She's Back on Broadway

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She's Back on Broadway
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Directed by Gordon Douglas
Written byOrin 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
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • March 14, 1953 (1953-03-14)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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]

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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

Musical numbers

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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".