I'll See You in My Dreams

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I'll See You in My Dreams is a 1951 musical film starring Doris Day and Danny Thomas, directed by Michael Curtiz.

The film is a biography of lyricist Gus Kahn, and includes a number of songs written by Kahn, including the title song. The story, which thoroughly suppresses Kahn's Jewish origins, is told from the point of view of Kahn's wife Grace, who was still alive when the film was made (Kahn died some ten years earlier). I'll See You in My Dreams was a big hit, Warner Brothers' second-highest-grossing film of 1951. Warner Brothers re-teamed Curtiz and Thomas in another project: the 25th-anniversary remake of the first talking film, The Jazz Singer (1927), with Thomas in the Al Jolson role, The Jazz Singer.^[2]

Plot summary[]

Gus Kahn (Danny Thomas) is the prolific tunesmith, whose fortunes take an upswing in 1908 when he meets and falls in love with Grace LeBoy (Doris Day). Kahn's career ascends to spectacular heights via such hits as "Pretty Baby", "My Buddy", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie", and "Makin' Whoopee", only to go into eclipse when he loses his savings in the 1929 stock-market crash.^[3]

Cast[]

Doris Day as Grace LeBoy Kahn
Danny Thomas as Gus Kahn
Frank Lovejoy as Walter Donaldson
Patrice Wymore as Gloria Knight (singing voice was dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams)
James Gleason as Fred Thompson
Mary Wickes as Anna
Julie Oshins as Johnny Martin
Jim Backus as Sam Harris
Minna Gombell as Mrs. LeBoy
Harry Antrim as Mr. LeBoy
William Forrest as Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
Bunny Lewbel as Irene, at age 6
Robert Lyden as Donald, at age 8
Mimi Gibson as Irene, at age 3
Christopher Olsen as Donald, at age 4 (as Christy Olson)
Joan Vohs as Chorine (uncredited)

Notes[]

An album of the same name was released by Columbia Records, containing songs sung by Day (some of them duets with Thomas) in the film.

The film has been cited by Berry Gordy as an inspiration for his start in songwriting. ^[4]

References[]

↑ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
↑ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/78986/I-ll-See-You-In-My-Dreams/articles.html
↑ "I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) - Michael Curtiz | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
↑ Nelson George, 'Where did our love go', p. 18

External links[]

I'll See You in My Dreams at the Internet Movie Database

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See also

[1] 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953

[2] ttp://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/78986/I-ll-See-You-In-My-Dreams/articles.html

[3] "I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) - Michael Curtiz | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".

[4] Nelson George, 'Where did our love go', p. 18

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