JUPITER'S DARLING

Jupiter's Darling
MGM, 1955, Color, 96 minutes, ***
Released February, 1955

This is what really happened when Hannibal attacked Rome! Fun film; once again Esther Williams demonstrates her wonderful sense of comedy. She steals the show! Marge and Gower's elephant number, "The Life of an Elephant," is really cute.

"In 216 B.C., Hannibal the Barbarian marched on Rome. The history of this great march has always been confused... This picture will do nothing to clear it up."

Produced by: George Wells
Directed by: George Sidney
Assistant Director: George Rhein
Screen Play by: Dorothy Kingsley
Based on the Play "Road to Rome" by Robert E. Sherwood
Music by: Burton Lane
Lyrics by: Harold Adamson
Music Arranged and Conducted by: David Rose
Musical Supervision: Saul Chaplin
Vocal Supervision: Jeff Alexander
Choreography by: Hermes Pan
Art Directors: Cedric Gibbons and Urie McCleary
Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
Costumes by: Helen Rose and Walter Plunkett
Hair Styles by: Sydney Guilaroff
Make-Up Created by: William Tuttle
Recording Supervisor: Wesley C. Miller
Directors of Photography: Paul C. Vogel, Charles Rosher
Special Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe
Filmed in CinemaScope and Eastman Color
Color Consultant: Alvoro Eiseman
Film Editor: Ralph E. Winters

Cast: Esther Williams [Amytis], Howard Keel [Hannibal], Marge Champion [Meta], Gower Champion [Varius], Richard Haydn [Horatio], George Sanders [Fabius Maximus], William Demarest [Mago], Norma Varden [Fabia], Douglas Dumbrille [Scipio], Henry Corden [Carthalo], Michael Ansara [Maharbal], Martha Wentworth [Widow Titus], John Olszewski [Principal Swimming Statue], The Swimming Cherubs [Themselves], Additional Cast: Chris Alcaide [Ballo], Tom Monroe [Outrider], Bruno Ve Sota [Webb], Paul Maxey [Lucullus], William Tannen [Roman Courier], Alberto Morin [Arrow Maker], Richard Hale [Auctioneer], Frank Jaquet [Senator], Paul "Tiny" Newlan [Roman Captain], Jack Shea [Drunken Guard], Mitchell Kowal [Sentry], Frank Radcliffe [Specialty], Mort Mills, Gene Roth, Michael Dugan [Guards], Jo Ann Greer [singing voice of Esther Williams]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:01] Horatio's Narration (sung and spoken by Richard Haydn, continued throughout film); [0:09] If This Be Slav'ry (sung by Gower Champion, danced by Marge and Gower); [0:19] I Have a Dream (sung by Esther Williams (dubbed by Jo Ann Greer) while frolicking with statues at poolside and underwater); [0:28] Hannibal's Victory March (sung by Howard Keel and Mens Chorus); [0:36] I Never Trust a Woman (sung by Howard Keel); [0:49] Don't Let This Night Get Away (sung by Howard Keel); [0:51] Hannibal's Victory March (sung by Mens Chorus); [1:04] The Life of an Elephant (sung and danced by Marge and Gower Champion with Elephants); [1:34] Finale medley: Hannibal's Victory March / The Life of an Elephant / I Have a Dream (sung by Howard Keel, Jo Ann Greer dubbing for Esther Williams, Marge and Gower Champion and Company)