Do You Love Me (film)

Do You Love Me is a 1946 American Technicolor musical romance film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Maureen O'Hara, Dick Haymes and Reginald Gardiner .[4][5] The film also features band leader Harry James and his Orchestra. It was produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Betty Grable makes a cameo at the end of the film. At the time Harry James was married to contracted Fox star Betty Grable.

Do You Love Me
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGregory Ratoff
Screenplay byRobert Ellis
Helen Logan
Dorothy Bennett (additional dialogue)
Frank Gabrielson (uncredited)
Story byBert Granet
Produced byGeorge Jessel
StarringMaureen O'Hara
Dick Haymes
Harry James
CinematographyEdward Cronjager
Edited byRobert L. Simpson
Music byDavid Buttolph
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • May 17, 1946 (1946-05-17)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,550,000[1]
Box office$3 million (US rentals)[2][3]

Synopsis

Jimmy Hale, a successful singer, chases Katharine "Kitten" Hilliard, a prim music-school dean who transforms herself into a desirable, sophisticated lady after traveling to the big city. Trumpeter and bandleader Barry Clayton also pursues Katharine.[6]

Cast

Production

The film was known also known as Kitten on the Keys and budgeted at $1.8 million. Zanuck disliked the footage and ordered reshoots that cost an extra $750,000.[1]

References
  1. "'Keys' jangled Zanuck". Variety. 22 August 1945. p. 3.
  2. "60 Top Grossers of 1946", Variety 8 January 1947 p8
  3. Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 221
  4. "Do You Love Me (1946 film)". FilmAffinity. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  5. "Do You Love Me". AFI. afi.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  6. "Turner Classic Movies - TCM.com". Retrieved 6 July 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.