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TEXAS CARNIVAL
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CREDITS
1951, 77 minutes, Technicolor.
Producer, Jack Cummings; Director, Charles Walters; Screenplay, Dorothy Kingsley; Cinematography, Robert Planck; Music Direction, David Rose; Choreography, Hermes Pan.
CAST
Debbie Telford, Esther Williams; Carnie Quinell, Red Skelton; Slim Shelby, Howard Keel; Marilla Sabinas, Paula Raymond; Sunshine Jackson, Ann Miller; Dan Sabinas, Keenan Wynn; Sheriff Jackson, Tom Tully.
SONGS
It's Dynamite; Whoa! Emma; Young Folks Should Get Married; Carnie's Pitch by Dorothy Fields and Harry Warren; Clap Your Hands by David Rose and Earl Brent; Deep In The Heart Of Texas by June Hershey and Don Swander.
PLOT
"Williams and Skelton are a carnival team struggling along until proud Texan Keenan Wynn, in an alcoholic moment, takes a fancy to Skelton. Latter goes to a swank hotel to meet Wynn but, instead, is mistaken for the rich Texan himself. Life of ease being lived by Skelton during Wynn's absence wears easy on his conscience even though it troubles Williams aplenty. Appearance of Keel, foreman of Wynn's ranch, adds some complications."
- Variety
NOTES
". . .damp squib of a show. . .Lasting only 77 minutes, the film appeared to have been the victim of some drastic editing which might well explain why the rest of the cast. . .seemed so underemployed."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical
"Plenty of laugh diversion, dressed up to treat the eye and ear, is offered in Texas Carnival."
- Variety
HARVARD LAMPOON WORST FILM AWARD WINNER
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