Small Town Girl (1953 film)

Infobox Film
name = Small Town Girl


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director = László Kardos
producer = Joe Pasternak
writer = Dorothy Cooper (story and screenplay)
Dorothy Kingsley (screenplay)
starring = Jane Powell
Farley Granger
Ann Miller
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released = April 10 1953
runtime = 92 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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amg_id = 1:45241
imdb_id = 0046330 "Small Town Girl" is a 1953 musical film directed by László Kardos and starring Jane Powell, Farley Granger, and Ann Miller. Busby Berkeley choreographed several dance numbers. Bobby Van performed the memorable "Street Dance", in which he hopped all around town.

It featured songs performances by Nat King Cole. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, "My Flaming Heart", with music by Nicholas Brodszky and lyrics by Leo Robin.

Plot

Rick Belrow Livingston (Granger), in love with self-obsessed Broadway star Lisa, (Miller), is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding through a small town. Quite by accident, he meets the daughter of the judge, Cindy Kimbell (Powell). He persuades her to let him out for one night, so that he can visit Lisa on the premise he is seeing his "poor sick mother" (Burke) on her birthday. After tracking him down and bringing him back to town, Cindy starts to fall for Livingston, but Dr. Schemmer (Sakall) wants her to marry his son (Van) even though he desperately wants a career on Broadway.

Cast

*Jane Powell as Cindy Kimbell
*Farley Granger as Rick Belrow Livingston
*Ann Miller as Lisa Bellmount
*S. Z. Sakall as 'Papa' Eric Schlemmer
*Robert Keith as Judge Gordon Kimbell
*Bobby Van as Ludwig Schlemmer
*Billie Burke as Mrs. Livingston
*Fay Wray as Mrs. Gordon Kimbell
*Nat King Cole as himself
*Dean Miller as Mac
*William Campbell as Ted

Notes

In recent years, the "Jumping Song" performed by Bobby Van has been referenced in commercials and music videos, including one for Goldfrapps song "Happiness", in which a happy man jumps through the streets, shaking hands with people and playing with garbage can lids.

References

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