Good News (1947 film)
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Good News is a 1947 American Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film based on the 1927 stage production of the same name. It starred June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Mel Tormé, and Joan McCracken. The screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green was directed by Charles Walters in Technicolor.
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Directed by | Charles Walters |
Screenplay by | Betty Comden Adolph Green |
Based on | Good News 1927 musical by Lew Brown Laurence Schwab Frank Mandel Buddy G. DeSylva Ray Henderson |
Produced by | Arthur Freed |
Starring | June Allyson Peter Lawford Patricia Marshall |
Cinematography | Charles Schoenbaum |
Edited by | Albert Akst |
Music by | Conrad Salinger |
Color process | Technicolor |
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Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,715,000[1] |
Box office | $2,956,000[1] |
Three additional songs were written for the film: "The French Lesson", "Pass That Peace Pipe", and "An Easier Way", the last of which was cut from the released film.[2]
Good News was the second adaptation of the stage musical, after the 1930 film Good News. The 1947 film was a more sanitized version of the musical; the 1930 version included Pre-Code content, such as sexual innuendo and lewd suggestive humor.