Mother Wore Tights (1947)
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A woman looks back at her childhood in show business in this musical comedy. At the turn of the century, Myrtle McKinley (Betty Grable) is working her way through business school and gets a job dancing at a San Francisco vaudeville house. She meets fellow hoofer Frank Burt (Dan Dailey), and they… More A woman looks back at her childhood in show business in this musical comedy. At the turn of the century, Myrtle McKinley (Betty Grable) is working her way through business school and gets a job dancing at a San Francisco vaudeville house. She meets fellow hoofer Frank Burt (Dan Dailey), and they soon fall in love. Marriage follows, and Myrtle and Frank begin performing a song and dance act on the road. Myrtle leaves the act when she becomes pregnant with the first of two children, but when the kids are old enough to go out on tour, she and Frank work them into the act, and they learn to live out of a suitcase like their parents. Years later, Iris (Mona Freeman) and Mikie (Connie Marshall) are attending college when they learn that Mom and Dad have pulled their act out of mothballs -- and are booked to perform at a theatre near their campus. Mother Wore Tights won an Academy Award for Best Musical Score, and it was nominated for Best Song ("You Do") and Best Color Cinematography; the great Mexican ventriloquist Senor Wences appears as himself. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Walter Lang
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
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Cast
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Betty Grable
as Myrtle McKinley Burt
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Robert Arthur
as Bob Clarkman
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Dan Dailey
as Frank Burt
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Veda Ann Borg
as Rosemary Olcott
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Mona Freeman
as Iris Burt
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Connie Marshall
as Mikie Burt
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Vanessa Brown
as Bessie
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Chick Chandler
as Ed
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Maude Eburne
as Mrs. Muggins
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Sara Allgood
as Grandmother McKinley
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Michael Dunne
as Roy Bivens
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Antonio Filauri
as Papa Capucci
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George Cleveland
as Grandfather McKinley
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William Forrest
as Mr. Clarkman
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William Frawley
as Mr. Schneider
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Kathleen Lockhart
as Mrs. Clarkman
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Ruth Nelson
as Miss Ridgeway
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Frank Orth
as Stage doorman
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Lee Patrick
as Lil
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Sig Rumann
as Papa
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Anabel Shaw
as Alice Flemmerhammer
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Lotte Stein
as Mama
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Senor Wences
as Himself
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Kenny Williams
as Dance director
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Will Wright
as Withers
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Anne Baxter
as Narrator
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Harry V. Cheshire
as Minister
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Stephen Dunne
as Roy Bivens
- Billy M. Greene
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Karolyn Grimes
as Iris at Age 6
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Alvin Hammer
as Clarence
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Ted Jordan
as Sailor
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Lee MacGregor
as Boy
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Eula Morgan
as Opera Singer
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Harry Seymour
as Man
- Brad Slaven
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Tom Stevenson
as Hotel Clerk
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David Thursby
as Policeman
- Tom Moore
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George Davis
as Waiter
