1953 film by Norman Taurog
The Stars Are Singing is a 1953 Paramount Pictures musical directed by Norman Taurog and starring Rosemary Clooney, Anna Maria Alberghetti, and Lauritz Melchior. Clooney performs her hit song "Come On-a My House" and Danish tenor Lauritz Melchior sings "Vesti la giubba" from Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci in this Technicolor production.[1]
Plot
A 15-year-old Polish girl attempts to enter the U.S. illegally, setting off a major search by immigration officials. She is befriended by a struggling group of New York performers, who try to get approval for her to remain in the country.
Cast
Production
The film cost $1,264,337[2] and earned an estimated $1.6 million at the North American box office in 1953.[3]
Release
The film's world premier was in Clooney's home town, Maysville, Kentucky, at the Russell Theatre.
References
- ^ Netflix DVD
- ^ Michael A. Hoey, Elvis' Favorite Director: The Amazing 52-Film Career of Norman Taurog, Bear Manor Media 2013
- ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
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