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Wabash Avenue Overview:

Wabash Avenue (1950) was a Musical - Film directed by Henry Koster and produced by William Perlberg.

Academy Awards 1950 --- Ceremony Number 23 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - SongMusic by Josef Myrow; Lyrics by Mack GordonNominated
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Wabash Avenue BlogHub Articles:

Musical Monday: Wabash Avenue (1950)

on Sep 21, 2015 From Comet Over Hollywood

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Wabash Avenue” (195... Read full article

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Wabash Avenue Quotes:

Ruby Summers: Why, you overgrown, dime-a-dozen wiseacre pig-puss! Who made your clothes? Or did you grow 'em yourself?
Ruby Summers: How did he get in here? Through what rat hole?
Ruby Summers: Did you tell him?
Andy Clark: Uh huh.
Ruby Summers: How did he take it?
Andy Clark: Straight out of the bottle.
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Wabash Avenue Facts
Betty Grable starred in this remake as well as the original, Coney Island.
Paul Douglas was originally set to star.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onNovember 13, 1950 with Betty Grable and Victor Mature reprising their film roles.
By declining to play Ruby Summers, Alice Faye passed up appearing on screen with her husband and then-radio co-star, Phil Harris.
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