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THE DUCHESS OF IDAHO
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CREDITS
1950, 98 minutes, Technicolor.
Producer, Joe Pasternak; Director, Robert Z. Leonard; Screenplay, Dorothy Cooper and Jerry Davis; Cinematography, Charles Schoenbaum; Music Director, Georgie Stoll; Choreography, Jack Donohue.
CAST
Christine Duncan, Esther Williams; Dick Layne, Van Johnson; Douglas Morrison, John Lund; Ellen Hallit, Paula Raymond; Matson, Clinton Sundberg; Cyril, Mel Torme; Peggy Elliot, Connie Haines; Linda Kinston, Amanda Blake; Chuck, Tommy Farrell; M. LeBlanche, Sig Arno; Alec Collins, Dick Simmons.
As Themselves:
Eleanor Powell, Lena Horne, Red Skelton.
SONGS
Baby, Come Out of the Clouds by Lee Pearl and Harry Nemo; You Can't Do Wrong Doin' Right; Let's Choo Choo Choo to Idaho; Of All Things; Or Was It Spring; Warm Hands, Cold Heart by Al Rinker and Floyd Huddleston; Singlefoot Serenade by G.M. Beilenson and M. Beebly; You Won't Forget Me by Kermit Goell and Fred Spielman.
PLOT SYNOPSIS
"Cast as a successful swimming star (natch!), Miss Williams has never looked lovlier as she travels to Sun Valley to help her lovesick roommate (Paula Raymond) snare her rich but elusive boss (John Lund). But when both Lund and bandleader Van Johnson fall head-over-heels for Esther, she finds herself having to tread water in a sea of light romance."
- Liner Notes from Turner/MGM-UA Videotape
NOTES
"Two lavish production numbers. . .guest-star Lena Horne's singing of "Baby Come Out of the Clouds". . .and a lively routine by Mrs. Glenn Ford (better known as Eleanor Powell, who tapped her way out of retirement for the occasion), were among the musical highlights in The Duchess of Idaho, a Joe Pasternak-produced trifle, dazzingly photographed in Technicolor. . ."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical
"Light-weight musical, quite pleasant if routine, with guest stars."
- Leslie Halliwell, Halliwell's Film Guide
HARVARD LAMPOON WORST FILM AWARD WINNER
The Duchess of Idaho was one of the highest-grossing films of 1950. See Box Office Hits
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