Dreamboat (film)

Dreamboat
Directed by	Claude Binyon
Produced by	Sol C. Siegel
Written by	Claude Binyon
Based on	Love Man; 1950-1 Collier's serial story; by John D. Weaver
Starring	Clifton Webb; Ginger Rogers; Anne Francis; Jeffrey Hunter
Music by	Cyril J. Mockridge
Cinematography	Milton R. Krasner
Edited by	James B. Clark
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	July 26, 1952;
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2 million[1][2]

Dreamboat is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Claude Binyon, starring Clifton Webb, Ginger Rogers, Anne Francis and Jeffrey Hunter.

Webb plays a college professor with a glamorous past which he would rather have forgotten.

Plot

Anne Francis and Clifton Webb in Dreamboat

The respectable lives of English literature professor Thornton Sayre and his daughter, Carol, are severely disrupted when it is revealed that he was once a matinee idol known as the "Dreamboat"; his films are being seen on television in a show hosted by his former costar, Gloria Marlowe.

The college administration clamors for his resignation, but President Mathilda May Coffey requests and is given discretionary power to decide what to do. In private, she admits to Thornton that she had been one of his biggest fans.

Thornton hastily leaves for New York to get an injunction against the show, taking Carol along. There they meet Sam Levitt, the man responsible for airing the movies. While Sam and Gloria try to get Thornton to change his mind, Sam has underling Bill Ainslee show Carol the sights.

Undaunted, Thornton eventually gets his injunction, but his life is irreparably changed: he is fired after spurning Coffey's advances, and Bill and Carol have fallen in love and are planning to get married.

When Gloria gloats over his setbacks, Thornton reveals that a major movie studio is interested in reviving his film career. Months later, Bill and Carol attend Thornton's premiere in Sitting Pretty - a real film starring Clifton Webb. Gloria then reveals to Thornton that she has bought his contract and is now his boss.

Cast

Clifton Webb as Thornton Sayre / "Dreamboat" / Bruce Blair
Ginger Rogers as Gloria Marlowe
Anne Francis as Carol Sayre
Jeffrey Hunter as Bill Ainslee
Elsa Lanchester as Dr. Matilda Coffey
Fred Clark as Sam Levitt
Paul Harvey as Harrington
Ray Collins as Timothy Stone
Helene Stanley as Mimi
Richard Garrick as Judge Bowles
Jay Adler as a Desk Clerk
Emory Parnell as Crazy Sam

Music

The film featured the 1920 standard Al Jolson hit Avalon, written by Al Jolson, Buddy DeSylva and Vincent Rose.

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References

Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p224
'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953

External links

Dreamboat at the TCM Movie Database
Dreamboat on IMDb
Dreamboat at AllMovie
Dreamboat at the American Film Institute Catalog

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[1] Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p224

[2] 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953