| I'll See You in My Dreams | |
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| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
| Written by | Jack Rose Melville Shavelson |
| Based on | The Gus Kahn Story book by Louis F. Edelman Grace Kahn |
| Produced by | Louis F. Edelman |
| Starring | Doris Day Danny Thomas Frank Lovejoy Patrice Wymore James Gleason |
| Cinematography | Ted D. McCord |
| Edited by | Owen Marks |
| Music by | Gus Kahn |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.9 million (US rentals) |
I'll See You in My Dreams is a 1951 musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Doris Day and Danny Thomas.
The film is a biography of lyricist Gus Kahn and includes a number of songs written by him, including the title song. The story, which avoids Kahn's Jewish origins, is told from the point of view of his wife Grace, who was still alive when the film was produced; Kahn had died in 1941.
I'll See You in My Dreams became Warner Bros.' second-highest-grossing film of 1951. Curtiz teamed with Thomas again the following year for a remake of The Jazz Singer.
Plot
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Gus Kahn is a prolific songwriter who meets and falls in love with Grace LeBoy in 1908. His career ascends to spectacular heights with such hits as "Pretty Baby", "My Buddy", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie" and "Makin' Whoopee", but he loses his savings in the 1929 stock-market crash.
Cast
- Doris Day as Grace LeBoy Kahn
- Danny Thomas as Gus Kahn
- Frank Lovejoy as Walter Donaldson
- Patrice Wymore as Gloria Knight (singing voice dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams)
- James Gleason as Fred Thompson
- Mary Wickes as Anna
- Julie Oshins as Johnny Martin
- Jim Backus as Sam Harris
- Minna Gombell as Mrs. LeBoy
- Harry Antrim as Mr. LeBoy
- William Forrest as Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
- Bunny Lewbel as Irene, at age 6
- Robert Lyden as Donald, at age 8
- Mimi Gibson as Irene, at age 3
- Christopher Olsen as Donald, at age 4 (as Christy Olson)
- Joan Vohs as Chorine (uncredited)
Music
A soundtrack album was released by Columbia Records that contains songs sung by Day (including duets with Thomas) in the film.
The film has been cited by Berry Gordy as an inspiration for his start in songwriting.
References
- 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
- "Articles". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- "I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) – Michael Curtiz | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
- Nelson George, 'Where did our love go', p. 18
External links
- I'll See You in My Dreams at IMDb
- I'll See You in My Dreams at the TCM Movie Database
- I'll See You in My Dreams at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Synopsis on Reel.com Archived 2006-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Synopsis on Doris Day's film site
- 1951 films
- 1950s biographical films
- 1951 musical comedy films
- American biographical films
- American musical comedy films
- Biographical films about musicians
- American black-and-white films
- 1950s English-language films
- Films about composers
- Films directed by Michael Curtiz
- Warner Bros. films
- Cultural depictions of classical musicians
- 1950s American films
- English-language musical comedy films
- English-language biographical films