poster
director =Norman Taurog
producer =Joe Pasternak for MGM
writer =Dorothy Cooper (story)Sidney Sheldon
starring =Jane Powell Danielle Darrieux Wendell Corey Fernando Lamas and
introducingVic Damone
music =
cinematography =Robert H. Planck
editing =Gene Ruggiero
distributor =Loew's Tcmdb title|id=2493]
released =July 24 , 1951 (New York)August 3 , 1951
runtime = 95 min
country =United States
music =Sammy Cahn (lyrics)Nicholas Brodszky (music)cite web| url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B06EEDB133DEF3BBC4E51DFB166838A649EDE&pagewanted=print| title=Two Newcomers on the Local Scene| author=Bosley Crowther | publisher=The New York Times | date=1951-07-26]
awards =
language = English
budget =
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followed_by =
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imdb_id = 0043968 "Rich, Young and Pretty" is a 1951musical film produced byJoe Pasternak forMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed byNorman Taurog . It was written byDorothy Cooper (story) andSidney Sheldon , starredJane Powell ,Danielle Darrieux ,Wendell Corey , andFernando Lamas , and introducedVic Damone .The film is the story of Elizabeth, a wealthy Texas rancher's daughter (played by Powell). Elizabeth accompanies her father (Corey) on a visit to
Paris , where her mother (Darrieux) lives; while in Paris, she meets Andre (Damone), an eager young Frenchman. The father tries to keep her from marrying the Frenchman and thus repeating the mistake he had made when he married her mother.The film was Darrieux's first Hollywood film since 1938's "
The Rage of Paris ".cite web| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,859323-2,00.html| title=Also Showing| publisher=Time| date=1951-08-20]Cast
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Jane Powell as Elizabeth Rogers
*Danielle Darrieux as Marie Devarone
*Wendell Corey as Jim Stauton Rogers
*Vic Damone as Andre Milan
*Fernando Lamas as Paul Sarnac
*Marcel Dalio as Claude Duval
*Una Merkel as Glynnie
*Richard Anderson as Bob Lennart
*Jean Murat as Henri Milan
*Hans Conreid as Maître d'Hotel
*Duci deKerekjarto as Gypsy Leader
*George & Katrin Tatar as Hungarian Dancers
*Four Freshmen Quartet as Four Musiciansongs
MGM promotion for the film emphasized the film's "songs rather than its patter";
Sammy Cahn wrote the lyrics andNicholas Brodszky the music for several songs, including"Wonder Why" (which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song). Other original songs by Cahn and Brodszky include"We Never Talk Much (We Just Sit Around)","How D'Ya Like Your Eggs in the Morning?" and"I Can See You", both of which received radio airplay; "I Can See You" was also ajukebox favorite.The film also features a "studied going over" of songs such as "
Deep in the Heart of Texas " (written byJune Hershey andDon Swander ),"There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie" (written byJack Maskill ,Harry Richman ,Pete Wendling ) and"Old Piano Roll Blues" (written byCy Coben ).Reception
"Time" said the film was "aglow with
Technicolor and plush sets" and said it treated a "light cinemusical subject with the butterscotch-caramel sentimentality of thebobby-soxer s it is designed to please"; the film "tackles its situations without verve or humor, and handles its lightweight problems as ponderously as if they had been propounded by Ibsen in one of his gloomier moods."Bosley Crowther of "The New York Times " called it "pretty as a picture postcard and just about as exciting."References
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