Girl Crazy (1932 film)

Girl Crazy
Girl Crazy
Directed by	William A. Seiter
Written by	Walter DeLeon; Herman J. Mankiewicz; Eddie Welch; Tim Whelan; Guy Bolton (play); Jack McGowan (play)
Produced by	William LeBaron
Starring	Bert Wheeler; Robert Woolsey; Dorothy Lee
Cinematography	J. Roy Hunt
Edited by	Arthur Roberts
Music by	Max Steiner
Distributed by	RKO Pictures
Release date	March 27, 1932
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$532,000
Box office	$555,000

Girl Crazy is a 1932 American pre-Code musical film adaptation of the 1930 stage play of the same name. The film was very unlike the stage play except for its score. It was tailored for the comic talents of Wheeler & Woolsey, a popular comedy team of the time. Three songs written by George and Ira Gershwin for the play were retained: "Bidin' My Time", "I Got Rhythm", and "But Not For Me". According to RKO records, the film lost $150,000.^[1]

Cast[]

Bert Wheeler - Jimmy Deagan
Robert Woolsey - Slick Foster
Eddie Quillan - Danny Churchill
Dorothy Lee - Patsy
Mitzi Green - Tessie
Brooks Benedict - George Mason
Kitty Kelly - Kate Foster
Arline Judge - Molly Gray
Stanley Fields - Lank Sanders
Lita Chevret - Mary
Chris-Pin Martin - Pete
Monte Collins - Bartender

Soundtrack[]

"Bidin' My Time"

Music by George Gershwin

Lyrics by Ira Gershwin

Sung by male quartet

"I Got Rhythm"

Music by George Gershwin

Lyrics by Ira Gershwin

Performed by Kitty Kelly and chorus

"You've Got What Gets Me"

Music by George Gershwin

Lyrics by Ira Gershwin

Sung by Bert Wheeler and Dorothy Lee

Danced by Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee and Mitzi Green

"But Not for Me"

Music by George Gershwin

Lyrics by Ira Gershwin

Sung by Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge

also sung by Mitzi Green

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1 (1994), p. 39

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[rko-1] Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1 (1994), p. 39

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Broadway plays choreographed	A Connecticut Yankee (1927) Present Arms (1928) Sweet and Low (1930)
Films directed	42nd Street (musical numbers, 1933) She Had to Say Yes (1933) Footlight Parade (musical numbers, 1933) Dames (musical numbers, 1934) Fashions of 1934 (musical numbers, 1934) Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) Bright Lights (1935) I Live for Love (1935) In Caliente (musical numbers, 1935) Stars Over Broadway (musical numbers, 1935) Stage Struck (1936) Varsity Show (finale, 1937) The Singing Marine (musical numbers, 1937) Gold Diggers of 1937 (musical numbers, 1937) The Go Getter (1937) Hollywood Hotel (1937) Men Are Such Fools (1938) Gold Diggers in Paris (musical numbers, 1938) Garden of the Moon (1938) Comet Over Broadway (1938) Broadway Serenade (finale, 1939) They Made Me a Criminal (1939) Fast and Furious (1939) Babes in Arms (1939) The Wizard of Oz (scenes cut, 1939) Forty Little Mothers (1940) Strike Up The Band (1940) Blonde Inspiration (1941) Lady Be Good (musical numbers, 1941) Ziegfeld Girl (musical numbers, 1941) Babes on Broadway (1941) For Me and My Gal (1942) Born to Sing (finale, 1942) Cabin in the Sky ("Shine" sequence, 1943) The Gang's All Here (1943) Girl Crazy ("I Got Rhythm" sequence, 1943) Cinderella Jones (1946) Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) Annie Get Your Gun (scenes cut, 1950)
Films choreographed only	Whoopee! (1930) Kiki (1931) Palmy Days (1931) Flying High (1931) Sky Devils (1932) Girl Crazy (1932) Night World (1932) Bird of Paradise (1932) The Kid From Spain (1932) Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Roman Scandals (1933) Wonder Bar (1934) Romance on the High Seas (1948) Call Me Mister (1951) Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) Small Town Girl (1953) Rose Marie (1954) Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)