Coney Island (1943)

Directed by

Walter Lang

Genre

musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In the 1890s at a famous New York amusement park, a smooth-talking showman tries to steal the spotlight and girlfriend of a friend. The musical follows their romantic and professional rivalries as they put on vaudeville-style shows.

lightheartedenergeticupbeatromanticplayfulcolorfulnostalgic

What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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