I Love Melvin (1953)

Directed by

Don Weis

Genre

musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 17m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in New York gets involved with a magazine photographer. They sing and dance through a series of colorful musical numbers.

light-heartedwhimsicalenergeticplayfulromanticcheerfulbrightupbeat

What happens

I Love Melvin is a 1953 American Technicolor musical romantic comedy film directed by Don Weis, starring Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds. The film's most famous scene depicts Reynolds playing a human American football in a dance sequence. The film reunited O'Connor and Reynolds after 1952's Singin' in the Rain. According to MGM records, the film earned $1,316,000 in the United States and Canada and $654,000 overseas, resulting in a loss of $290,000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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