Silk Stockings (1957)


Silk Stockings
Release Date18 July 1957
Budget$2,000,000
TaglineBIG BOUNCY BEAUTIFUL! (original print ad - all caps)
GenreComedy, Musical, Romance
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixPerspecta Stereo
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassShowbiz Comedy, Musical Romance
MoodIn the Mood for Love
ThemesFilmmaking, Opposites Attract
TonesLight, Humorous, Sweet, Upbeat, Stylized
TagsAmerican [nationality], Capitalism, Communist, Composer, Defector, Producer [showbiz], Romance, Soviet

Silk Stockings is a 1957 MGM musical film remake of Ninotchka. It was directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starred Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. The supporting cast included Janis Paige, Peter Lorre, Jules Munshin, and George Tobias repeating his Broadway role.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Steve Canfield

Ninotchka Yoschenko

Peggy Dayton

Brankov, Commisar

Vassili Markovitch, Commisar of Art

Bibinski, Commisar

Joseph Buloff
Ivanov, Commisar

Peter Ilyitch Boroff

Tybee Afra
Fifi

Frank Arnold
Soviet Guard

Vera

Eugene Borden
Reporter

Tybee Brascia
Dancer Fifi

Paul Bryar
Reporter

Peter Camlin
Hotel Porter

Gabrielle

Soviet Civilian

Zoia Karabanova
Mrs. Volotoff

Joan Maloney
Fashion Model

Michael Mark
Mr. Volotoff

June McCall
Fashion Model

Michael Panaieff
Choreographer

Rolfe Sedan
Stage Manager

Leonid Snegoff
Former Commissar of Art

Ivan Triesault
Russian Embassy Official

Betty Uitti
Suzette

Florence Wyatt
Madame Fabour

Director

Leueen MacGrath

Leonard Gershe

Leonard Spigelgass

Producer

producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Robert J. Bronner

Editor

Harold F. Kress
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Art Director

Randall Duell
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William A. Horning
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Set Decorator

Hugh Hunt
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Edwin B. Willis
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Costume Designer

Helen Rose
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Makeup Department

hair stylist

makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Al Jennings
assistant director

Carl 'Major' Roup
second assistant director

Sound Department

Wesley C. Miller
recording supervisor

Van Allen James
sound editor

Editorial Department

Charles K. Hagedon
color consultant

Music Department

Skip Martin
additional orchestrator

music supervisor, conductor

Conrad Salinger
music arranger: orchestral arrangements

Lela Simone
music coordinator

Robert Tucker
vocal supervisor

Albert Woodbury
additional orchestrator

Other Crew

stage producer

Eugene Loring
choreographer

Ernest H. Martin
stage producer

choreographer

Angela Blue
assistant choreographer

title designer

Production Company

Arthur Freed Production
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MGM-International Dist.
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Distributor

MGM-International Dist.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Warner Home Video
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Warner Home Vídeo

Miscellaneous

MGM-International Dist.
presents






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Crisis (1950)
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