LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING

Look for the Silver Lining
Warner Bros., 1949, Color, 100 minutes, ***
General release July, 1949

Packed with wonderful songs and lavish dance numbers, this musical biography traces the career of Marilyn Miller, one of Broadway's most popular stars.

June Haver first appears as the fifteen-year-old Marilyn, who joins her family's touring vaudeville act and is quickly discovered by a Broadway producer. With the encouragement of her friend and mentor, dancer Jack Donahue (Ray Bolger), Marilyn finds herself starring in a seemingly endless parade of hits and becomes a Broadway sensation. When her marriage to a romantic co-star (Gordon MacRae) ends in tragedy, she embodies the show business motto, "the show must go on," and begins her life and career anew.

Filled with "splendid performances," this "affectionate and sensititve" (The Hollywood Reporter) look at the life of this legendary performer features an Oscar-nominated score by Ray Heindorf.

Produced by: William Jacobs
Directed by: David Butler
Screen Play by: Phoebe & Henry Ephron and Marian Spitzer
From a story by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby ("Life of Marilyn Miller")
Musical Numbers Staged and Directed by: LeRoy Prinz
Technical Adviser: Mecca Graham
Orchestrations: Frank Perkins
Songs: "Look for the Silver Lining" by Jerome Kern, B. G. DeSylva; "Time on My Hands" by Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon; "Who" and "Sunny" by Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II; "A Kiss in the Dark" by Victor Herbert, B. G. DeSylva
Musical Direction: Ray Heindorf
Art Director: John Hughes
Set Decorator: Fred M. MacLean
Gowns by: Travilla
Men's Costumes by: Marjorie Best
Makeup Artist: Perc Westmore
Sound by: Francis J. Scheid, David Forrest
Director of Photography: Peverell Marley
Color by Technicolor
Technicolor Color Director: Natalie Kalmus
Associate: Mitchell Kovaleski
Film Editor: Irene Morra

Awards: Academy Award nomination for Best Score (Musical)

Cast: June Haver [Marilyn Miller], Ray Bolger [Jack Donahue], Gordon MacRae [Frank Carter], Charlie Ruggles [Pop Miller], Rosemary DeCamp [Mom Miller], Lee Wilde [Claire Miller], Lyn Wilde [Ruth Miller], Richard Simmons [Henry Doran], S. Z. Sakall [Shendorf], Walter Catlett [Himself], George Zoritch, Oleg Tupine [Ballet Specialty], Lillian Yarbo [Violet, the Maid], Paul E. Burns [Mr. Beeman], Douglas Kennedy [Doctor], Ted Mapes [Driver], Monte Blue [St. Clair], Will Rogers, Jr. [Will Rogers], Esther Howard [Mrs. Moffitt], Jack Gargan [Stage Manager], Bess Flowers [Woman in Billingsley's Waiting Room], Bonnie Lou Williams [singing voice of June Haver]

Musical Program: [0:06] Shine On Harvest Moon / Back, Back, Back to Baltimore (sung and danced by Lyn and Lee Wilde, Rosemary DeCamp and Charlie Ruggles); [0:11] 'Twas the Night Before Christmas / Jingle Bells (sung and danced by Ray Bolger, June Haver and Company; Bonnie Lou Williams dubbing for June Haver); [0:21] Can't You Hear Me Calling Caroline / Carolina in the Morning (sung and danced by Ray Bolger); [0:25] impromptu melody (?) (danced by Ray Bolger and June Haver); [0:30] The Wild Rose (sung by Lyn and Lee Wilde, danced by Lyn and Lee Wilde and June Haver); [0:38] Yama Yama Man (sung and danced by Lyn and Lee Wilde and June Haver; Bonnie Lou Williams dubbing for June Haver); [0:40] instrumental medley (danced by Ray Bolger and June Haver); [0:49] Time on My Hands (sung and danced by Gordon MacRae and June Haver; Bonnie Lou Williams dubbing for June Haver); [0:56] A Kiss in the Dark (sung by Gordon MacRae, danced by June Haver joined by two unidentified male dancers); [1:13] Look for the Silver Lining (sung by Gordon MacRae); [1:23] Look for the Silver Lining (sung and danced by June Haver dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams); [1:26] "Slavic Dance" (short excerpt danced by June Haver); [1:31] Sunny (sung by Male Chorus, danced by June Haver and Chorus); [1:33] Who? (sung and danced by Ray Bolger with Male Chorus); [1:43] The Wild Rose / Look for the Silver Lining (finale) (sung and danced by June Haver and Ensemble; Bonnie Lou Williams dubbing for June Haver)