• Source: When the Boys Meet the Girls (film)

      • When the Boys Meet the Girls is a 1965 American musical film directed by Alvin Ganzer and starring Connie Francis and Harve Presnell based on the musical Girl Crazy and a remake of MGM's 1943 film Girl Crazy.


      Plot


      A playboy (Harve Presnell) helps a young woman (Connie Francis) turn her father's Nevada ranch into a haven for divorcees.


      Cast


      Connie Francis – Ginger Gray
      Harve Presnell – Danny Churchill
      Peter Noone – Himself (as Herman's Hermits)
      Karl Green – Himself (as Herman's Hermits)
      Derek Leckenby – Himself (as Herman's Hermits)
      Keith Hopwood – Himself (as Herman's Hermits)
      Barry Whitwam – Himself (as Herman's Hermits)
      Louis Armstrong – Himself
      Buddy Catlett – Himself
      Domingo Samudio – Sam the Sham (as Sam the Sham)
      Dave Martin – Pharaoh (as The Pharaohs)
      Ray Stinnet – Pharaoh (as The Pharaohs)
      Jerry Patterson – Pharaoh (as The Pharaohs)
      Butch Gibson – Pharaoh (as The Pharaohs)
      Liberace – Himself
      Sue Ane Langdon – Tess Rawley
      Fred Clark – Bill Denning
      Frank Faylen – Phin Gray
      Joby Baker – Sam
      Hortense Petra – Kate
      Stanley Adams – Lank
      Romo Vincent – Pete
      Susan Holloway – Delilah
      Russell Collins – Mr. Stokes (as Russ Collins)
      Pepper Davis – Himself
      Bill Quinn – Dean of Colby (as William I. Quinn)
      Tony Reese – Himself


      Production


      The film was a remake of MGM's Girl Crazy (1943 film). The remake was produced by Sam Katzman, who made it as the first of five films he did for the studio in 1965. In April 1965 Connie Francis was attached as star.
      In June 1965 Jeffrey Hayden was to direct and the stars were announced as Connie Francis, Harve Presnell, Paul Anka, Fran Jeffries and Louis Armstrong.
      The title was changed to I've Got Rhythm then When the Boys Meet the Girls.
      Presnell played the same role as Mickey Rooney in the original. Presnell said "When we did Molly Brown on Broadway, we had a standing joke whenever I didn't do something right. I said 'Well why don't you get Mickey Rooney?'."
      Filming started July 1965.
      It was the film debut of Herman's Hermits. MGM were so pleased with their performance they put them in a series of films.


      Soundtrack




      Reception


      Upon the film's release The New York Times reported that "If the music of the Gershwin brothers can survive a terrible little musical such as "When the Boys Meet the Girls" [...] chances are it could outlast atomic annihilation," described the film overall as "a dull, silly scramble," and described the talents of Francis and Presnell as "strictly middling" and "teamed romantically, they look like Mutt and Jeff, and their vocal wrestling with the grand Gershwin melodies is slippery at best." A contemporary review in Variety described the film as "a spotty comedy film, loaded with often extraneous tunes, also limited to some okay performances and gags," and reported that "Langdon remains the most impressive of the principals; she makes a first rate shrew." Writing for Turner Classic Movies, critic Roger Fristoe described the film as "a very loose reworking of the George and Ira Gershwin musical Girl Crazy," and noted that "the film allows for musical performances from an eclectic gathering of guest stars."


      Awards


      In 1966, the year after the film was released, it received some prestigious awards at that year's Laurel Awards ceremony. Harve Presnell was nominated for a Golden Laurel in the category of Musical Performance, Male for his talented musical numbers. Though he did not win, he was awarded 3rd place. Connie Francis was also nominated for a Golden Laurel in the category of Musical Performance, Female for her musical numbers. She did not win either, but came in a gratifying 4th place.


      References




      External links


      When the Boys Meet the Girls at IMDb
      When the Boys Meet the Girls at TCMDB
      When the Boys Meet the Girls at AllMovie
      When the Boys Meet the Girls at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
      Soundtrackcollector.com
      Review at Variety
      When the Boys Meet the Girls at the British Film Institute
      Review at the Spinning Image

    Kata Kunci Pencarian: