Lady In the Dark (1944)
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Freely adapted from a successful Broadway musical by Moss Hart, this story stars Ginger Rogers as Liza Elliott, the editor of a popular fashion magazine. Despite her beauty, wealth, and success in business, Liza is unhappy and out of sorts. And while three men are vying for her affections --… More Freely adapted from a successful Broadway musical by Moss Hart, this story stars Ginger Rogers as Liza Elliott, the editor of a popular fashion magazine. Despite her beauty, wealth, and success in business, Liza is unhappy and out of sorts. And while three men are vying for her affections -- advertising director Charley Johnson (Ray Milland), newly single Kendall Nesbitt (Warner Baxter), and youthful and handsome Randy Curtis (Jon Hall) -- Liza has been unlucky in love, and she feels that she's come to the end of her emotional rope. She begins seeing Dr. Brooks (Barry Sullivan) in hopes of resolving her emotional crises and finding happiness, and her self-searching explorations of her past take the form of a handful of musical numbers. While the stage version of Lady in the Dark featured songs written by the estimable team of Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin, several of them were replaced for this screen adaptation; "The Saga of Jenny", "One Life to Love", and "Girl of the Moment" were the most notable among the Weill/Gershwin tunes that survived the editing process. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Mitchell Leisen
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy
G,
- In Theaters
- Feb 10, 1944 Wide
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Cast
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Ginger Rogers
as Liza Elliott
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Ray Milland
as Charley Johnson
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Jon Hall
as Randy Curtis
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Warner Baxter
as Kendall Nesbitt
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Barry Sullivan
as Dr. Brooks
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Mischa Auer
as Russell Paxton
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Phyllis Brooks
as Allison DuBois
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Edward Fielding
as Dr. Carlton
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Don Loper
as Adams
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Mary Parker
as Miss Parker
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Catherine Craig
as Miss Foster
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Marietta Canty
as Martha
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Virginia Farmer
as Miss Edwards
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Fay Helm
as Miss Bowers
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Gail Russell
as Barbara aged 17
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Marian Hall
as Miss Stevens
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Kay Linaker
as Liza's Mother
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Harvey Stephens
as Liza's Father
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Billy Daniels
as Office Boy
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Georgia Backus
as Miss Sullivan
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Pepito Pérez
as Clown
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Murray Alper
as Taxicab Driver
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Charley Bates
as David
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Hillary Brooke
as Miss Barr
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Jan Buckingham
as Miss Shawn
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Kit Carson
as Specialty Dancer
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Tristram Coffin
as Man
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Charles Coleman
as Butler
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Herbert Corthell
as Senator
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Billy Dawson
as Boy at Circus
- Lester Dorr
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Miriam Franklin
as Dancer
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Dorothy Granger
as Autograph Hunter
- Lynda Grey
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Victor Laplace
as Office Girl
- Marten Lamont
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Jack Luden
as Man
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Priscilla Lyon
as Little Girl at Circus
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Mary MacLaren
as Librarian
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Paul McVey
as Jack Goddard
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Dennis Moore
as Man
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Jack Mulhall
as Photographer
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Mary Philips
as Maggie Grant
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Grandon Rhodes
as Reporter
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Frances Robinson
as Girl with Randy
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Lester Sharpe
as Pianist
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Charles Smith
as Barbara's Boyfriend
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Armand Tanny
as Strong-Man Clown
- Emmett Vogan
- Bunny Waters
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Audrey Wilder
as Office Girl
- Audrey Young
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Bobby Beers
as Charley as a Boy
- Angela Wilson
- Betty Hall
- Maxine Ardell
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Buz Buckley
as Freckle-faced Boy
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George Calliga
as Captain of Waiters
- Alice Kirby
- Byron Poindexter
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Larry Rio
as Farmer Clown
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Buster Brodie
as Clown
- Christopher King
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George Mayon
as Specialty Dancer
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Marjean Neville
as Liza Ages 5 and 7
- Susan Paley
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Rand Brooks
as Ben
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Louise LaPlanche
as Office Girl
- John O'Connor
