Lady Be Good (1941) |
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| Director(s) | Norman Z. McLeod |
| Producer(s) | Arthur Freed |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical, Romance |
| Top Topics | Romance (Comic) |
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Eleanor Powell(as Marilyn Marsh)
Lady Be Good
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1941
Lady Be Good
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1941
Eleanor Powell
(as Marilyn Marsh)
Ann Sothern(as Dixie Donegan Crane)
Lady Be Good
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1941
Lady Be Good
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1941
Ann Sothern
(as Dixie Donegan Crane)
Robert Young(as Edward 'Eddie' Crane)
Lady Be Good
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1941
Lady Be Good
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1941
Robert Young
(as Edward 'Eddie' Crane)
Lionel Barrymore(as Judge Murdock)
Lady Be Good
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1941
Lady Be Good
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1941
Lionel Barrymore
(as Judge Murdock)
Red Skelton(as Joe 'Red' Willet)
Lady Be Good
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1941
Lady Be Good
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1941
Red Skelton
(as Joe 'Red' Willet)
Virginia O'Brien(as Lull)
Lady Be Good
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1941
Lady Be Good
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1941
Virginia O'Brien
(as Lull)
Dan Dailey(as Bill 'Billy' Pattison)
Lady Be Good
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1941
Lady Be Good
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1941
Dan Dailey
(as Bill 'Billy' Pattison)
Reginald Owen(as Max Milton)
Lady Be Good
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1941
Lady Be Good
Released
1941
Reginald Owen
(as Max Milton)
Lady Be Good Overview:
Lady Be Good (1941) was a Black-and-white - Comedy Film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and produced by Arthur Freed.
Academy Awards 1941 --- Ceremony Number 14 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Music - Song | Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Won |
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Classic Films in Focus: LADY BE GOOD (1941)
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod and an uncredited Busby Berkeley, Lady Be Good (1941) provides a perfectly entertaining example of the sort of light musical romance that doesn’t get a lot of acclaim these days but still has plenty to offer to viewers who are just looking for a good time. With sol... Read full article
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The original musical opened in New York on 1 December 1924, but this movie has a completely new story line and used only two of its songs.
For Eleanor Powell's dance-version of the song "Lady, Be Good", MGM auditioned several dogs, but none of them was able to do the required tricks. Finally, Powell bought a dog off a propman and trained it herself for several weeks so that the dance could be done as she wanted.
The song "The Last Time I Saw Paris" caused a lot of controversy when it won the Oscar for Best Song, because it was not written for this movie. After Tony Martin had a hit recording in 1940, MGM bought the rights to the song for use in this movie.
Original director Busby Berkeley was replaced during production by Norman Z. McLeod. Berkeley was kept to direct the musical numbers.