GREENWICH VILLAGE

20th Century-Fox, 1944, Color, 82 minutes, ***
Released February, 1945

Carmen Miranda is a knockout as a singer / fortuneteller in this lavish musical. At first, when ambitious young composer Kenneth Harvey (Don Ameche) stumbles upon Danny's Den, a roaring-twenties speakeasy in New York's burgeoning art district, it seems like a great opportunity to work on material. Not to mention, he's fallen for the club's headliner (Vivian Blaine). But while Harvey is distracted by love, club owner Danny O'Mara (William Bendix) is secretly lifting Harry's tunes. Filled with show-stopping song-and-dance numbers, including performances by the inimitable Perry Como, Greenwich Village is a musical treasure you'll want to visit again and again!

Vivian Blaine's first feature role. The number "The Baroness Bazooka," performed by The Revuers (including Judy Holliday), was cut from the final print.

Produced by: William Le Baron
Directed by: Walter Lang
Screen Play by: Earl Baldwin and Walter Bullock
Adaptation by: Michael Fessier and Ernest S. Pagano
Suggested by a Story by: Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
Lyrics and Music by: Leo Robin and Nacio Herb Brown: "It Goes to Your Toes," "Give Me a Band and a Bandana," "It's All for Art's Sake"
Dances Staged by: Seymour Felix
Musical Direction: Emil Newman, Charles Henderson
Art Direction: James Basevi, Joseph C. Wright
Set Decorations: Thomas Little
Associate: Walter M. Scott
Costumes: Yvonne Wood
Makeup Artist: Guy Pearce
Sound: E. Clayton Ward, Roger Heman
Directors of Photography: Leon Shamroy, Harry Jackson
Special Photographic Effects: Fred Sersen
Photographed in Technicolor
Technicolor Director: Natalie Kalmus
Associate: Richard Mueller
Film Editor: Robert Simpson

Cast: Carmen Miranda [Princess Querida], Don Ameche [Kenneth Harvey], William Bendix [Danny O'Mara], Vivian Blaine [Bonnie Watson], Felix Bressart [Moger], Tony DeMarco and Sally DeMarco, [Dancers, Themselves], B. S. Pully [Brophy], The Four Step Brothers [Specialty Dancers], Bando da Lua [Themselves], Emil Rameau [Kovesky], Frank Orth [Cadway], Torben Meyer [Butler], Jason Evers [Young Man], Hal K. Dawson [Cashier], William B. Davidson [Dance Director], Eddie Dunn [Set Designer], Sherry Hall [Assistant Set Designer], Paul Hurst [Milkman], Tom Dugan [Bootlegger], Billy Wayne [Ballyhoo Man], Oliver Prickett (aka Oliver Blake) [Ambers], Judy Holliday, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Alvin Hammer [The Revuers]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:03] I'm Just Wild about Harry (performed by Carmen Miranda); [0:07] unidentified instrumental (danced by Tony and Sally DeMarco); [0:12] Swingin' Down the Lane (sung by Vivian Blaine); [0:20] Swingin' Down the Lane (reprised by Don Ameche); [0:24] When You Wore a Tulip (And I Wore a Big Red Rose) (excerpt sung by Don Ameche, Willian Bendix, B. S. Pully and two unidentified men); [0:31] This Is Our Lucky Day (sung by Tony and Sally DeMarco and Chorus, danced by Tony and Sally DeMarco); [0:38] It's All for Art's Sake (production number sung and danced by William Bendix, Vivian Blaine, B. S. Pully, and large Chorus); [0:41] It Had to Be You (instrumental played by band, danced by guests at Danny's Den); [0:43] I Like to Be Loved By You (performed by Carmen Miranda with Bando da Lua); [0:49] Whispering (sung by Vivian Blaine); [0:51] Harry's audition (played by Don Ameche at the piano onscreen); [0:52] It Goes to Your Toes (sung, played and danced by The Step Brothers - great number!); [1:14] excerpt of Harry's symphony (played by Orchestra conducted by Kovesky at Carnegie Hall); [1:15] Give Me a Band and a Bandana (sung and danced by Carmen Miranda with Bando da Lua and Chorus); [1:20] Whispering (reprised by Vivian Blaine)