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1951 film by David Butler From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine is a 1951 Technicolor musical film directed by David Butler and starring Dennis Morgan and Virginia Mayo (whose singing voice was dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams). The film is a musical adaptation of the 1919 play The Gold Diggers by Avery Hopwood, the fourth film adaptation of the play following The Gold Diggers (1923), Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929) and Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933). The film is a jukebox musical, featuring popular songs from the 1910s to 1930s, including two songs from Gold Diggers of Broadway ("Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" and "Tiptoe Through the Tulips") and one song from Gold Diggers of 1933 ("We're in the Money").
| Painting the Clouds with Sunshine | |
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| Directed by | David Butler |
| Written by | Harry Clork Roland Kibbee Peter Milne Avery Hopwood (Play) |
| Produced by | William Jacobs |
| Starring | Dennis Morgan Virginia Mayo Gene Nelson |
| Cinematography | Wilfred M. Cline |
| Edited by | Irene Morra |
| Music by | Howard Jackson (uncredited) |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.8 million (US rentals)[1] |
Three smart Las Vegas theatrical girls seek husbands. Carol wants a millionaire, Abby is in love with baritone Vince Nichols but is upset with his gambling and June has a crush on dancer Ted Lansing. However, Ted is in love with Abby.[2]
In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Howard Thompson called the film a "feeble excuse for a musical romance" and wrote: "Judging by 'Painting the Clouds with Sunshine,' the latest in the never-ending parade of Technicolor musical romances from Warners, the studio is really scraping the barrel. These films are usually tuneful, pleasant-hued and designed for the sole and harmless purpose of supplying a little escapist relief and there's no point in aiming a sling at the new one. But we'll wager that even the staunchest supporters of Dennis Morgan, Virginia Mayo and Gene Nelson will wince at the banal, wafer-thin goings-on ..."[4]
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