Three Sailors and a Girl (1953) Online
Three navy men run into a shady producer who convinces them to invest into his new show. When they meet the show's female star attraction, they're sold. Have they become the latest showbiz players or just three more suckers?
Cast overview: | |||
Jane Powell | - | Penny Weston | |
Gordon MacRae | - | 'Choirboy' Jones | |
Gene Nelson | - | Twitch | |
Sam Levene | - | Joe Woods | |
George Givot | - | Emilio Rossi | |
Veda Ann Borg | - | Faye Foss | |
Archer MacDonald | - | Melvin Webster | |
Raymond Greenleaf | - | B.P. Morrow - Bank President | |
Henry Slate | - | Hank the Sailor | |
Jack E. Leonard | - | Porky |
Powell's off-screen romance with Gene Nelson ended her marriage, but Nelson's wife refused to give him a divorce. In 1973, Nelson directed her in a segment of the made-for-TV anthology movie "The Letters."
In the 1954 sci-fi classic"THEM!", a marquee is shown with the title "Three Sailors and a Girl" (it can be seen during the public announcement scene).
This was yet another Warner Brothers project in which Merv Griffin was told he'd play the male lead, only to be disappointed at the last minute when he was replaced by Gordon MacRae. Adding insult to injury, on the first day of shooting, MacRae walked up to Griffin (who'd been demoted to little more than an extra) and loudly declared: "Haven't you given up on making it as a star in Hollywood yet? You'll never make it in this town, kid!"
Based on the play of the same title by George S. Kaufman which opened on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre, 220 W. 48th St., on September 23, 1925 and ran for 243 performances. This is the last of six film adaptations of the play released from 1928 to 1953.
Burt Lancaster has a cameo near the end of the film as a soldier. He tells Joe that he use to be a circus performer and he would like to audition for the lead in the musical. (This is an inside joke. Before Burt Lancaster became an actor he was a circus performer. He would also later play a circus performer in the movie Trapeze (1956).) Joe tells him he doesn't have what it takes. Later Joe tells Faye he would never make it in this business because he looks too much like Burt Lancaster.
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