The Stars Are Singing
The Stars Are Singing is a 1953 Paramount Pictures musical directed by Norman Taurog and starring Rosemary Clooney, Anna Maria Alberghetti, and Lauritz Melchior.
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Directed by | Norman Taurog |
Produced by | Irving Asher |
Screenplay by | Liam O'Brien |
Story by | Paul Hervey Fox |
Starring | Rosemary Clooney Anna Maria Alberghetti Lauritz Melchior |
Music by | Victor Young (uncredited) |
Cinematography | Lionel Lindon |
Edited by | Arthur P. Schmidt |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | March 11, 1953 |
Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The screenplay concerns a 15-year-old Polish girl (played by Alberghetti) who attempts to enter the U.S. illegally, setting off a major search by immigration officials. She is befriended by a struggling group of New York performers, who try to get approval for her to remain in the country.
Clooney performs her hit song "Come On-a My House" and Danish tenor Lauritz Melchior sings "Vesti la giubba" from Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci in this Technicolor production.[1]
The film cost $1,264,337[2] and earned an estimated $1.6 million at the North American box office in 1953.[3]
Cast
- Rosemary Clooney as Terry Brennan
- Anna Maria Alberghetti as Katri Walenska
- Lauritz Melchior as Jan Poldi
- Bob Williams as Homer Tirdell
- Tom Morton as Buddy Fraser
- Fred Clark as McDougall
- John Archer as Dave Parish
- Mikhail Rasumny as Ladowski
- Lloyd Corrigan as Miller
- Don Wilson as Radio Announcer
- Otto Waldis as Ship's Captain Goslak
- Henry Guttman as Ship's Mate
- Paul E. Burns as Henryk
- Freeman Lusk as Conway
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References
- Netflix DVD
- Michael A. Hoey, Elvis' Favorite Director: The Amazing 52-Film Career of Norman Taurog, Bear Manor Media 2013
- 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
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