Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.
Directed by Michael Curtiz
musical
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3.2 / 5
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Cast
Doris Day
Grace LeBoy Kahn
Danny Thomas
Gus Kahn
Frank Lovejoy
Walter Donaldson
Patrice Wymore
Gloria Knight
James Gleason
Fred Townsend
Mary Wickes
Anna
Jim Backus
Sam Harris
Minna Gombell
Mrs. LeBoy
Harry Antrim
Mr. LeBoy
William Forrest
Florenz Ziegfeld
Mimi Gibson
Irene, at age 3
Christopher Olsen
Donald, at age 4
Crew
Michael Curtiz
Director
Melville Shavelson
Writer
Jack Rose
Writer
Popular Reviews
3 reviews
Blake Gamber
7.0★ · 01/16/26
Pretty good. Not quite sure why Doris Day was in blackface announcing her pregnancy... but hey the 50s were something else. I had ZERO clue this was from the same director as Casablanca. I think every couple minutes I was on a new Wikipedia page for someone in this movie and the early Hollywood/Broadway rabbit holes that followed had me enamored. I think I could sit and watch 100 more movies like this and still be entertained.
I adore this time period (minus the bad parts)
Pretty good. Not quite sure why Doris Day was in blackface announcing her pregnancy... but hey the 50s were something else. I had ZERO clue this was from the same director as Casablanca. I think every couple minutes I was on a new Wikipedia page for someone in this movie and the early Hollywood/Broadway rabbit holes that followed had me enamored. I think I could sit and watch 100 more movies like this and still be entertained.
