Lady in the Dark (1944) |
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| Director(s) | Mitchell Leisen |
| Producer(s) | Richard Blumenthal |
| Top Genres | Drama, Musical, Romance |
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Ginger Rogers(as Liza Elliott)
Lady in the Dark
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Lady in the Dark
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Ginger Rogers
(as Liza Elliott)
Ray Milland(as Charley Johnson)
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Lady in the Dark
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Ray Milland
(as Charley Johnson)
Warner Baxter(as Kendall Nesbitt)
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Lady in the Dark
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Warner Baxter
(as Kendall Nesbitt)
Jon Hall(as Randy Curtis)
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Lady in the Dark
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Jon Hall
(as Randy Curtis)
Mischa Auer(as Russell Paxton)
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Lady in the Dark
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Mischa Auer
(as Russell Paxton)
Gail Russell(as Barbara)
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Lady in the Dark
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Gail Russell
(as Barbara)
Georgia Backus(as Miss Sullivan)
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Lady in the Dark
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Georgia Backus
(as Miss Sullivan)
Rand Brooks(as Ben)
Lady in the Dark
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Lady in the Dark
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1944
Rand Brooks
(as Ben)
Lady in the Dark Overview:
Lady in the Dark (1944) was a Drama - Musical Film directed by Mitchell Leisen and produced by Richard Blumenthal.
Academy Awards 1944 --- Ceremony Number 17 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Raoul Pene du Bois; Interior Decoration: Ray Moyer | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Ray Rennahan | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Robert Emmett Dolan | Nominated |
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Russell Paxton:
"This is the end! The absolute end!"
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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
In the original Broadway production, Danny Kaye sang his famous patter song, "Tchaikovsky (And Other Russians)," in which he dashed off the names of 50 Russian composers in 39 seconds. By the time the movie version was made, Kaye was under contract with Samuel Goldwyn, and could not appear in the film. His role as the photographer, Russell Paxton, was given to Mischa Auer, and the "Tchaikovsky" number was dropped.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onJanuray 29, 1945 with Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland reprising their film roles.
Paramount paid $285,000 for the film rights to the stage hit, a record at the time. $115,000 to producer Sam Harris, $85,000 to librettist Moss Hart and $42,500 each to composer Kurt Weill and lyricist Ira Gershwin.
The original Broadway production "Lady in the Dark" with book by Moss Hart, music by Kurt Weill and lyrics by Ira Gershwin opened at the Alvin Theater on January 3, 1941. It suspended performances for the summer on June 15 and resumed its run on September 2 and closed on May 30, 1942 after a total of 467 performances. The production played a return engagement at the Broadway Theater from February 27 to May 15, 1943 for an additional 83 performances. Gertrude Lawrence, Victor Mature and (in his breakout role) Danny Kaye were in the original cast.