Lullaby of Broadway

United States

1951

92 Min

Color

1.37:1

English

Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
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CAST Doris Day, Gene Nelson, S.Z. Sakall, Billy De Wolfe, Gladys George, Florence Bates, Anne Triola, Hanley Stafford, Page Cavanaugh, Carlo De Mattiazzi, Constance De Mattiazzi

Fresh from a successful London gig, singer Melinda Howard (Doris Day) returns home to visit her mother (Gladys George), a former Broadway star who’s hit the skids. But thanks to the manipulations of a caring millionaire producer (S.Z. Sakall), Melinda is kept in the dark about mom’s decline. Gene Nelson co-stars as the handsome hoofer who sweeps Melinda off her feet in this toe-tapping musical treat.

Director

David Butler

David Butler (December 17, 1894 – June 14, 1979) was an American actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter and television director.

Butler was born in San Francisco. His mother was an actress and his father was a theater stage manager. His first acting roles were playing extras in stage plays. He later appeared in two D.W. Griffith films, The Girl Who Stayed Home and The Greatest Thing in Life. He also appeared in the 1927 Academy-award winning film 7th Heaven. The same year he made his directorial debut with High School Hero, a comedy for Fox. During Butler’s nine-year tenure at Fox, he directed over thirty films, including four Shirley Temple vehicles. Butler’s last film for Fox, Kentucky, won Walter Brennan an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He then worked with Bing Crosby in Road to Morocco and If I Had My Way. He also directed Doris Day in Tea For Two, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Lullaby of Broadway, and Calamity Jane. During the late 50s and 1960s… read more