Tuesday, May 15, 2012

TEXAS CARNIVAL

Texas Carnival


MGM, 1951, Color, 77 minutes, **½

Released October, 1951



Carnival dunk tank performers Esther Williams and Red Skelton get into trouble at a Texas resort when Red poses as a millionaire oil tycoon. Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn and Glenn Strange co-star; songs include "It's Dynamite," "Young Folks Should Get Married" and "Deep in the Heart of Texas."



Produced by: Jack Cummings

Directed by: Charles Walters

Screen Play by: Dorothy Kingsley

Story by: George Wells and Dorothy Kingsley

Music by: Harry Warren

Lyrics by: Dorothy Fields

Musical Direction: David Rose

Choreography by: Hermes Pan

Art Directors: Cedric Gibbons and William Ferrari

Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason

Women's Costumes Designed by: Helen Rose

Hair Styles Designed by: Sydney Guilaroff

Make-Up Created by: William Tuttle

Special Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe

Recording Supervisor: Douglas Shearer

Director of Photography: Robert Planck

Special Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie

Color by Technicolor

Technicolor Color Consultants: Henri Jaffa, James Gooch

Film Editor: Adrienne Fazan



Cast: Esther Williams [Debbie Telford], Red Skelton [Cornie Quinell], Howard Keel [Slim Shelby], Ann Miller [Sunshine Jackson], Paula Raymond [Marilla Sabinas], Keenan Wynn [Dan Sabinas], Tom Tully [Sheriff Jackson], Glenn Strange [Tex Hodgkins], Dick Wessel [Concessionaire], Donald MacBride [Concessionaire], Marjorie Wood [Mrs. Gaytes], Hans Conried [Hotel Clerk], Thurston Hall [Mr. Gaytes], Duke Johnson [Juggler], Wilson Wood [Bell Boy], Foy Willing and His Orchestra [Themselves], Red Norvo Trio [Themselves], Michael Dugan [Card Player], Additional Cast: Douglas Carter [Cab Driver], Earle Hodgins [Doorman], Gil Patric [Assistant Clerk], Rhea Mitchell [Dealer], Emmett Lynn [Cook], Bess Flowers, Jack Daley, Fred Santley [People in Lobby], Joe Roach, Manuel Petroff, Robert Fortier, William Lundy, Alex Goudavich [Specialty Dancers]



Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:02] Cornie's Pitch (sung by Red Skelton); [0:14] Whoa, Emma (sung by Howard Keel and Chorus); [0:28] It's Dynamite (sung by Ann Miller, danced by Ann Miller and Ensemble); [0:36] Deep in the Heart of Texas (sung by Howard Keel and Chorus, danced by Ann Miller, Esther Williams, Red Skelton and Ensemble); [0:44] Whoa, Emma (sung by the Red Norvo Trio); [0:46] Young Folks Should Get Married (sung by Howard Keel); [0:50] Young Folks Should Get Married (instrumental arrangement played by Orchestra with Esther's ghostly swimming scene where she appears to be swimming in mid-air in Howard Keel's hotel room)



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