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I'll See You in My Dreams (1951 film)

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I'll See You in My Dreams
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Curtiz
Written byJack Rose
Melville Shavelson
Based onThe Gus Kahn Story
book
by Louis F. Edelman
Grace Kahn
Produced byLouis F. Edelman
StarringDoris Day
Danny Thomas
Frank Lovejoy
Patrice Wymore
James Gleason
CinematographyTed D. McCord
Edited byOwen Marks
Music byGus Kahn
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • December 6, 1951 (1951-12-06)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.9 million (US rentals)[1]

I'll See You in My Dreams is a 1951 musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Doris Day and Danny Thomas.

The film is a biography of lyricist Gus Kahn and includes a number of songs written by him, including the title song. The story, which avoids Kahn's Jewish origins, is told from the point of view of his wife Grace, who was still alive when the film was produced; Kahn had died in 1941.

I'll See You in My Dreams became Warner Bros.' second-highest-grossing film of 1951. Curtiz teamed with Thomas again the following year for a remake of The Jazz Singer.[2]

Plot

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Gus Kahn is a prolific songwriter who meets and falls in love with Grace LeBoy in 1908. His career ascends to spectacular heights with such hits as "Pretty Baby", "My Buddy", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie" and "Makin' Whoopee", but he loses his savings in the 1929 stock-market crash.[3]

Cast

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Music

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A soundtrack album was released by Columbia Records that contains songs sung by Day (including duets with Thomas) in the film.

The film has been cited by Berry Gordy as an inspiration for his start in songwriting.[4]

References

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  1. ^ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
  2. ^ "Articles". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  3. ^ "I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) - Michael Curtiz | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  4. ^ Nelson George, 'Where did our love go', p. 18
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