Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (film)
| Painting the Clouds with Sunshine | |
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Wilfred M. Cline | |
| Edited by | Irene Morra |
| Music by | Howard Jackson (uncredited) |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.8 million (US rentals)[1] |
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine is a 1951
Plot
Three smart Las Vegas theatrical girls seek husbands. Carol wants a millionaire, Abby is in love with baritone Vince Nichols but is upset with his gambling and June has a crush on dancer Ted Lansing. However, Ted is in love with Abby.[2]
Cast
- Dennis Morgan as Vince Nichols
- Virginia Mayo as Carol
- Gene Nelson as Thedore (Ted) Lansing
- Lucille Norman as Abby
- S.Z. Sakallas Felix "Uncle Felix" Hoff
- Virginia Gibson as June
- Tom Conway as Bennington Lansing a.k.a. Uncle Benny
- Wallace Ford as Sam Parks
Songs
- "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" and "Tiptoe Through the Tulips", music and lyrics by Joe Burke and Al Dubin
- Sung by Dennis Morgan and Lucille Norman
- "Man Is a Necessary Evil" and "The Mambo Man", music by Sonny Burke, lyrics by Jack Elliott
- "Vienna Dreams", music by Rudolf Sieczynski, lyrics by Irving Caesar
- "We're in the Money", music and lyrics by Harry Warrenand Al Dubin
- "Ernest R. Ball, Chauncey Olcott and George Graff Jr.
- "With a Song in My Heart", music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart
- "B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown
- "You're My Everything", music and lyrics by Harry Warren, Mort Dixon and Joe Young
- "Jalousie 'Tango Tzigane'", music and lyrics by Jacob Gadeand Vera Bloom
- "I Like the Mountain Music", music and lyrics by Frank Weldon and James Cavanaugh[3]
Reception
In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Howard Thompson called the film a "feeble excuse for a musical romance" and wrote: "Judging by 'Painting the Clouds with Sunshine,' the latest in the never-ending parade of Technicolor musical romances from Warners, the studio is really scraping the barrel. These films are usually tuneful, pleasant-hued and designed for the sole and harmless purpose of supplying a little escapist relief and there's no point in aiming a sling at the new one. But we'll wager that even the staunchest supporters of Dennis Morgan, Virginia Mayo and Gene Nelson will wince at the banal, wafer-thin goings-on ..."[4]
References
- ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1951', Variety, January 2, 1952
- ^ Picturegoer, 19 January 1952, p. 14
- ^ "Music credits for Painting the Clouds with Sunshine". TCM.
- ^ Thompson, Howard (1951-09-01). "The Screen". The New York Times. p. 9.
External links
- Painting the Clouds with Sunshine at IMDb
- Painting the Clouds with Sunshine at AllMovie
- Painting the Clouds with Sunshine at the TCM Movie Database
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