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Susan Slept Here Overview:

Susan Slept Here (1954) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Frank Tashlin and produced by Harriet Parsons.

Academy Awards 1954 --- Ceremony Number 27 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - SongMusic and Lyrics by Jack Lawrence and Richard MyersNominated
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Susan Slept Here BlogHub Articles:

Fridays With Debbie Reynolds: Susan Slept Here (1954)

on Jan 20, 2017 From Journeys in Classic Film

Though it gave Debbie Reynolds her greatest performance to date, Singin’ in the Rain (1952) wasn’t a monster hit upon release and the quality of the films she made in its wake weren’t of the same caliber. Susan Slept Here tests Reynolds star power. That along with the small budge... Read full article

Warner Archive Blu-ray: Debbie Reynolds and Dick Powell in Susan Slept Here (1954)

By KC on Jun 10, 2016 From Classic Movies

Susan Slept Here features narration by an Oscar statue. The golden guy sounds just like I imagined he would: cheerful, uptight and betraying the vulnerability of a nude figure. The idea could be unbearably corny, but there's something pliable about the world of Frank Tashlin; Wile E. Coyote could sh... Read full article

Susan Slept Here (1954)

By Lindsey on Mar 16, 2013 From The Motion Pictures

(Image: Listal) Mark Christopher (Dick Powell) is a Hollywood screenwriter struggling to finish his latest film. It’s Christmas Eve, and he’s working late, trying to cram to get the script done. He’s been stuck in a bout of writer’s block ever since he won an Academy Award. M... Read full article

Warner Archive Wednesday ~ Susan Slept Here (1954)

By Google profile on May 9, 2012 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Back when I was reveling in the luxury of having digital cable, I would sometimes catch a glimpse at a very strange scene on TCM. A dolled up Debbie Reynolds eating strawberries and mixed ... Read full article

Christmas Classics: Susan Slept Here

By Brandie on Dec 8, 2010 From True Classics

Susan Slept Here (1954) is a delightful, if somewhat creepy (by today’s standards, anyway) bit of holiday fluff.  Starring Debbie Reynolds and Dick Powell, the film played with the censors at a time when it seemed everyone in Hollywood was determined to give the Hays Office its share of hell.... Read full article

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Susan Slept Here Quotes:

Mark Christopher: You know I've forgotten what seventeen year old emotional kids are like. I've been going out with middle-aged women; twenty, twenty-one.
Virgil, Mark's Gofer: Take a lot of coffee, don't ya?
Sergeant Monty Maizel: Only black. It's the cream and sugar that hurts you.
Susan Beaurgard Landis: [looking at a picture of Isabella] You know, I'd like to get a dye job and a facial like her.
Mark Christopher: Isabella is a natural blond.
Susan Beaurgard Landis: You sure?
Mark Christopher: We're very good friends... She told me.
Harvey Butterworth, Mark's Lawyer: [Interrupred by Mark during a session at his psyciatrist] Do forgive me if I don't stand up, but this couch costs me fifty bucks an hour.
Mark Christopher: Hello there.
Sergeant Monty Maizel: Hi.
Mark Christopher: I don't think we've met.
Sergeant Monty Maizel: That's because you never saw me before.
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Susan Slept Here Facts
In joke: During opening narration, an Oscar statuette makes reference to "Louella" - gossip columnist Louella Parsons, mother of film's producer Harriet Parsons.
Susan Slept Here was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency primarily for its' suggestive title. In a male dominated society George Washington Slept Here sounded no similar moral alarms. The ban hurt the movies receipts but did greater harm to the Legion who were taken less seriously after The Moon Is Blue ban a year earlier in shocked response to the word 'virgin' used outside the church!
This picture marked the last of Dick Powell's 58 feature-film appearances (plus one voice over) between 1932 and 1954. A recording artist since 1927, Dick's final two commercial sides on a Bell single were tunes from the movie score: the title song (music and lyrics by Jack Lawrence) and the Oscar-nominated "Hold My Hand" (music and lyrics by Jack Lawrence and Richard Myers). Neither ditty was sung by Mr. Powell in the film. However, he danced a bit in a pantomime segment dreamed by Debbie Reynolds.
This film was shot for intended 3D viewing.
Don Cornell's melodious contribution to the soundtrack, the Oscar-nominated love song, "Hold My Hand" (music and lyrics by Jack Lawrence and Richard Myers), was turned into Don's best-selling single on the Coral label.
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