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It's a Great Feeling
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  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Movie Type: Musical Comedy, Showbiz Comedy
  • Themes: Filmmaking, Actor's Life
  • Director: David Butler
  • Main Cast: Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Bill Goodwin, Irving Bacon
  • Release Year: 1949
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 85 minutes

Plot

Billy Wilder's future partner I.A.L. Diamond concocted the storyline for this Dennis Morgan/Jack Carson/Doris Day tunefest. Morgan and Carson, Warner Bros.' answer to Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, appear as themselves. Attempting to line up a director for their next picture, the boys find themselves unable to do so due to Carson's gigantic ego. Carson decides to direct their next vehicle himself; the next problem is locating a leading lady who'll be willing to put up with Carson. The boys discover Doris Day, a waitress in the Warner Bros. commissary. Carson and Morgan spend their entire shooting schedule vying over Day's affections; she gets fed up with this, and heads back to her home town in Wisconsin, there to marry her childhood sweetheart Jeffrey Bushdinkel--who is revealed in the final shot to be none other than Errol Flynn! Other guest stars popping in and out of It's a Great Feeling include Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Sidney Greenstreet, Danny Kaye, Patricia Neal, Eleanor Parker, Ronald Reagan, Edward G. Robinson and Jane Wyman. Also appearing as themselves are such Warner Bros. directors as David Butler (the real director of It's a Great Feeling), Michael Curtiz, King Vidor and Raoul Walsh. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast


Claire Carleton - Grace; Harlan Warde - Publicity man; Jacqueline De Wit - Trent's secretary; Jean Andren - Headwaitress; Louis Austin - Saleslady; Shirley Ballard - Beautiful Girl on Bike; Carol Brewster - Model; Sue Casey - Model; Gary Cooper - Himself; Joan Crawford - Herself; Doris Day - Judy Adams; Dudley Dickerson - Porter; Pat Flaherty - Gate Guard; Sandra Gould - Train Passenger in Upper Berth; Sydney Greenstreet - Himself; James Holden - Soda Jerk; Patricia Neal - Herself; Eleanor Parker - Herself; Ronald Reagan - Himself; Edward G. Robinson - Himself; Nita Talbot - Model; Joan Vohs - Model; Eve Whitney - Model; Jane Wyman - Herself; David Butler - Himself; Michael Curtiz - Himself; Errol Flynn - Jeffrey Bushdinkel, the Groom; Danny Kaye - Himself; King Vidor - Himself; Raoul Walsh - Himself; Tom Dugan - Wrestling Fan in Bar; Wendy Lee - Manicurist

Credit

Milo Anderson - Costume Designer; David Butler - Director; Wilfrid M. Cline - Cinematographer; I.A.L. Diamond - Short Story Author; Stanley Fleischer - Art Director; Alex Gottlieb - Producer; Ray Heindorf - Composer (Music Score); Ray Heindorf - Musical Direction/Supervision; H.F. Koenekamp - Special Effects; William McGann - Special Effects; Irene Morra - Editor; LeRoy J. Prinz - Choreography; Melville Shavelson - Screenwriter; Jule Styne - Composer (Music Score); Perc Westmore - Makeup; Jack Rose - Screenwriter; Lyle B. Reifsnider - Set Designer; David Forrest - Sound/Sound Designer; Dolph Thomas - Sound/Sound Designer
 
 
Album Review: It's a Great Feeling

It's a Great Feeling
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  • Release Date: 1995
  • Genre: Vocal Music
  • Label: Collectables
  • Total Time: 25:53
  • Artist: Pearl Bailey
  • Flags: Compilation (best of)
  • Type: Compilation
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Style: Traditional Pop
  • Track Picks: "If My Friends Could See Me Now," "It's a Great Feeling," "Ma! (He's Making Eyes at Me)"

Review

Now, here's an oddity. Pearl Bailey made a series of recordings for Columbia Records during the second half of the 1940s, then didn't record for the label again until 1966, when she cut only three songs -- "If My Friends Could See Me Now" and "Big Spender" from the then-current Broadway musical Sweet Charity and the title song from another show of the day, Mame. This ten-song budget compilation resurrects seven cuts from the '40s sessions -- including little-known compositions by such noted songwriters as Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin, Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz, and Johnny Mercer; played by orchestras led by Mitchell Ayres and Gil Evans; and featuring such duet partners as Hot Lips Page and Tony Pastor -- and combines them with those three '60s show tunes. It doesn't make a lot of sense as an album, of course, but at least Bailey is her usual entertaining, showboating self. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title iTunes Composers Performers Time
He Didn't Ask Me
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 Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin Pearl Bailey (2:55)
Protect Me
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 Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz Pearl Bailey (3:23)
Ma! (He's Making Eyes at Me)
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 Con Conrad, Sidney Clare Pearl Bailey (2:40)
It's a Great Feeling
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 Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne Pearl Bailey, Hot Lips Page (2:22)
Some Days There Just Ain't No Fish
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 B. Russell, Carl Sigman, R. Russell Pearl Bailey (2:30)
Mamie Is Mimi
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 Leo Robin, Jule Styne Pearl Bailey, Tony Pastor & his Orchestra (3:02)
He Didn't Have the Know How-No How
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 Johnny Mercer, Robert Emmett Dolan Pearl Bailey (3:11)
If My Friends Could See Me Now
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 Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields Pearl Bailey (1:51)
Big Spender
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 Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields Pearl Bailey (2:28)
Mame
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 Jerry Herman Pearl Bailey (1:59)

Credits

Pearl Bailey (Vocals), Pearl Bailey (Main Performer), Mitchell Ayres (Director), Mitchell Ayres (Orchestration), Gil Evans (Director), Gil Evans (Orchestration), Hot Lips Page (Performer), Tony Pastor & his Orchestra (Performer)
 
Wikipedia: It's a Great Feeling
It's a Great Feeling
It's_a_Great_Feeling_VHS_cover.jpg
Cover of the 1998 VHS release.
Directed by David Butler
Produced by Alex Gottlieb
Written by Jack Rose
Melville Shavelson
Starring Doris Day
Dennis Morgan
Jack Carson
Music by Jule Styne
Cinematography Wilfred M. Cline
Editing by Irene Morra
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) Flag of the United States August 1, 1949
Running time 85 min.
Country US
Language English
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This article is about the 1949 movie musical. For the title song, see It's a Great Feeling.


It's a Great Feeling is a 1949 American musical-comedy film released by Warner Bros. Pictures.

The film, a spoof of what goes on behind-the-scenes in Hollywood movie-making, begins with a succession of real-life film directors - including Michael Curtiz, King Vidor, and Raoul Walsh - refusing to helm a new Warners flick, Mademoiselle Fifi, because Jack Carson has been signed to star in it. Frustrated, fictional studio head Arthur Trent finally decides to let Carson direct it. Seeking the perfect co-star for himself and fellow lead Dennis Morgan, Carson finds her in the person of studio commissary waitress Judy Adams (Doris Day), who he dresses in a number of different guises (such as an elevator operator and a cab driver) in the hope Trent will see her, appreciate her potential, and insist Carson cast the unknown. Unfortunately, all Trent keeps seeing is a pretty blonde with a goofy smile and blinking eyes. Carson and Morgan finally conspire to disguise her as a famous French film star with dark hair (and a bad accent), but Trent still manages to recognize her. Upset with all the backstage shenanigans she's been forced to endure, Judy returns home to Gurkee's Corner, Wisconsin to marry long-time sweetheart Jeffrey Bushdinkle.

Based on a story by I.A.L. Diamond, the screenplay was written by Jack Rose and Melville Shavelson and directed by David Butler. It was Day's third film (and her third pairing with Carson) and the first to bring her widespread notice.

Many of the studio's most popular stars make cameo appearances throughout the movie. Among them are Errol Flynn (as Judy's groom), Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Edward G. Robinson, Sydney Greenstreet, Danny Kaye, Eleanor Parker, Patricia Neal, Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman, and even Bugs Bunny and Tweety Bird.

The film was a "Who's Who?" of Hollywood in its heyday and glorified the studio system at the peak of its golden age. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song for "It's a Great Feeling", written by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn.

Additional cast

Additional musical numbers

  • "Give Me a Song with a Beautiful Melody" (Dennis Morgan)
  • "Fiddle Dee Dee" (Jack Carson)
  • "At the Cafe Rendezvous" (Doris Day)
  • "That Was a Big Fat Lie" (Doris Day)
  • "There's Nothing Rougher than Love" (Doris Day, Dennis Morgan, and Jack Carson)
  • "Blame My Absent-Minded Heart" (Doris Day)

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