Something to Shout About
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Something to Shout About |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1943 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gregory Ratoff |
| script |
Lou Breslow , Edward Eliscu |
| production | Gregory Ratoff |
| music |
John Leipold , David Raksin |
| camera | Franz Planner |
| cut | Otto Meyer |
| occupation | |
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Something to Shout About is a 1943 musical film directed by Gregory Ratoff . The black and white film was nominated for two Academy Awards at the 1944 Academy Awards.
action
The rich and newly divorced Donna Davis offers Broadway producer Willard Samson to fund his next show. The only condition is that the in every way untalented Donna Davis must be the star of the show. The show is to be designed in the style of a vaudeville . Samson's press spokesman, Ken Douglas, found Jeanie Maxwell, a budding composer and singer from Altoona, Pennsylvania , who was talented in every way, in the tenement he lives in . Attempts to replace the untalented Donna with Jeanie are initially unsuccessful. When Donna is arrested by a sheriff in the country, the premiere seems to have been saved. Unfortunately, Donna Davis manages to get out in time and the premiere turns into a disaster. Jeanie returns to Altoona, Willard Samson becomes addicted to alcohol and Ken Douglas continues to try to dissuade Donna from her stage career.
background
For the black civil rights activist jazz pianist and actress Hazel Scott , the film was the first appearance on the screen.
The actress Janet Blair , who plays Jeanie from Altoona, Pennsylvania , was born in Altoona.
Awards
For the song You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To , sung by Don Ameche and Janet Blair in a duet in the film , Cole Porter was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Song . In the category Best Score , Morris Stoloff was nominated for an Oscar for his work on Something to Shout About .
Web links
- Something to Shout About in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charlene B. Regester, African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900--1960 , Indiana University Press 2010, ISBN 9780253004314 , pp 220th