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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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Deep in My Heart (1954)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.