It’s time to go to college with June Allyson and Peter Lawford in “Good News.” The MGM musical tells the story of a college football star (Lawford) who gets involved in a love triangle with two female students (Allyson and Patricia Marshall). Allyson plays the part-time school librarian who is tutoring him in French, after Marshall insults Lawford in the Gallic tongue. The comedy and numerous musical numbers proceed from there.
Director Charles Walters, in his feature film debut, put together a fun story and a rousing musical with great songs and marvelous dance numbers. (Walter’s next film would be “Easter Parade” in 1948, with Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Lawford, and others.) The screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green was adapted from the 1927 Broadway stage musical, first made into a movie in 1930. Conrad Salinger was the musical director.
The supporting cast behind June Allyson, Peter Lawford, and Patricia Marshall includes Joan McCracken, Ray McDonald, Mel Torme, Donald MacBride, Tom Dugan, Clinton Sundberg, Georgia Lee, Morris Ankrum, and Connie Gilchrist as Cora the cook. The familiar Gilchrist appeared in dozens of films from 1940-1969.
Filmed in Technicolor, “Good News” was successful at the box office for producer Arthur Freed (“An American in Paris” 1951) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Good News (1947)
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My Review
It’s time to go to college with June Allyson and Peter Lawford in “Good News.” The MGM musical tells the story of a college football star (Lawford) who gets involved in a love triangle with two female students (Allyson and Patricia Marshall). Allyson plays the part-time school librarian who is tutoring him in French, after Marshall insults Lawford in the Gallic tongue. The comedy and numerous musical numbers proceed from there.
Director Charles Walters, in his feature film debut, put together a fun story and a rousing musical with great songs and marvelous dance numbers. (Walter’s next film would be “Easter Parade” in 1948, with Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Lawford, and others.) The screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green was adapted from the 1927 Broadway stage musical, first made into a movie in 1930. Conrad Salinger was the musical director.
The supporting cast behind June Allyson, Peter Lawford, and Patricia Marshall includes Joan McCracken, Ray McDonald, Mel Torme, Donald MacBride, Tom Dugan, Clinton Sundberg, Georgia Lee, Morris Ankrum, and Connie Gilchrist as Cora the cook. The familiar Gilchrist appeared in dozens of films from 1940-1969.
Filmed in Technicolor, “Good News” was successful at the box office for producer Arthur Freed (“An American in Paris” 1951) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.