DOLL FACE

Doll Face
20th Century-Fox, 1946, B/W, 80 minutes, ***
Released January, 1946

As the indomitable character Chita Chula, Carmen Miranda dazzles in several production numbers, most notably "Chico Chico," in this rollicking musical based on a book written by burlesque legend Gypsy Rose Lee. Banned from an audition for a Broadway show because she lacks cultural refinement, "Doll Face" Carroll (Vivian Blaine) decides to generate publicity by writing her autobiography. But after her manager pairs her with a ghostwriter, the two seem to want to collaborate on more than just the book. Also featuring beloved song man Perry Como, Doll Face proves anybody can hit the big time if they have the "write" stuff!

Produced by: Bryan Foy
Directed by: Lewis Seiler
Screen Play by: Leonard Praskins
Adaptation by: Harold Buchman
From a Play by: Louise Hovick ("The Naked Genius")
Music and Lyrics by: Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adamson
Dances Staged by: Kenny Williams
Musical Direction: Emil Newman, Charles Henderson
Orchestral Arrangements: Gene Rose
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Boris Leven
Set Decorations: Thomas Little
Associate: Jack Stubbs
Costumes: Yvonne Wood
Makeup Artist: Ben Nye
Sound: Eugene Grossman, Harry M. Leonard
Director of Photography: Joseph LaShelle
Special Photographic Effects: Fred Sersen
Film Editor: Norman Colbert

Cast: Vivian Blaine ["Doll Face" Carroll], Dennis O'Keefe [Mike Hannegan], Perry Como [Nicky Ricci], Carmen Miranda [Chita], Martha Stewart [Frankie Porter], Michael Dunne (aka Stephen Dunne) [Gerard], Reed Hadley [Flo Hartman], Stanley Prager, Charles Tannen [Aides], George E. Stone [Stage Manager], Frank Orth [Peters], Donald MacBride [Lawyer], Ciro Rimac [Dancing Partner], Hal K. Dawson [Hotel Clerk], Charles Williams [Drug Store Clerk], Edgar Norton [Soho], Boyd Davis [Bennett], Alvin Hammer [Harold, the Soda Jerk], Lex Barker [Coast Guardsman], Philip Morris [Deputy Sheriff], Bando da Lua [Themselves]

Musical Program: [0:00] Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba) (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:02] Somebody's Walking in My Dream (sung by Vivian Blaine at audition); [0:06] Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba) (instrumental arrangement playing in drugstore); [0:08] Red Hot and Beautiful (sung by Perry Como and danced by Chorus Girls, then sung by Vivian Blaine and Male Quartet); [0:31] Here Comes Heaven Again (sung by Perry Como); [0:37] Somebody's Walking in My Dream (sung by Perry Como, then sung by Martha Stewart); [0:52] Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba) (introduced by Alvin Hammer, sung by Perry Como and Martha Stewart, danced by Como, Stewart and Chorus -- great number!); [0:56] Here Comes Heaven Again (reprised by Perry Como); [0:59] Here Comes Heaven Again (sung by Vivian Blaine); [1:04] Chico-Chico (From Porto Rico) (sung and danced by Carmen Miranda, Ciro Rimac, Bando da Lua and Chorus); [1:16] Finale: Somebody's Walking in My Dream / Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba) / Here Comes Heaven Again (sung by Perry Como and Vivian Blaine)