Oh, You Beautiful Doll

• Director: John M. Stahl
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Musical
• Movie Type: Biopic, Docudrama
• Main Cast: June Haver, Mark Stevens, S.Z. Sakall, Charlotte Greenwood, Gale Robbins
• Release Year: 1949
• Country: US
• Run Time: 93 minutes

Plot

Another of 20th Century-Fox's Technicolor musical biopics, Oh You Beautiful Doll is allegedly the life story of popular composer Fred Fisher. As played by S. Z. "Cuddles" Sakall, Fisher is a serious musician who yearns to write opera rather than tin pan alley hits. Since the aged, portly Sakall couldn't be the romantic lead, he is third-billed in deference to June Haver as Fisher's daughter and Mark Stevens as a slick song plugger. Despite his shame at being popular, Fisher is gratified when his songs are given a classy symphonic arrangement at Aeolian Hall. Among the tunes heard in Oh, You Beautiful Doll are "Chicago," "Dardanella," "Peg o' My Heart" and the title song. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• June Haver - Doris Fisher
• Mark Stevens - Larry Kelly
• S.Z. Sakall - Fred Fisher
• Charlotte Greenwood - Anna Breitenbach
• Gale Robbins - Marie Carle

Jay C. Flippen - Lippy Brannigan; Andrew Tombes - Ted Held; Eduard Franz - Gottfried Steiner; Dick Rich - Burly Man; Al Klein - Quartette; Warren Jackson - Quartette member; Sam Ash - Quartette; Eula Morgan - Madame Zoubel; Nestor Paiva - Lucca; Curt Bois - Zaltz; Ray Walker - Box Office Attendant; Frank Kreig - Headwaiter; Myrtle Anderson - Cook; John Mylong - Toastmaster; Robert Gist - Musician; Marion Martin - Big Blonde; James Griffith - Reporter; Billy Wayne - Reporter; John Davidson - Steiner's Secretary; Edward Clark - Cooper; Robert B. Williams - Police Lieutenant; Phil Tully - Police Sergeant; Maurice Samuels - Italian; Sam Harris - Composer; Donald Kerr - Quartette member; Victor Sen Yung - Houseboy; Harry Seymour - Nightclub M.C.; Sam Finn - Man

Credit

Maurice Ransford - Art Director, Lyle Wheeler - Art Director, Seymour Felix - Choreography, Rene Hubert - Costume Designer, John M. Stahl - Director, Louis Loeffler - Editor, Max Steiner - Composer (Music Score), Alfred Newman - Musical Direction/Supervision, Tom Tuttle - Makeup, George Lane - Makeup, Fred Sersen - Cinematographer, Harry Jackson - Cinematographer, George Jessel - Producer, Paul S. Fox - Set Designer, Thomas K. Little - Set Designer, Fred Sersen - Special Effects, Arthur Lewis - Screenwriter, Albert Lewis - Screenwriter, Fred Fisher - Featured Music