Underplayed Gems

I Love Melvin (1953)

I Love Melvin poster
Directed by
Don Weis
Genre
musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 17m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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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.

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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)

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