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Look for the Silver Lining is a 1949 American biographical musical film directed by David Butler and written by Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron and Marian Spitzer. A biography of Broadway singer-dancer Marilyn Miller, it stars June Haver and Ray Bolger. [4] It was nominated for an Academy Award for best scoring for a musical picture in 1950.
Look for the Silver Lining: Directed by David Butler. With June Haver, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Charles Ruggles. Marilyn Miller grows up in a showbiz family and hits Broadway before she is sixteen.
- (434)
- Biography, Drama, Musical
- David Butler
- 1949-07-30
The screenplay for Look for the Silver Lining , written by Phoebe and Henry Ephron (parents of Nora Ephron) and Marian Spitzer, is a somewhat sketchy and sanitized version of Miller's life. The film's story begins around 1913 as Marilyn's father (Charles Ruggles), mother (Rosemary DeCamp) and sisters (the twins Lee and Lyn Wilde) are performing in the family vaudeville act.
- David Butler, Herschel Dougherty, Phil Quinn
- June Haver
Watch the original trailer of Look For the Silver Lining, a 1949 musical biopic of Broadway star Marilyn Miller, featuring songs by Jerome Kern and Buddy DeSylva. See how the film portrays her ...
- 2 min
- 17.3K
- Вайнах Лига
After getting her start in her parents' vaudeville act, Marilyn Miller (June Haver) is taken under the wing of dance sensation Jack Donahue (Ray Bolger). Donahue senses the girl's enormous talent ...
- Biography
- June Haver
- David Butler
The song was written in 1919 for the unsuccessful musical Zip, Goes a Million. In 1920, it was published [1] and reused in the musical Sally whence it was popularized by Marilyn Miller. Among others, it was later covered several times by Judy Garland, whose version also became, and remains, well-known. A 1949 biopic was released with the same ...
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The short but colorful life of American musical comedy star Marilyn Miller is given the standard prettified Hollywood treatment in Look for the Silver Lining. June Haver, an accomplished dancer-singer in her own right, is well-cast as Miller, who rises from an appendage in her parents' vaudeville act to the toast of Broadway.
