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Director
  
Walter Lang

Budget
  
1.62 million USD

Writer
  
George Seaton

Language
  
English

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Genre
  
Musical, Comedy

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

Coney Island (1943 film) movie poster

Release date
  
June 11, 1943 (1943-06-11)

Music director
  
Ralph Rainger, Alfred Newman

Cast
  
Betty Grable
(Kate Farley),
George Montgomery
(Eddie Johson),
Cesar Romero
(Joe Rocco),
Phil Silvers
(Frankie)

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Coney island 1943 betty grable some scenes


Coney Island is a 1943 American Technicolor musical film released by Twentieth Century Fox and starring Betty Grable in one of her biggest hits. A "gay nineties" musical (set in that time period) it also featured George Montgomery, Cesar Romero, and Phil Silvers, was choreographed by Hermes Pan, and was directed by Walter Lang. Betty Grable also starred in the 1950 remake, Wabash Avenue.

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In 1944, the year after the film was released, it was nominated for an Oscar for Alfred Newman in the category of Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

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The film is also known as: Coney Island in Sweden, L'île aux plaisirs in France, L'isola delle sirene in Italy, San oneiro in Greece, Se necesitan maridos in Spain and Tivolin kaunotar in Finland.

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Coney island trailer 1943


Cast

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  • Betty Grable as Kate Farley
  • George Montgomery as Eddie Johnson
  • Cesar Romero as Joe Rocco
  • Charles Winninger as Finnegan
  • Phil Silvers as Frankie
  • Matt Briggs as William Hammerstein
  • Paul Hurst as Louie
  • Frank Orth as the Bartender

    • Soundtrack

    Coney Island (1943 film) CONEY ISLAND TRAILER 1943 BETTY GRABLE YouTube

  • "Take It from There"

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    Music by Ralph RaingerLyrics by Leo Robin
  • "Beautiful Coney Island"
    • Music by Ralph RaingerLyrics by Leo Robin
  • "Miss Lulu from Louisville"
    • Music by Ralph RaingerLyrics by Leo Robin
  • "Get the Money"
    • Music by Ralph RaingerLyrics by Leo Robin
  • "There's Danger in a Dance"
    • Music by Ralph RaingerLyrics by Leo Robin
  • "Old Demon Rum"
    • Music by Ralph RaingerLyrics by Leo Robin
  • "Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey (I Never Knew Any Girl Like You)"
    • Music by Albert von TilzerLyrics by Junie McCree
  • "Cuddle Up a Little Closer"
    • Words by Otto A. Harbach (as O.A. Hauerbach)Music by Karl Hoschna (as Karl L. Hoschna)
  • "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling"
    • Music by Ernest BallLyrics by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff Jr.
  • "Pretty Baby"
    • Music by Egbert Van Alstyne and Tony JacksonLyrics by Gus Kahn
  • "The Darktown Strutters' Ball"
    • Written by Shelton Brooks

    Radio adaptation

    Coney Island was presented on Lux Radio Theatre September 30, 1946. Grable reprised her screen role. Victor Mature and Barry Sullivan also starred in the adaptation.

    References

    Coney Island (1943 film) Wikipedia
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    Coney Island (1943 film) IMDbConey Island (1943 film) themoviedb.org