Coney_Island_(1943_film)

<i>Coney Island</i> (1943 film)

Coney Island (1943 film)

1943 film by Walter Lang


Coney Island is a 1943 American Technicolor musical film released by Twentieth Century Fox and starring Betty Grable in one of her biggest hits. A "gay nineties" musical (set in that time period), it also featured George Montgomery, Cesar Romero, and Phil Silvers, was choreographed by Hermes Pan, and was directed by Walter Lang. Betty Grable also starred in the 1950 remake, Wabash Avenue.

Quick Facts Coney Island, Directed by ...

In 1944, the year after the film was released, it was nominated for an Oscar for Alfred Newman in the category of Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

The film is also known as: Coney Island in Sweden, L'île aux plaisirs in France, L'isola delle sirene in Italy, San oneiro in Greece, Se necesitan maridos in Spain and Tivolin kaunotar in Finland.

Plot

Cast

Soundtrack

  • "Take It from There"
Music by Ralph Rainger
Lyrics by Leo Robin
  • "Beautiful Coney Island"
Music by Ralph Rainger
Lyrics by Leo Robin
  • "Miss Lulu from Louisville"
Music by Ralph Rainger
Lyrics by Leo Robin
  • "Get the Money"
Music by Ralph Rainger
Lyrics by Leo Robin
  • "There's Danger in a Dance"
Music by Ralph Rainger
Lyrics by Leo Robin
  • "Old Demon Rum"
Music by Ralph Rainger
Lyrics by Leo Robin
  • "Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey (I Never Knew Any Girl Like You)"
Music by Albert von Tilzer
Lyrics by Junie McCree
  • "Cuddle Up a Little Closer"
Words by Otto A. Harbach (as O.A. Hauerbach)
Music by Karl Hoschna (as Karl L. Hoschna)
  • "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling"
Music by Ernest Ball
Lyrics by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff Jr.
  • "Pretty Baby"
Music by Egbert Van Alstyne and Tony Jackson
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
  • "The Darktown Strutters' Ball"
Written by Shelton Brooks

Radio adaptations

Coney Island was twice presented as a one-hour adaptation on Lux Radio Theatre. On April 17, 1944 Dorothy Lamour and Alan Ladd played the leads.[3] Then on September 30, 1946 Grable reprised her screen role, joined by Victor Mature and Barry Sullivan.[4]


References

  1. "Quick Money". Variety. 15 November 1944. p. 8.
  2. "All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990.
  3. "Monday Selections". Toledo Blade (Ohio). 1944-04-17. p. 4 (Peach Section). Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  4. "Lux Star". Harrisburg Telegraph. Harrisburg Telegraph. September 28, 1946. p. 19. Retrieved October 5, 2015 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon

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