Tired of her boyfriend's gambling, a young woman joins two vaudeville performers on a trek to Las Vegas to search for millionaires to marry.Tired of her boyfriend's gambling, a young woman joins two vaudeville performers on a trek to Las Vegas to search for millionaires to marry.Tired of her boyfriend's gambling, a young woman joins two vaudeville performers on a trek to Las Vegas to search for millionaires to marry.
Eddie Acuff
- Golden Egg Doorman
- (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
- Casino Manager
- (uncredited)
Chris Willow Bird
- Indian
- (uncredited)
Donia Bussey
- Wife
- (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Dolores Castle
- Yvette
- (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Tristram Coffin
- Manager
- (uncredited)
Charles Cross
- Houseman
- (uncredited)
Frank Dae
- Board Member
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Hollywood sign in the opening shot is incorrectly shown as red neon. The HOLLYWOOD sign has always been white letters since it was originally erected in 1923 when it read HOLLYWOODLAND and even when reduced to just HOLLYWOOD in 1949.
- ConnectionsRemake of The Gold Diggers (1923)
- SoundtracksPainting the Clouds with Sunshine
(uncredited)
Music by Joseph A. Burke
Lyrics by Al Dubin
Sung by an off-screen chorus during the opening credits
Also sung by Dennis Morgan and Lucille Norman
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Great Leroy Prinz Choreography
This color remake of the landmark 'Gold Diggers' series of musicals of the 1930s is a pretty limp effort, despite individual bits that are excellent. 'Cuddles' Sakall is present for his usual Bavarian doubletalk, partnered, for some reason, with Wallace Ford playing a knife-throwing dessert rat. Dennis Morgan, tailing off in his Warners' career, plays the other guy. Basically this is a typical Warners musical of the era: a lightweight, retread plot and songs lifted from the catalogue. All it misses is Doris Day and she turned down the script.
The real point of this movie is the dance numbers, featuring lead Gene Nelson with choreography by Warners' stalwart dance director Leroy Prinz. Nelson never really became a star, but he was as fine a dancer as any, averaging much more athletic and balletic than headliners Astaire and Kelly; his signature step was a leap onto a table from the floor. Prinz directs him perfectly with monochromatically colored lights that allow him to act and move without words. 'Birth of the Blues' is the real highlight of the film.
Alas, aside from those moments, it's pretty much of a rote production. See it once for the dance numbers and be done.
The real point of this movie is the dance numbers, featuring lead Gene Nelson with choreography by Warners' stalwart dance director Leroy Prinz. Nelson never really became a star, but he was as fine a dancer as any, averaging much more athletic and balletic than headliners Astaire and Kelly; his signature step was a leap onto a table from the floor. Prinz directs him perfectly with monochromatically colored lights that allow him to act and move without words. 'Birth of the Blues' is the real highlight of the film.
Alas, aside from those moments, it's pretty much of a rote production. See it once for the dance numbers and be done.
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- boblipton
- Apr 22, 2011
Details
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951) officially released in Canada in English?
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