Dream Girl (1948)
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Elmer Rice's clever stage comedy Dream Girl is Hollywoodized and "dumbed down" almost beyond recognition in this 1948 film version. In place of the original play's Betty Field, Betty Hutton stars Georgina Allerton, who periodically escapes her humdrum existence by retreating into… More Elmer Rice's clever stage comedy Dream Girl is Hollywoodized and "dumbed down" almost beyond recognition in this 1948 film version. In place of the original play's Betty Field, Betty Hutton stars Georgina Allerton, who periodically escapes her humdrum existence by retreating into elaborate daydreams. Georgina's fantasy excursions disturb her parents (Walter Abel and Peggy Wood) and her married sister (Virginia Field), who wish that she'd grow up already and stop all this nonsense. Only when she falls truly in love with Clark Redfield (Macdonald Carey) does Georgina abandon her dream world. Like the previous year's Secret Life of Walter Mitty, the film version of Dream Girl substitutes the quiet whimsy of its source with slapstick and overstatement; additionally, Elmer Rice's three-dimensional supporting characters are transformed into cardboard stereotypes. And just so the audience doesn't miss anything, the producers have added a voiceover narration to explain what has just been seen. With all this going against Dream Girl, Betty Hutton emerges unscathed, delivering a lot better performance than her material warrants. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Mitchell Leisen
- Written By
- Elmer Rice, Arthur Sheekman
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jul 27, 1948 Limited
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
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Cast
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Betty Hutton
as Georgina Allerton
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Macdonald Carey
as Clark redfield
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Patric Knowles
as Jim Lucas
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Virginia Field
as Miriam Allerton Lucas
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Walter Abel
as George Allerton
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Peggy Wood
as Lucy Allerton
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Carolyn Butler
as Claire
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Lowell Gilmore
as George Hand
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Frank Puglia
as Antonio
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Georgia Backus
as Edna
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John K. Butler
as Shabby little man
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Dorothy Christy
as Mollie Hand
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Gino Corrado
as Chef
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Zamah Cunningham
as Mme. Kimmelhoff
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John Dehner
as Radio announcer
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Bess Flowers
as Social secretary
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Selmar Jackson
as Judge Jed Allerton
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Noble Johnson
as Bartender
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Al Kikume
as South sea island policeman
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Mary MacLaren
as Judge Allerton's wife
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Charles Meredith
as Charles
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Ida Moore
as A Woman
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Tad Van Brunt
as Dramatic Student
- Dalton Trumbo
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Jerry James
as Best man
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John S. Roberts
as Usher
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J. Gordon Arnold
as Usher
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Frederic Nay
as Assistant Florist
- George Peters
