London Town (1946) | |
| Director(s) | Wesley Ruggles |
| Producer(s) | William Collier Jr. (associate), Wesley Ruggles |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical |
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London Town (1946) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Wesley Ruggles and produced by Wesley Ruggles and William Collier Jr..
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This film was Britain's first major Technicolor musical and also became the most notorious critical and box-office flop of the postwar British cinema and the largest bomb ever for its production company, the famed J. Arthur Rank Organisation.
Agnes de Mille accepted the job of choreographer on this film, primarily so that she could go to London and be closer to her husband, who was stationed in Europe as part of the occupation force. Once she read the script, she hated everything about the movie and clashed with the producer every step of the way. Knowing that the movie would be the failure it ultimately turned out to be, she paid $5000 to have her name removed from the credits.
The September 4, 1946 edition of Variety carried a review of this movie, which had premiered at the Leicester Square Theatre in London on August 28. However, this picture escaped the notice of most contemporary American film critics.
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Agnes de Mille accepted the job of choreographer on this film, primarily so that she could go to London and be closer to her husband, who was stationed in Europe as part of the occupation force. Once she read the script, she hated everything about the movie and clashed with the producer every step of the way. Knowing that the movie would be the failure it ultimately turned out to be, she paid $5000 to have her name removed from the credits.
The September 4, 1946 edition of Variety carried a review of this movie, which had premiered at the Leicester Square Theatre in London on August 28. However, this picture escaped the notice of most contemporary American film critics.
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