HAPPY GO LOVELY

Happy Go Lovely
Excelsior Films / Associated British Picture Corporation (UK)
Distrubuted in US by RKO, 1951, Color, 95 minutes, ***
Released March, 1951 (UK)
Released July, 1951 (USA)

The Edinburgh Festival (Scotland) provides a colorful background for this lively musical comedy. When penniless dancer Janet Jones (Vera-Ellen) emerges from a limousine at the festival, she's mistaken for the girfriend of the car's millionaire owner - when in fact, she'd only hitched a ride with the driver. Suddenly Broadway director John Frost (Cesar Romero) wants her in his next musical in order to get financing from this "millionaire boyfriend." Soon Janet is romanced by B. G. Bruno (David Niven), the limo's real millionaire owner.

The musical numbers include "One-Two-Three," "Would You - Could You?" and "London Town." Filmed in England, the "Happy Go Lovely" cast is filled with popular British stars such as Bobby Howes, Joyce Carey and Kay Kendall.
Very cute comedy with a number of mistaken identities, which seem to snowball out of control and eventually lead to a romance between theater chorus girl turned star and a greeting card company owner. Vera-Ellen and David Niven are wonderful together.

Produced by: Marcel Hellman
Production Manager: Gerry Mitchell
Directed by: Bruce Humberstone
Screenplay by: Val Guest
Based on a film story by F. Dammann and Dr. H. Rosenfeld
Music by: Mischa Spoliansky
Lyrics: "MacIntosh's Wedding"; One-Two-Three by Mischa Spoliansky; Would You - Could You? by Jack Fishman
Orchestra under the direction of: Louis Levy
Ballet Sequences by: Pauline Grant
Dance Sequences by: Jack Billings
Art Director: John Howell
Assistant Art Director: Robert Jones
Dialogue Director: Desmond Davis
Costumes: Anna Duse
Make-up Artist: Nell Taylor
Hair Styles: Jean Bear
Recording Director: Harold V. King
Sound Recording: Cecil V. Thornton
Director of Photography: Erwin Hillier
Coulour by Technicolor
Technicolor Color Consultant: Joan Bridge
Editor: Bert Bates
Made at the Elstree Studios of Associated Picture Coporation, LTD., England

Cast: (from credits reel) David Niven [B. G. Bruno], Vera-Ellen [Janet Jones], Cesar Romero [John Frost], Bobby Howes [Charlie], Diane Hart [Mae], Gordon Jackson [Paul Tracy], Barbara Couper [Madame Amanda], Henry Hewitt [Dodds], Gladys Henson [Mrs. Urquhart], Hugh Dempster [Bates, Bruno's Chauffeur], Sandra Dorne [Betty], Joyce Carey [Bruno's Secretary], John Laurie [Jonskill], Wylie Watson [Stage Door Keeper], Joan Heal [Phyllis Gardiner], Hector Ross [Harold], Ambrosine Phillpotts [Lady Martin], Molly Urquhart [Madame Amanda's Assistant], David Lober, Jonathon Lucas, Jack Billings, Douglas Scott and His Debonair Boys, Rolf Alexander, Ian Stuart, Leon Biedkyski [Principal Dancers], Additional Cast: Kay Kendall [Secretary], Eve Boswell [singing voice for Vera-Ellen]

Musical Program: [0:02] MacIntosh's Wedding (Sung by Joan Heal, danced Vera-Ellen, principal dancers and Chorus); [0:35] One-Two-Three (sung by Eve Boswell dubbing for Vera-Ellen with Chorus, danced by Vera-Ellen, principal dancers and Chorus); [1:05] ? (played by wandering violinists at restaurant); [1:08] ? (danced by Vera-Ellen and David Niven at restaurant); [1:10] ? (danced by Vera-Ellen and David Niven at restaurant); [1:19] "Frolics to You" opening number (instrumental danced by Vera-Ellen and principal dancers -- some great dancing!); [1:33] Would You - Could You? (sung by Eve Boswell dubbing for Vera-Ellen joined by Chorus, danced by Vera-Ellen); "London Town" (Danced by Vera-Ellen, Principal Dancers and Chorus)