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Girl Crazy (1932)

Girl Crazy poster
Directed by
William A. Seiter
Genre
musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 14m
Rating
4.3 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedy team stars in a musical film adaptation of a stage play. They perform songs by George and Ira Gershwin. The plot is built around their comic routines.

lightheartedfast-pacedwhimsicalplayfuldatedcheerfulmusical

What happens

Girl Crazy is a 1932 American pre-Code musical film adaptation of the 1930 stage play of the same name. The film was very unlike the stage play except for its score. It was tailored for the comic talents of Wheeler & Woolsey, a popular comedy team of the time. Three songs written by George and Ira Gershwin for the play were retained: "Bidin' My Time", "I Got Rhythm", and "But Not for Me". According to RKO records, the film lost $150,000. Lon Chaney Jr. appears in the film (uncredited) as a dancer in the chorus. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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