THE GIRL NEXT DOOR

The Girl Next Door
20th Century-Fox, 1953, Color, 92 minutes, ***
Released May, 1953

June Haver and Dan Dailey are enthralling as star-crossed neighbors who must overcome a young boy's scorn to let their blossoming love sing. "A lively, tuneful and amusing" (Cue) tale featuring "singable songs and original dances (L.A. Examiner), The Girl Next Door is an entertaining gem of a musical that hits the perfect note.

When stage star Jeannie Laird (Haver) meets her new widower neighbor, Bill Carter (Dailey), love is in the air. The only problem is Carter's young son, Joe. Threatened by a new woman in his father's life, Joe refuses to accept Jeannie and begins a mischievous campaign to keep her away. With Joe between them, Jeannie and Bill must find a way to earn the boy's acceptance if they're ever going to be more than just the lovers next door!

Produced by: Robert Bassler
Directed by: Richard Sale
Screen Play by: Isobel Lennart
Based on a Story by L. Bush Fekete and Mary Helen Fay
Lyrics: Mack Gordon
Music: Josef Myrow
Musical Direction: Lionel Newman
Incidental Music: Cyril Mockridge
Choreography by: Richard Barstow
Vocal Direction: Ken Darby, Eliot Daniel
Orchestration: Earle Hagen
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright
Set Decorations: Thomas Little, Claude Carpenter
Wardrobe Direction: Charles LeMaire
Costumes Designed by: Travilla
Makeup Artist: Ben Nye
Sound: Bernard Freericks, Roger Heman
Animation Sequences by: United Productions of America (UPA)
Director of Photography: Leon Shamroy
Special Photographic Effects: Ray Kellog
Color by Technicolor
Technicolor Color Consultant: Leonard Doss
Film Editor: Robert Simpson

Cast: Dan Dailey [Bill Carter], June Haver [Jeannie Laird], Dennis Day [Reed Appleton], Billy Gray [Joe Carter], Cara Williams [Rosie Green], Natalie Schafer [Evelyn, the Maid], Clinton Sundberg [Samuels, the Butler], Hayden Rorke [Henry Fields], Mary Jane Saunders [Kitty], Additional Cast: Mona Knox [Smitty], Lyn Wilde [Peggy], Gregg Sherwood [Franny], Beverly Thompson [Susie], June Wurster [Maggie], May Wynn [Mitzi], Jeffrey Sayre, James Conaty, Bert Stevens, Harold Miller, Kenner G. Kemp [Party Guests], Herb Vigran [Police Sergeant], Michael Ross [Patrolman O'Toole], Bob Carraher [Policeman], Don Kohler [Customs Official], Charles Wagenheim [Junkman], Beryl Davis [singing voice of June Haver]

Musical Program: [0:00] We Girls of the Chorus (sung and danced by Chorus Girls before titles); [0:02] The Great White Way (sung by Chorus behind titles); [0:03] (Ho-Hum - Ho-Hum) A Quiet Little Place in the Country (sung by Beryl Davis dubbing for June Haver and Chorus); [0:10] If I Love You a Mountain (sung by Dennis Day); [0:18] I'd Rather Have a Pal Than a Gal Anytime (sung by Dan Dailey and Billy Gray while washing dishes); [0:24] You're Doing All Right (sung and danced by Dan Dailey, June Haver and Dennis Day; Beryl Davis dubbing for June Haver); [0:33] Nowhere Guy (sung by Beryl Davis dubbing for June Haver, danced by Haver, Dan Dailey and Male Chorus); [0:49] I'm Mad About the Girl Next Door (sung by Dan Dailey, danced by Dailey and June Haver); [1:02] You (sung by Dennis Day, then sung by Dan Dailey and Beryl Davis dubbing for June Haver); [1:14] Dream Sequence: I'm Mad About the Girl Next Door / You / I'd Rather Have a Pal Than a Gal Anytime (sung by Chorus, danced by Dan Dailey, June Haver and Billy Gray); [1:24] If I Love You a Mountain (sung by Dennis Day and Cara Williams); [1:30] Finale: I'm Mad About the Girl Next Door (sung by Chorus, danced by June Haver and Dan Dailey)