April Showers (1948 film)
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Directed by | James V. Kern |
Screenplay by | Peter Milne |
Story by | Joe Laurie Jr. |
Produced by | William Jacobs |
Starring | Jack Carson Ann Sothern Robert Alda S. Z. Sakall Robert Ellis Richard Rober |
Cinematography | Carl E. Guthrie |
Edited by | Thomas Reilly |
Music by | Ray Heindorf Max Steiner |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1,750,000 (US rentals)[1] |
April Showers is a 1948 American musical film directed by James V. Kern and written by Peter Milne. The film stars Jack Carson, Ann Sothern, Robert Alda, S. Z. Sakall, Robert Ellis and Richard Rober. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 27, 1948.[2][3][4][5]
April Showers was based in great part on the vaudeville career of Buster Keaton, who sued Warner Bros. and received only $3500.[6]
Plot[]
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Cast[]
- Jack Carson as Joe Tyme
- Ann Sothern as June Tyme
- Robert Alda as Billy Shay
- S. Z. Sakall as Mr. Curley
- Robert Ellis as Buster Tyme
- Richard Rober as Al Wilson
- Joseph Crehan as William Barnes
- Billy Curtis as Capt. Rudolph L. Nemo
- John Gallaudet as Mr. Gordon
- Philip Van Zandt as Harry Swift
- Ray Walker as Mr. Barclay
Reception[]
Bosley Crowther of The New York Times reviewed the film negatively, criticizing the vaudeville plot as "an insufferable tale" and the acting by Carson, Sothern, and Ellis as poor.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46
- ^ "April Showers (1948) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
- ^ "'April Showers' at Stanley / Story of Vaudeville / Little Robert Ellis Outstanding In Star-studded Cast" (The Pittsburgh Press, March 30, 1948, Page 11)
- ^ "'April Showers' Tuneful Show at Capital Theater" {includes photo labeled "'ARE YOU FROM DIXIE' — Bobby Ellis, Jack Carson and Ann Sothern in a scene from "April Showers," tuneful Warners hit..."} (The Deseret News, April 24, 1948, p.7)
- ^ Gerfin, J. L. "'April Showers' at State Is Story of Vaudeville Act" {includes photo labeled "In New Feature at State / Ann Sothern and Jack Carson are cast as a vaudeville team..."} (Schenectady Gazette, May 7, 1948, p.23)
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2017-11-28). Any Resemblance to Actual Persons: The Real People Behind 400+ Fictional Movie Characters. ISBN 9781476629308.
- ^ Crowther, Bosley (March 27, 1948). "THE SCREEN; The Unhappy Tymes". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 1, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1948 films
- English-language films
- American films
- Warner Bros. films
- American musical films
- 1948 musical films
- Films directed by James V. Kern
- American black-and-white films
- Musical film stubs