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MEET ME IN LAS VEGAS
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CREDITS
1956, 112 minutes, Eastman Color and CinemaScope.
Producer, Joe Pasternak; Director, Roy Rowland; Screenplay, Isobel Lennart; Cinematography, Robert Bronner; Music Direction, George Stoll; Choreography, Hermes Pan and Eugene Loring.
CAST
Chuck Rodwell, Dan Dailey; Maria Corvier, Cyd Charisse; Miss Hattie, Agnes Moorehead; Sari Hatvany, Lili Darvas; Tom Culdane, Jim Backus; Lotzi, Oscar Karlweis; Lilli, Liliane Montevecchi; Kelly Donavan, Cara Williams.
Guest Stars:
Jerry Colonna, Paul Henreid, Lena Horne, Frankie Laine, Mitsuko Sawamura; Sammy Davis Jr. sang Frankie and Johnny.
Cameos:
Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, Tony Martin.
SONGS
The Gal With The Yaller Shoes; If You Can't Dream; My Lucky Charm; Hell Hath No Fury; I Refuse To Rock 'N Roll by Nicholas Brodszky and Sammy Cahn; Hitori Botsuchi Wa Tsumarani; Frankie And Johnny Ballet, lyrics by Sammy Cahn.
PLOT
". . .it was set in and about the Sands Hotel, Nevada, and told what happens when a gambling rancher (Dailey) discovers that all he has to do to win at roulette is take hold of ballerina Charisse's hand."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical
NOTES
"Joe Pasternak's high-gloss production gave potential visitors to Vegas a pretty good idea of what the place looks like; Isobel Lennart's screenplay was not without its quota of gags and wisecracks, and the dance routines. . .were entertaining enough."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical
"A musical of almost stupefying banality."
- MFB
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION:
Music - Score
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