You Were Meant for Me (film)

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You Were Meant for Me
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Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Written by Valentine Davies
Elick Moll
Produced by Fred Kohlmar
Starring Dan Dailey
Jeanne Crain
Oscar Levant
Herbert Anderson
Barbara Lawrence
Cinematography Victor Milner
Edited by William H. Reynolds
Music by Alfred Newman
Lionel Newman
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release date
  • February 1, 1948 (1948-02-01)(U.S.)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2 million (US rentals) [1]

You Were Meant for Me is a 1948 musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Dan Dailey and Jeanne Crain as a bandleader and his wife. It was released by 20th Century Fox. [2] The film includes performances of "You Were Meant for Me", "I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)", and "Ain't Misbehavin'".

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Marilyn Monroe may have worked on the film as an uncredited extra. [3]

Plot

Set in the 1920s, Chuck Arnold is a charismatic bandleader who meets Peggy Mayhew, a spirited flapper and script girl, during one of the band's performances. The two quickly fall in love and marry the following day. Despite her affection for Chuck, Peggy finds life on the road increasingly challenging. When the Great Depression hits in 1929, she decides to leave the itinerant lifestyle behind and returns to her rural hometown.

Unable to find new bookings, Chuck follows her and brings along his acerbic and cynical manager, Oscar Hoffman. Chuck finds the pastoral life a crashing bore, and so, he heads for the big city to find fortune. This time, he succeeds; both in his career and in personal fulfillment. [4]

Cast

Soundtracks

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46
  2. ↑ Barry Monush (2003). Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the silent era to 1965. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 156. ISBN   9781557835512 . Retrieved July 4, 2011.
  3. ↑ J. Randy Taraborrelli (August 25, 2009). The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (eBook ed.). Grand Central. ISBN   9780446550956 . Retrieved July 4, 2011. ...if you count You Were Made for Me, a Jeannie Crain-Dan Dailey musical, one that some sources maintain is a part of Monroe's filmography.
  4. ↑ "You Were Meant for Me (1948) - Lloyd Bacon | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
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