She's Back on Broadway

She's Back on Broadway
Directed by	Gordon Douglas
Written by	Orin Jannings
Produced by	Henry Blanke
Starring	Virginia Mayo Gene Nelson Frank Lovejoy Steve Cochran Patrice Wymore Virginia Gibson
Cinematography	Edwin B. DuPar
Edited by	Folmar Blangsted
Music by	David Buttolph
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	March 14, 1953 (1953-03-14)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.9 million (US) [1]

She's Back on Broadway is a 1953 musical comedy-drama Warnercolor film starring Virginia Mayo in her final musical film, although her singing voice was dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams. ^[2] The film was Mayo's unofficial successor to her 1952 musical hit She's Working Her Way Through College . ^[3]

Plot

When Catherine Terris' career in Hollywood begins to falter, she returns to Broadway, where her first great triumphs occurred. She takes the lead in a play directed by Rick Sommers, with whom she had a romantic past. Sommers is still bitter that she left him to become the toast of Hollywood years earlier. They try to overcome their mutual animosity to make the play a success.

Cast

• Virginia Mayo as Catherine Terris
• Gene Nelson as Gordon Evans
• Frank Lovejoy as John Webber
• Steve Cochran as Rick Sommers
• Patrice Wymore as Karen Keene
• Virginia Gibson as Angela Korinna
• Larry Keating as Mitchell Parks
• Paul Picerni as Jud Kellogg
• Nedrick Young as Rafferty
• Jacqueline deWit as Lisa Kramer
• Steve Condos as Specialty Dancer (as Condos)
• Jerry Brandow as Specialty Dancer (as Brandow)
• Douglas Spencer as Lew Ludlow
• Mabel Albertson as Velma Trumbull
• Lenny Sherman as Ernest Tandy
• Cliff Ferre as Lyn Humphries
• Ray Kyle as Mickey Zealand
• Sy Milano as Baritone Singer

Musical numbers

• 1) Overture/I'll Take You/Behind the Mask - Played by Orchestra
• 2) I May Be Wrong - Sung by Gene Nelson
• 3) I'll Take You - Sung and Danced by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams) and Gene Nelson
• 4) One Step Ahead - Sung and Danced by Patrice Wymore, Steve Condos and Jerry Brandow
• 5) Break the Ties That Bind You - Sung by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams)
• 6) Breakfast in Bed - Sung and Danced by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams) and Chorus
• 7) Mardi Gras - Sung by Sy Milano and Chorus, then Danced by Patrice Wymore and Chorus
• 7.1) Behind the Mask - Sung by Sy Milano, then Danced by Virginia Mayo and Chorus
• 7.2) Mardi Gras (reprise) - Danced by Gene Nelson
• 7.3) Behind the Mask (reprise) - Sung by Chorus, Danced by Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson and Chorus
• 8) I'll Take You (reprise) - Sung and Danced by Virginia Mayo (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams), Gene Nelson and Chorus

References

1. 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
2. She's Back on Broadway at TCMDB
3. "She's Back on Broadway (1953) - Gordon Douglas | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".

External links

• She's Back on Broadway at IMDb
• She's Back on Broadway at the TCM Movie Database
• She's Back on Broadway at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films