Step Lively (1944 film)

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Step Lively
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Theatrical release lobby card
Directed byTim Whelan
Written byAllen Boretz (play)
John Murray (play)
Warren Duff
Peter Milne
Produced byRobert Fellows
StarringFrank Sinatra
George Murphy
Adolphe Menjou
Gloria DeHaven
Walter Slezak
Eugene Pallette
CinematographyRobert De Grasse
Edited byGene Milford
Music byLeigh Harline (uncredited)
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • July 26, 1944 (1944-07-26)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Step Lively is a 1944 American musical film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Frank Sinatra. Step Lively was based on the 1937 play Room Service, by Allen Boretz and John Murray. It was a remake of the 1938 RKO film Room Service, starring the Marx Brothers, Lucille Ball, and Ann Miller.

Cast[]

Reviews[]

Bosley Crowther, reviewing for The New York Times, called Step Lively a star vehicle for Frank Sinatra; although the scenes with Sinatra "perceptibly hobble[d] the farce," and Crowther compared him unfavorably to Eddie Albert, Crowther stated that "when [the remaining cast] are left alone to play "Room Service" they make this an up-and-coming film."[1]

Awards[]

The film was nominated an Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark, Darrell Silvera, Claude E. Carpenter).[2]

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References[]

  1. ^ Crowther, Bosley (July 27, 1944). "'Step Lively,' a Remake of 'Room Service,' With Frank Sinatra, Opens at Palace -- Soviet Musical at Stanley". The New York Times. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "NY Times: Step Lively". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2008.

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