THE GIRL MOST LIKELY

The Girl Most Likely
Rubin Productions / RKO, 1957, Color, 98 minutes, ***
Released December, 1957

Dodi (Jane Powell) tries to pick between three suitors in this musical remake of Ginger Rogers' "Tom, Dick and Harry" (1941). One of Jane's weaker films, but still fun. Has some good musical numbers.

Produced by: Stanley Rubin
In Charge of Production: William Dozier
Directed by: Mitchell Leisen
Assistant Director: Richerd Moder
Screen Play by: Devery Freeman
(based on a story and screenplay by Paul Jarrico)
Music Arranged and Conducted by: Nelson Riddle
Music and Lyrics by: Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
Song: "The Girl Most Likely" by Bob Russell and Nelson Riddle, sung by The Hi-Lo's
Dances and Musical Sequences Staged by: Gower Champion
Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino and George W. Davis
Set Decorator: Eli Benneche
Costume Designer: Renie
Makeup Supervisor: Harry Maret, Jr.
Hair Stylist: Larry Germain
Sound: Frank Webster, Terry Kellam
Director of Photography: Robert Planck
Filmed in Technicolor
Technicolor Color Consultant: Robert Brower
Film Editors: Harry Marker, Dean Harrison

Cast: Jane Powell [Dodi], Cliff Robertson [Pete], Keith Andes [Neil], Kaye Ballard [Marge], Tommy Noonan [Buzz], Una Merkel [Mom], Kelly Brown [Sam], Judy Nugent [Pauline], Frank Cady [Pop], Joseph Kearns [Mr. Schlom], Chris Essay [Steward], Nacho Galindo [Photographer], Paul Gary [Man in Penny Arcade], Julia Montoya [Basket Vendor], Valentin de Vargas [Young Daddy], Bob Banas, Joyce Blunt, Tex Brodus, Buddy Bryant, Gloria DeWerd, Gail Ganley, Harvey Hohnecker, Maurice Kelly, Tommy Ladd, Todd Miller, Donna Pouget, Paul Rees, Marjorie Stapp, Bruce Stowell, Lida Thomas [Dancers]

Musical Program: [0:00] The Girl Most Likely (sung by The Hi-Lo's behind titles); [0:06] I Don't Know What I Want (sung by Jane Powell); [0:17] We Gotta Keep up with the Joneses (sung and danced by Jane Powell, Tommy Noonan and Ensemble); [0:38] Balboa (sung and danced by Jane Powell, Cliff Robertson, Kaye Ballard, Kelly Brown and Ensemble); [0:49] Crazy Horse (sung and danced by Jane Powell and Children); [1:16] All the Colors of the Rainbow (sung and danced by Jane Powell, Kaye Ballard, Keith Andes, Kelly Brown and Ensemble); [1:35] I Don't Know What I Want (reprised with special lyrics by Jane Powell)