Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) | |
| Director(s) | Roy Del Ruth |
| Producer(s) | Arthur Freed |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Fantasy, Film Adaptation, Musical |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Royalty |
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Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) was a Musical - Comedy Film directed by Roy Del Ruth and produced by Arthur Freed.
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Musical Monday: Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
on Apr 10, 2017 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: “Du Barry Was a Lady&#... Read full article
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
By Angela on Aug 7, 2011 From Hollywood RevueHat check clerk Louis Blore (Red Skelton) works in a nightclub where one of the star performers is May Daly (Lucille Ball). Louis is in love with May, but he has some competition from dancer Alec Howe (Gene Kelly). May loves Alec and Alec loves her, but unfortunately for both Louis and Alec, she&#... Read full article
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Louis Blore: You mean sort of a double wedding?
Alec Howe: You're human aren't you?
May Daly: I hope not!
Niagara: What are you doing, playing one-nighters in dressing rooms?
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Although Lucille Ball was dubbed by Martha Mears in the performance of the title song, she did her own singing for "Friendship"--a song she would reprise years later on I Love Lucy.
MGM hairstylist Sydney Guilaroff dyed Lucille Ball's hair flame red for this film, the color that she kept for the rest of her life and became her trademark.
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