Presenting Lily Mars
| Presenting Lily Mars | |
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| Directed by | Norman Taurog |
| Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
| Written by | Jack Mintz (comedy construction) |
| Screenplay by |
Richard Connell Gladys Lehman |
| Based on |
Presenting Lily Mars 1937 novel by Booth Tarkington |
| Starring |
Judy Garland Van Heflin |
| Music by | George Stoll |
| Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Edited by | Albert Akst |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,045,000 |
| Box office | $3,255,000 |
Presenting Lily Mars is a 1943 American musical film directed by Norman Taurog, produced by Joe Pasternak, starring Judy Garland and Van Heflin, and based on the novel by Booth Tarkington. The film is often cited as Garland's first film playing an adult type role (although For Me and My Gal, released the previous year, is also often credited thus). Tommy Dorsey and Bob Crosby appear with their orchestras in this Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production.
Lily Mars (Judy Garland) is a small-town girl with big-city ambitions. She heads to Broadway hoping for stardom, but after a series of disappointments, the best she can manage is an understudy job.
The soundtrack includes:
The finale, Where There's Music, originally included parts of St. Louis Blues, In The Shade of the Old Apple Tree, and It's a Long Way to Tipperary, which were deleted from the final version.
According to MGM records the film earned USD$2,216,000 in the US and Canada and $1,039,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $1,211,000.
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