I'LL BE YOURS

I'll Be Yours
Universal, 1947, B/W, 94 minutes, ***
Released February, 1947

Scripter Preston Sturges adapted the Ferenc Molnar play "The Good Fairy" to suit the talents of star Deanna Durbin. The result was this delightful musical comedy in which New York theater usherette Durbin tries to help handsome attorney Tom Drake land a job with meat-packing tycoon Adolphe Menjou. With William Bendix, Franklin Pangborn, Dudley Dickerson.

Produced by: Felix Jackson
Associate Producer: Howard Christie
Directed by: William A. Seiter
Assistant Director: William Holland
Adapted by: Felix Jackson
From the Screenplay: "The Good Fairy" by Preston Sturges
Based on a Comedy by: Ferenc Molnar
Original Play Translated and Adapted by: Jane Hinton
Music: Frank Skinner
Musical Direction for Miss Durbin: Walter Schumann
Vocal Coach: Al Procter
Orchestrations: David Tamkin
Miss Durbin's Songs: "Granada" (by) Augustin Lara
"It's Dream Time" (by) Walter Schumann, Jack Brooks
"Love's Own Sweet Song" (by) Emmerich Kalman
Art Direction: John B. Goodman
Set Decorations: Russell A. Gausman
Costumes: Travis Banton
Director of Make-Up: Jack A. Pierce
Hair Stylist: Carmen Dirigo
Director of Sound: Charles Felstead
Technician: Joe Lapis
Songs Recorded by: Lawrence Aicholtz
Director of Photography: Hal Mohr
Special Photography by: David S. Horsley
Film Editor: Otto Ludwig

Cast: Deanna Durbin [Louise Ginglebusher], Tom Drake [George Prescott], William Bendix [Wechsberg], Adolphe Menjou [J. Conrad Nelson], Walter Catlett [Mr. Buckingham], Franklin Pangborn [Barber], William Trenk [Captain], William Brooks [Stagedoor Johnny], Joan Fulton [Blonde], John Phillips [in titles, but what part did he play?], Additional Cast: Patricia Alphin (aka Audrey Young) [Usherette], Bess Flowers [Party Guest]

Musical Program: [0:15] Cobleskill School Song (sung by Deanna Durbin and Walter Catlett); [0:35] Granada (sung by Deanna Durbin with Mens Chorus); [1:07] It's Dream Time (harmonica introduction, sung by Deanna Durbin and Chorus); [1:30] Love's Own Sweet Song (sung by Deanna Durbin while dancing with Tom Drake, accompanied by Chorus); There are also a number of instrumentals used at the party, and there is one vocal used in the movie that Walter Catlett watches.