Three Little Words (1950)

Directed by

Richard Thorpe

Genre

musical film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a fictionalized biography of songwriters Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. It shows how they met, worked together, and created hit songs for Broadway shows.

lightheartedwhimsicalupbeatnostalgiccharmingbreezyplayfulsentimental

What happens

Three Little Words is a 1950 American biographical musical comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe from a screenplay by George Wells. It stars Fred Astaire as lyricist Bert Kalmar and Red Skelton as composer Harry Ruby, Vera-Ellen and Arlene Dahl, with Debbie Reynolds in a small role as singer Helen Kane and Gloria DeHaven as her own mother, Mrs. Carter DeHaven. The film was produced by Jack Cummings and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Ruby served as a consultant on the project and appears in a cameo role as a baseball catcher. The third in a series of MGM biopics about Broadway composers, it was preceded by Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) and Words and Music (1948) and followed by Deep in My Heart (1954). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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