Coney Island (1943 film)

Coney Island
Original film poster
Directed by	Walter Lang
Produced by	William Perlberg
Written by	George Seaton
Starring	Betty Grable George Montgomery Cesar Romero Charles Winninger Phil Silvers
Music by	Original music: Ralph Rainger Non original music: Otto Harbach
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Edited by	Robert Simpson
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	June 11, 1943 (1943-06-11)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.62 million
Box office	$3.5 million (US rentals)^[1]

Coney Island is a 1943 American Technicolor musical film released by Twentieth Century Fox and starring Betty Grable in one of her biggest hits. A "gay nineties" musical (set in that time period) it also featured George Montgomery, Cesar Romero, and Phil Silvers, was choreographed by Hermes Pan, and was directed by Walter Lang. Betty Grable also starred in the 1950 remake of Coney Island, named Wabash Avenue.

In 1944, the year after the film was released, it was nominated for an Oscar for Alfred Newman in the category of Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

The film is also known as: Coney Island in Sweden, L'île aux plaisirs in France, L'isola delle sirene in Italy, San oneiro in Greece, Se necesitan maridos in Spain and Tivolin kaunotar in Finland.

Cast

Betty Grable as Kate Farley
George Montgomery as Eddie Johnson
Cesar Romero as Joe Rocco
Charles Winninger as Finnegan
Phil Silvers as Frankie
Matt Briggs as William Hammerstein
Paul Hurst as Louie
Frank Orth as the Bartender

Soundtrack

"Take It from There"

Music by Ralph Rainger

Lyrics by Leo Robin

"Beautiful Coney Island"

Music by Ralph Rainger

Lyrics by Leo Robin

"Miss Lulu from Louisville"

Music by Ralph Rainger

Lyrics by Leo Robin

"Get the Money"

Music by Ralph Rainger

Lyrics by Leo Robin

"There's Danger in a Dance"

Music by Ralph Rainger

Lyrics by Leo Robin

"Old Demon Rum"

Music by Ralph Rainger

Lyrics by Leo Robin

"Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey (I Never Knew Any Girl Like You)"

Music by Albert von Tilzer

Lyrics by Junie McCree

"Cuddle Up a Little Closer"

Words by Otto A. Harbach (as O.A. Hauerbach)

Music by Karl Hoschna (as Karl L. Hoschna)

"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling"

Music by Ernest Ball

Lyrics by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff Jr.

"Pretty Baby"

Music by Egbert Van Alstyne and Tony Jackson

Lyrics by Gus Kahn

"The Darktown Strutters' Ball"

Written by Shelton Brooks

Radio adaptation

Coney Island was presented on Lux Radio Theatre September 30, 1946. Grable reprised her screen role. Victor Mature and Barry Sullivan also starred in the adaptation.^[2]

References

↑ "Top Grossers of the Season", Variety, 5 January 1944 p 54
↑ "Lux Star". Harrisburg Telegraph. September 28, 1946. p. 19. Retrieved October 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Films directed by Walter Lang

The Red Kimono (1925)
The Earth Woman (1926)
The Golden Web (1926)
Money to Burn (1926)
The Ladybird (1927)
The Satin Woman (1927)
Sally in Our Alley (1927)
By Whose Hand? (1927)
The College Hero (1927)
The Night Flyer (1928)
The Desert Bride (1928)
The Spirit of Youth (1929)
Hello Sister (1930)
Cock o' the Walk (1930)
The Big Fight (1930)
The Costello Case (1930)
Brothers (1930)
Command Performance (1931)
Hell Bound (1931)
Women Go on Forever (1931)
No More Orchids (1932)
The Warrior's Husband (1933)
Meet the Baron (1933)
Whom the Gods Destroy (1934)
The Party's Over (1934)
The Mighty Barnum (1934)
Carnival (1935)
Hooray for Love (1935)
Love Before Breakfast (1936)
Top of the Town (1937)
Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937)
Second Honeymoon (1937)
The Baroness and the Butler (1938)
I'll Give a Million (1938)
The Little Princess (1939)
Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
The Blue Bird (1940)
Star Dust (1940)
The Great Profile (1940)
Tin Pan Alley (1940)
Moon Over Miami (1941)
Week-End in Havana (1941)
Song of the Islands (1942)
The Magnificent Dope (1942)
Coney Island (1943)
Greenwich Village (1944)
State Fair (1945)
Claudia and David (1946)
Sentimental Journey (1946)
Mother Wore Tights (1947)
Sitting Pretty (1948)
When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)
You're My Everything (1949)
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
The Jackpot (1950)
On the Riviera (1951)
With a Song in My Heart (1952)
Call Me Madam (1953)
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
The King and I (1956)
Desk Set (1957)
But Not for Me (1959)
Can-Can (1960)
The Marriage-Go-Round (1961)
Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961)

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