Mother Wore Tights

1947

Action / Drama / Musical / Romance

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 67% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 67% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 864 864

vaudeville

Plot summary

In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank Burt notices her talent, hires her for a "two-act", then marries her. Incidents of the marriage and the growing pains of eldest daughter Miriam are followed, interspersed with nostalgic musical numbers.

Director

Walter Lang Photo
Walter Lang

Top cast

Lee Patrick Photo
Lee Patrick as Lil
Mary Stewart Photo
Mary Stewart as Dancer
Tom Moore Photo
Tom Moore as Man
Connie Marshall Photo
Connie Marshall as Mikie
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984.54 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
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1.78 GB
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English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by GManfred

Crowd Pleaser

"Mother Wore Tights" is an easy going, easy-to-take musical comedy/drama of the kind Hollywood no longer makes. It is quintessential family fare with something for everyone, with two attractive and talented stars playing off one another and exhibiting the necessary chemistry required for most successful movie match-ups. Especially good are the song-and-dance numbers with Betty Grable and Dan Dailey, who play a married vaudeville team who separate when she finds she is expecting. They are surrounded by a good supporting cast, including William Frawley, Sara Allgood and with Mona Freeman and Connie Marshall as the daughters of the vaudeville duo... and when was the last time you saw Senor Wences? (I think I'm talking to older reviewers now).This one has all the usual trappings of a Fox musical except that it lacks good songs. The big production number, "You Do", got an Oscar nomination but is just passable, and is delivered heavy on the syrup. The better song is "Kokomo, Indiana", which I thought was the best song and dance number in the picture and is Grable and Dailey at their best.This picture is still a good example of 'G' rated movie entertainment and should appeal to moviegoers of all ages. It just needed 1 blockbuster number to make it a great movie - as is, it is good enough for a rating of seven.
Reviewed by vincentlynch-moonoi 7 / 10

Nostaligic film; Grable is "okay"; Dailey is better

This is a good, sentimental, family film of 1947. It's a rather idealized viewpoint of how vaudeville was, with none of the downsides that we often see in such films. It's all sweetness.The production standards here were very high, and the color is luscious.Somehow, after all these years of watching old movies, I had never seen one with Betty Grable. This is the second I've seen recently, and I have to admit that I don't get it. She's a satisfactory actress, satisfactory dancer, and satisfactory singer. Frankly, Dan Dailey is more a natural here. Grable is "fine". Dailey is smooth. There are nice performances by the supporting cast.This is almost too sweet to hold an audience today, but this film was very popular upon its theatrical release. It's worth a watch, but few will probably want it on their DVD shelf.
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