Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

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Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
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Directed by George Sherman
Screenplay by D.D. Beauchamp
Based onThe Wonderful Race at Rimrock by D.D. Beauchamp
Produced by Leonard Goldstein
Starring
Cinematography Irving Glassberg
Edited by Edward Curtiss
Music by Leith Stevens
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • June 1948 (1948-06)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$454,000. [1] or $460,000 [2] or $600,000 [3]
Box office$1 million (est) [3]

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' is a 1948 American musical comedy film directed by George Sherman and starring Donald O'Connor. Also featured are Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride (who later reprised essentially the same roles as Ma and Pa Kettle),
with Penny Edwards [4] as the perky love interest. It was produced and distributed by Universal Studios. One scene features a dance routine in a barn, choreographed to the Al Jolson song "Me and My Shadow".

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Plot

Wilbur McMurtry is a traveling salesman who is captured and held hostage by the local authorities in a small town. They wish to compel him to run in the annual foot-race against a rival town.

Cast

Production

In January 1948, Universal announced they would make a movie the following month based on the magazine story The Wonderful Race at Rimrock. The film reunited Main and Kilbride from The Egg and I. Main was borrowed from MGM. [5] [6]

O'Connor has a dance number which involves running up a wall; this inspired his "Make 'Em Laugh" routine in Singing in the Rain . [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Furmanek, Bob; Palumbo, Ron (1991). Abbott and Costello in Hollywood. New York: Perigee Books. ISBN   0-399-51605-0 p 168
  2. ↑ "Variety (August 1948)". 1948.
  3. 1 2 "U Prod Meet". 11 August 1948. p. 22. Retrieved 18 March 2023.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  4. ↑ "Penny Edwards". IMDb.
  5. ↑ Hedda Hopper LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD Los Angeles Times 9 Jan 1948: 12.
  6. ↑ U-I WILL PRODUCE WESTERN COMEDY: New York Times 9 Jan 1948: 26.
  7. ↑ "Donald O'Connor". Danceview Times. 2003.


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