The I Don't Care Girl (1952)
- Starring:
- Mitzi Gaynor, David Wayne, (more)
- Director(s):
- Lloyd Bacon
Synopsis of The I Don't Care Girl
Mitzi Gaynor plays legendary vaudeville headliner Eva Tanguay, whose signature tune was the bouncy "I Don't Care". The film's actual producer George Jessel costars as "himself;" the gimmick is that Jessel wants to produce a biopic based on Tanguay, but can't get a handle on the story until he interviews all those who remember the lady. This throughline allows Gaynor to impersonate Tanguay without the added encumbrance of a plot. Well, there is a love story involving Tanguay and her vaudeville partner (David Wayne), and some welcome comic relief from "professional neurotic" Oscar Levant, but otherwise The I Don't Care Girl is more a revue than a movie. At the end, inveterate scene-stealer George Jessel shows up backstage during one of the flashback sequences, "Just to see how the story will turn out." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The I Don't Care Girl
- Mitzi Gaynor - Eva Tanguay
- Oscar Levant - Bennett
- Craig Hill - Keene
- Hazel Brooks - Stella Forrest
- Sam Hearn - Alhambra Theatre Owner
- Dwayne Ratliff - Specialty Dancer
- Gwen Verdon - Specialty Dancer
- Ruth Hall
- Betty Onge
- David Wayne - Ed McCoy
- Bob Graham - Larry
- Warren Stevens - Lawrence
- Marietta Canty - Maid Dolly
- Wilton Graff - Flo Ziegfeld
- Bill Foster - Specialty Dancer
- Barbar Carroll
- George Jessel - Himself
- Director(s):
- Lloyd Bacon
- Writer(s):
- Walter Bullock
- Producer(s):
- George Jessel
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