Lullaby of Broadway

Lullaby of Broadway
Warner Bros., 1951, Color, 92 minutes, ***
Released March, 1951

Stage singer Doris Day arrives in New York from London to visit her one-time star mother (Gladys George), unaware that her career has hit the skids thanks to alcoholism. A wealthy man and his valet attempt to keep the truth from her in this charming musical laced with comedy and pathos. Gene Nelson, S.Z. Sakall, Billy De Wolfe also star; songs include "Just One of Those Things," "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" and the title tune.


Produced by: William Jacobs
Directed by: David Butler
Written by: Earl Baldwin
Songs: "In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town" by Little Jack Little, John Siras, Joe Young; "Lullaby of Broadway" by Harry Warren, Al Dubin; "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" by Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare; "Somebody Loves Me" by George Gershwin, B. G. DeSylva, Ballard MadDonald; "You're Dependable" by Sy Miller, Jerry Seelen; "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me" by Harry Warren, Al Dubin; "Just One of Those Things" by Cole Porter; "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" by James F. Hanley; "I Love the Way You Say Goodnight" by Eddie Pola, George Wyle
Orchestrations: Frank Perkins
Music Direction: Ray Heindorf
Musical Numbers Created and Staged by: Al White and Eddie Prinz
Art Director: Douglas Bacon
Set Decorator: Lyle B. Reifsnider
Wardrobe by: Milo Anderson
Sound by: Stanley Jones
Director of Photography: Wilfrid M. Cline
Color by Technicolor
Technicolor Color Consultant: Mitchell Kovaleski
Film Editor: Irene Morra

Cast: Doris Day [Melinda Howard], Gene Nelson [Tom Farnham], S. Z. Sakall [Adolph Hubbell], Billy De Wolfe ["Lefty" Mack], Gladys George [Jessica Howard], Florence Bates [Mrs. Hubbell], Anne Triola [Gloria Davis], Hanley Stafford [George Ferndel], Page Cavanaugh Trio [Themselves], Carlos and Constance De Mattiazzi [Specialty], Sheldon Jett [Gus], Murray Alper [Joe the Bartender], Edith Leslie [Nurse], Hans Herbert [Headwaiter], Herschel Daugherty [Sidney], Elizabeth Flournoy [Secretary], Donald Kerr [Driver], Arlyne Roberts [Blonde Showgirl], Philo McCullough [Waiter], Jimmy Aubrey [Steward], Bess Flowers [Passenger on Ship], Charles Williams [Reporter], Hal Derwin [singing voice of Gene Nelson]

Musical Program: [0:00] Lullaby of Broadway (sung by Chorus behind titles); [0:01] Just One of Those Things (sung and danced by Doris Day); [0:10] In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town (sung by Gladys George); [0:19] You're Dependable (sung by Billy DeWolfe and Anne Triola); [0:23] Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart (sung and danced by Gene Nelson dubbed by Hal Derwin, accompanied by the Page Cavanaugh Trio); [0:34] You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me (sung by Doris Day accompanied by the Page Cavanaugh Trio, danced by Doris and Gene Nelson); [0:49] Somebody Loves Me (instrumental arrangement) ("Mirror" dance by Doris Day and Gene Nelson); [0:51] Somebody Loves Me (sung and danced by Doris Day and Gene Nelson, Hal Derwin dubbing for Nelson); [1:01] Carlos and Constance De Mattiazzi dancing mechanical dolls at the Beaux Arts Theatre Benefit - Constance wears costume of man and woman, bends over and dances like two dolls - quite amazing; [1:05] I Love the Way You Say Goodnight (sung and danced by Doris Day, Gene Nelson and Chorus, Hal Derwin dubbing for Gene Nelson; includes a slow-motion segment in the dance); [1:19] Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (sung by Gladys George); [1:25] Lullaby of Broadway (sung and danced by Doris Day and Chorus, danced by Doris, Gene Nelson and Chorus); [not used] We'd Like to Go on a Trip (sung by Billy DeWolfe and Anne Triola)