Oh, You Beautiful Doll (film)

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Oh, You Beautiful Doll
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Directed by John M. Stahl
Written by Albert Lewis
Arthur Lewis
Produced by George Jessel
Starring Mark Stevens
June Haver
S.Z. Sakall
Cinematography Harry Jackson
Edited by Louis R. Loeffler
Production
company
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release date
  • November 11, 1949 (1949-11-11)(New York City)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,950,000 (US rentals) [1] [2]
1949 photograph of the Marquee of the Chicago Theatre advertising showings of the film 1949-CM02001 (3552976702) (1).jpg
1949 photograph of the Marquee of the Chicago Theatre advertising showings of the film

Oh, You Beautiful Doll is a 1949 American musical film directed by John M. Stahl (his final film), starring the musical queen June Haver and Mark Stevens. Co-stars included S.Z. Sakall, Charlotte Greenwood, and Gale Robbins. [3]

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Plot

The film is a fictionalized biography of Fred Fisher, a German-born American writer of Tin Pan Alley songs. Tin Pan Alley promoter (Mark Stevens) turns serious composer Fred Breitenbach (S.Z. Sakall) into songwriter Fred Fisher. Fred Fisher is his assumed name in real life and Breitenbach is his birth surname. In the film, many Fisher songs were given a symphonic arrangement that was performed at Aeolian Hall. Among the Fisher songs heard were:

Cast

Leading actors

Other cast

Uncredited cast

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