Blue Skies (1946)


Blue Skies
Tagline32 BERLIN HITS Old and New
GenreMusical, Comedy, Romance
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassMusical Drama, Romantic Drama, Showbiz Drama
ThemesHaunted By the Past, Ladder to the Top, Lovers Reunited, Starting Over
TonesMelancholy, Reflective, Bittersweet, Sentimental, Earnest
TagsEntertainer, Estrangement, Friendship, Injury, Love Triangle, Radio Personality

Blue Skies is a 1946 Hollywood musical Technicolor comedy film, released by Paramount Pictures and starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Joan Caulfield, Olga San Juan and Billy De Wolfe, with music, lyrics and story by Irving Berlin; most of the songs were recycled from earlier works. The film was directed by Stuart Heisler and produced by Sol C. Siegel.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Johnny Adams

Jed Potter

Mary O'Hara

Billy De Wolfe
Tony

Nita Nova

Mikhail Rasumny
François

Karolyn Grimes
Mary Elizabeth Adams

Carol Andrews
Dolly

Gene Ashley
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Dorothy Barrett
Showgirl

Clarence Brooks
Valet

Bill Burt
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Roxanne Collins
Guest at Top Hat nightclub

Jeffrey

Himself

Norma Creiger
Singer

Roy Damron
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Harry Depp
Would-Be Engagement Ring Buyer

Wallace Earl
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Showgirl

Joel Friend
Specialty dancer

John Gallaudet
Stage manager

Art Gilmore
Radio Broadcaster

Roy Gordon
Charles Dillingham

Sam Harris
Guest at Top Hat nightclub

Len Hendry
Electrician

Mary Jane Hodge
Cigarette girl

Nan Holliday
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Jerry James
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Vicki Jasmund
Singer

Shirley Johnson
Flapper

Roberta Jonay
Hatcheck girl

John Kelly
Tough guy in Nightclub

Lucy Knoch
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Audrey Korn
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Elaine Langan
-

Charles La Torre
Mr. Rakopolis

Joanne Lybrook
Singer

Jean Marshall
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Peggy McIntyre
Mary Elizabeth as Newborn

Harold Miller
Nightclub Extra

Frances Morris
Nurse

Virginia Morris
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Mavis Murray
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Cliff Nazarro
Cliff

Drunk

Byron Poindexter
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Paula Ray
Guest at Top Hat nightclub

Ricky Ricardi
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Albert Ruiz
Specialty dancer

Betty Russell
Mary O'Hara

Louise Saraydar
Singer

Jeffrey Sayre
Guest at Hole in the Wall

Jane Starr
-

Larry Steers
Guest at Top Hat nightclub

Mary Stewart
Dancer, Singer

Brick Sullivan
Stagehand with Flowers

John M. Sullivan
Junior

Lillian West
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Audrey Westphal
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Eric Wilton
The doctor

Will Wright
Dan

Director

Stuart Heisler
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Producer

Allan Scott
adaptation

Sol C. Siegel
producer

Original Music

Robert Emmett Dolan
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George Parrish
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Cinematographer

William E. Snyder
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Editor

LeRoy Stone
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Art Director

Hal Pereira
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Set Decorator

Sam Comer
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Maurice Goodman
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Costume Designer

Waldo Angelo
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Barbara Karinska

Makeup Department

Wally Westmore
makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Charles C. Coleman
assistant director

Art Department

Gene Lauritzen
construction coordinator

Sound Department

John Cope
sound recordist

Hugo Grenzbach
sound recordist

Special Effects

Gordon Jennings
special effects

Paul K. Lerpae
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Farciot Edouart
process photographer

Loyal Griggs
camera operator

Music Department

composer: additional music

Charles Bradshaw
music arranger

Robert Emmett Dolan
musical director

Sidney Fine
music arranger

Ralph Hallenbeck
music arranger

Joseph J. Lilley
music arranger: vocal arrangements

Matty Matlock
music arranger

Troy Sanders
associate musical director

Mason Van Cleave
music arranger

George Parrish
orchestrator

Other Crew

Robert Brower
associate technicolor color director

Natalie Kalmus
technicolor color director

dance director

Dave Robel
assistant dance director

Production Company

Paramount Pictures
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Distributor

Paramount Pictures

MCA/Universal Pictures

MCA/Universal Home Video

Universal Home Entertainment
,

Universal Studios Home Video






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Blue Skies
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