Mother Wore Tights

Mother Wore Tights (1947)

In our family dad wore the pants but . . . Mother Wore Tights

  • Genre: Music, Drama
  • Release Date: 1947-08-20
  • User Rating: 5.3/10 from 9 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 47min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Walter Lang
star 5.3/10
From 9 Ratings

Summary

In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank Burt notices her talent, hires her for a "two-act", then marries her. Incidents of the marriage and the growing pains of eldest daughter Miriam are followed, interspersed with nostalgic musical numbers.

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  • Betty Grable

    as Mother

  • Dan Dailey

    as Father

  • Mona Freeman

    as Iris

  • Connie Marshall

    as Mikie

  • Vanessa Brown

    as Bessie

  • Robert Arthur

    as Bob Clarkman

  • Sara Allgood

    as Grandmother McKinley

  • William Frawley

    as Mr. Schneider

  • Ruth Nelson

    as Miss Ridgeway

  • Anabel Shaw

    as Alice Flemmerhammer

  • Stephen Dunne

    as Roy Bivins

  • George Cleveland

    as Grandfather McKinley

  • Veda Ann Borg

    as Rosemary Olcott

  • Sig Ruman

    as Papa

  • Lee Patrick

    as Lil

  • Señor Wences

    as Señor Wences

  • Anne Baxter

    as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  • Ruth Clifford

    as Resort Guest (uncredited)

  • Ann Gowland

    as Mikie - Age 3 (uncredited)

  • Karolyn Grimes

    as Iris - Age 6 (uncredited)

  • Alvin Hammer

    as Clarence (uncredited)

  • Kathleen Lockhart

    as Mrs. Clarkman (uncredited)

  • Mae Marsh

    as Resort Guest (uncredited)

  • Will Wright

    as Withers (uncredited)

  • Lee MacGregor

    as Boy (uncredited)
Writing Miriam Young Author
Directing Walter Lang Director
Writing Lamar Trotti Screenplay
Costume & Make-Up Charles LeMaire Wardrobe Master
Costume & Make-Up Ben Nye Makeup Artist
Sound Alfred Newman Music Director
Crew Seymour Felix Choreographer
Crew Kenny Williams Choreographer
Sound Gene Rose Orchestrator
Sound Eugene Grossman Sound
Sound Roger Heman Sr. Sound
Production Lamar Trotti Producer
Sound David Buttolph Original Music Composer
Sound Frank Burt Original Music Composer
Camera Harry Jackson Director of Photography
Art Richard Day Art Direction
Art Joseph C. Wright Art Direction
Art Thomas Little Set Decoration
Editing J. Watson Webb Jr. Editor
Costume & Make-Up Orry-Kelly Costume Design
Sound Josef Myrow Songs
Writing Mack Gordon Lyricist
Sound Isham Jones Songs
Writing Gus Kahn Lyricist
Sound Harry Warren Songs

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