Give a Girl A Break (1953)
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After providing excellent support in previous MGM musicals, the singing-dancing team of Marge and Gower Champion were rewarded with their own starring vehicle, Give the Girl a Break. Marge plays one of three actresses competing for the leading role in a Broadway show directed by Gower. The other two girls are Debbie Reynolds and Helen Wood, so Marge is hardly a shoe-in. Another topnotch dancer/choreographer, Bob Fosse, co-stars as the show's leading man. Highlights include the aptly named "Challenge Dance" and the grand finale "Applause, Applause." Kurt Kasner provides a few chuckles as the show's neurotic composer. Several real composers collaborated on the score of Give the Girl a Break, among them Burton Lane, Ira Gershwin, Andre Previn and Saul Chaplin. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Marge Champion - Madelyn Corlane
- Debbie Reynolds - Suzy Doolittle
- Bob Fosse - Bob Dowdy
- Richard Anderson - Burton Bradshaw
- Lurene Tuttle - Mrs. Doolittle
- Donna Martell - Janet Hallson
- Gower Champion - Ted Sturgis
- Helen Wood - Joanna Moss
- Kurt Kasznar - Leo Belney
- William Ching - Anson Pritchett
- Larry Keating - Felix Jordan
- Director(s):
- Stanley Donen
- Writer(s):
- Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich
- Producer(s):
- Jack Cummings
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