Presenting Lily Mars
1943 film by Norman Taurog From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1943 film by Norman Taurog From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Presenting Lily Mars is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog, produced by Joe Pasternak, starring Judy Garland and Van Heflin, and based on the 1933 novel by Booth Tarkington. The film is often cited as Garland's first film playing an adult role. However, the issue is complicated by the delay in this film's release caused by reshooting the finale, and Garland's brutal work schedule—She was filming Girl Crazy and For Me and My Gal at the same time.[2] Also, in Little Nellie Kelly, released in 1940, she plays her character's mother, dying in childbirth. Tommy Dorsey and Bob Crosby appear with their orchestras in this Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production.
| Presenting Lily Mars | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Norman Taurog |
| Written by | Jack Mintz (comedy construction) |
| Screenplay by | Richard Connell Gladys Lehman |
| Based on | Presenting Lily Mars 1937 novel by Booth Tarkington |
| Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
| Starring | Judy Garland Van Heflin |
| Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Edited by | Albert Akst |
| Music by | George Stoll |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,045,000[1] |
| Box office | $3,255,000[1] |
Lily Mars (Judy Garland) is a small-town girl with big-city ambitions. She contrives to audition for a Broadway producer whose father was the local physician and whose family piano her father also happened to tune. However, the producer wants nothing to do with her. She then heads to Broadway hoping to convince him to cast her, but after a series of disappointments, the best she can manage is an understudy job.[3]
The soundtrack includes:
The finale, "Where There's Music", originally included parts of "St. Louis Blues", "In The Shade of the Old Apple Tree", and "It's a Long Way to Tipperary", which were deleted from the final version.
According to MGM records the film earned USD$2,216,000 in the US and Canada and $1,039,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $1,211,000.[1][5]
An April 30, 1943, New York Times review bylined T. S. praises Judy Garland's “blithe talents” but concludes: “For all its sweetness, "Presenting Lily Mars" is uninviting fare; it is glorified monotony. Perhaps M-G-M should let Miss Garland grow up and stay that way.”[6]
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