I Dream of Jeanie (film)

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For other uses, see I Dream of Jeannie (disambiguation).
I Dream of Jeanie
Film poster
Directed byAllan Dwan
Written byAlan Le May (screenplay)
StarringBill Shirley
Muriel Lawrence
Ray Middleton
Lynn Bari
CinematographyReggie Lanning
Edited byFred Allen
Music byRobert Armbruster
Production
company
Republic Pictures
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • June 15, 1952 (1952-06-15) (United States)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

I Dream of Jeanie is a 1952 American

historical musical film based on the songs and life of Stephen Foster, who wrote the 1854 song "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" from which the title is taken. The film was directed by Allan Dwan for Republic Pictures and was shot in Trucolor
.

The film is also known as I Dream of Jeanie (with the Light Brown Hair).[1]

Plot

In 1849, the song "

Christy Minstrels
sing in their shows.

Cast

Soundtrack

All songs written by Stephen Foster unless otherwise indicated:

  • "Oh! Susanna"
  • "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair"
  • "On Wings of Song" (written by
    Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
    )
  • "Lo, Hear the Gentle Lark" (music by H.R. Bishop, words by William Shakespeare from Venus and Adonis)
  • "Nelly Bly"
  • "
    My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night
    "
  • "Ring de Banjo"
  • "Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)"
  • "Beautiful Dreamer"
  • "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming"
  • "Gwine to Rune All Night (De Camptown Races)"
  • "Queen of Mirth"
  • "Haunting My Dreams at Night"
  • "You Must Wear a Dainty Ribbon in Your Hair"
  • "Old Black Joe"
  • "Glendy Burke"
  • "I Can Still See Her in My Dreams"
  • "Old Dog Tray"

Reception

In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Oscar Godbout wrote:

[T]he music, with its universal appeal, was not enough for the creators of this bogus biography; the author of the script, Alan LeMay, with the director, Allan Dwan, succumbed to an urge to skewer the tunes with a vapid tale of the young musician being thwarted in love. They show him as a shallow, brainless bookkeeper who tinkered with tunes when he wasn't debasing himself before a supercilious Southern belle who would have him only if he stopped writing songs. That's the Stephen Foster Bill Shirley is forced to portray. ... But the songs are appealing and Mr. Middleton's portrayal of a famous minstrel compensates for much of the dullness.[2]

References

  1. ^ Film title card. "I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (1952)", Internet Archive. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  2. ^ Godbout, Oscar (June 26, 1952). "The Screen: Life of Stephen Foster". The New York Times. p. 26.

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