The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953 film by Don Weis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Affairs of Dobie Gillis is a 1953 American comedy musical film directed by Don Weis. The film is based on the short stories by Max Shulman collected as The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (also the title of the later TV series). Bobby Van played Gillis in this musical version, co-starring with Debbie Reynolds and Bob Fosse.
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Directed by | Don Weis |
Screenplay by | Max Shulman |
Based on | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 1951 short stories by Max Shulman |
Produced by | Arthur M. Loew Jr. |
Starring | Debbie Reynolds Bobby Van Barbara Ruick Bob Fosse Hanley Stafford Hans Conried |
Cinematography | William C. Mellor |
Edited by | Conrad A. Nervig |
Music by | Musical Direction/Supervision Jeff Alexander Choreography Alex Romero |
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Distributed by | Loew's Inc.[1] |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $577,000[2] |
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The movie was filmed in black and white, MGM's first non-color musical film in years.[3] It was Fosse's technical screen debut, as it was his second film but the first to be released.[4]