
Event Details
Seasoned performer Bill Benson (Bing Crosby) and rising star Ted Adams (Donald O’Connor) team up to find the perfect leading lady for their new Broadway show. Each performer finds a compelling talent—American Patsy Blair (Mitzi Gaynor) and French nightclub star Gaby Duval (Jeanmaire)—and the conflict of who to cast heightens the stakes. Blending backstage drama with a bit of farce, this beloved narrative offers a musical spectacle driven as much by personal risk as ambition. The film represents a significant first: Robert Lewis’s solo directorial debut after a storied career with The Group Theater. It also marks a historic last as Crosby’s final film for Paramount Pictures during the waning years of his film career.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
1956 | 106 min. | USA | Technicolor | English | Not Rated | VistaVision
DIRECTED BY: Robert Lewis
WRITTEN BY: Sidney Sheldon
WITH: Bing Crosby, Donald O’Connor, Jeanmaire, Mitzi Gaynor