Monday, May 14, 2012

TEA FOR TWO

Tea for Two


Warner Bros., 1950, Color, 98 minutes, ***

Released September, 1950



Musical comedy based on "No, No, Nanette" stars Doris Day as a would-be stage singer who, in order to win money for a Broadway play, must say "no" to every question asked her for 24 hours. Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, Eve Arden and Billy De Wolfe also star. Musical highlights include "I Know That You Know," "I Want to Be Happy," "I Only Have Eyes for You" and "Oh Me, Oh My."



Produced by: William Jacobs

Directed by: David Butler

Screen Play by: Harry Clork

Musical Numbers Directed by: LeRoy Prinz

Dances Staged by: Eddie Prinz and Al White

Music Direction: Ray Heindorf

Songs: "Charleston" by Cecil Mack, Jimmy Johnson; "I Know That You Know" by Anne Caldwell, Vincent Youmans; "Crazy Rhythm" by Irving Caesar, Joseph Myer, Roger Wolfe Kahn; "I Only Have Eyes for You" by Al Dubin, Harry Warren; "Tea for Two" and "I Want to Be Happy" by Irving Caesar and Vincent Youmans; "Do, Do, Do" by Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin; "Oh Me! Oh My!" by Ira Gershwin, Vincent Youmans; "Here in My Arms" by Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers; "No, No, Nanette" by Otto Harbach, Vincent Youmans

Art Director: Douglas Bacon

Set Decorator: Lyle B. Reifsnider

Costumes by: Leah Rhodes

Sound by: Dolph Thomas, David Forrest

Director of Photography: Wilfred M. Cline

Color by Technicolor

Technicolor Color Consultant: Mitchell Kovaleski

Film Editor: Irene Morra



Cast: Doris Day [Nanette Carter], Gordon MacRae [Jimmy Smith], Gene Nelson [Tommy Trainor], Patrice Wymore [Beatrice Darcy], Eve Arden [Pauline Hastings], Billy De Wolfe [Larry Blair], S. Z. Sakall [J. Maxwell Bloomhaus], Bill Goodwin [William Early], Virginia Gibson [Mabel Wiley], Crauford Kent [Stevens], Mary Eleanor Donahue [Lynne], John McGovern [Richard], Harry Harvey [Crotchety Man], George Baxter [Backer], Herschel Daugherty [Theater Manager], Abe Dinovitch [Taxi Driver], Elizabeth Flournoy [Secretary], Robert "Buddy" Shaw [Piano Mover], John Hedloe [Chorus Boy], Jack Daley [Truck Driver], Bess Flowers [Woman in Box], Art Gilmore [Radio Announcer]



Musical Program: [0:00] "Tea for Two" (sung by Chorus behind titles); [0:02] unidentified instrumental (short excerpt danced by Kids); [0:02] Charleston (danced by Kids); [0:05] I Know That You Know (sung by Doris Day and Gordon MacRae, danced by Gene Nelson and Doris Day); [0:11] Crazy Rhythm (production number sung by Patrice Wymore and Chorus, danced by Patrice Wymore, Gene Nelson and Chorus); [0:19] I Only Have Eyes for You (sung by Gordon MacRae, danced by Virginia Gibson); [0:25] Tea for Two (sung by Gordon MacRae, then sung by Gordon MacRae and Doris Day); [0:38] Tea for Two (sung by Doris Day); [0:47] Charleston (danced by Gene Nelson, Patrice Wymore, Billy DeWolfe, Virginia Gibson and Chorus); [0:53] I Want to Be Happy (sung by Doris Day and Gordon MacRae); [0:56] Do, Do, Do (sung by Gordon MacRae and Doris Day); [1:03] Oh Me! Oh My! (sung by Gene Nelson, danced by Gene Nelson, Doris Day and Chorus); [1:32] No, No, Nanette (sung and danced by Doris Day and Chorus); [1:33] Call of the Sea / Tea for Two (sung and danced by Gene Nelson, Gordon MacRae, Company and Chorus); [1:37] Tea for Two (short reprisal by Gordon MacRae and Doris Day)



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