The Strip (1951 film)
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Director Leslie Kardos Duration Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Drama, Film-Noir Screenplay Allen Rivkin Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date August 31, 1951 (1951-08-31) (United States) Cast (Stanley Maxton), (Jane Tafford), (Fluff), (Delwyn 'Sonny' Johnson), Kay Brown (Edna), (Himself)Similar movies August Rush , Collective Soul: Home , Rock School , Show: A Night In The Life of Matchbox Twenty , Killer Diller , Back to the Future Tagline M-G-M's musical melodrama of the Dancer and the Drummer! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1951 los angeles sunset strip mickey rooney runs across the strip from what street
The Strip is a 1951 film directed by László Kardos and starring Mickey Rooney, Sally Forrest and William Demarest. Much of the picture was shot on location in and around the Sunset Strip. Interiors were shot at popular nightclubs Mocambo and Ciro's and at restaurants Little Hungary and Stripps.
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- 1951 los angeles sunset strip mickey rooney runs across the strip from what street
- The strip 1951
- Plot
- Cast
- Reception
- Critical response
- Accolades
- References
The strip 1951
Plot
Stanley Maxton (Mickey Rooney) is a drummer in the rhythm section of a night club orchestra. He is in love with cigarette girl, Jane Tafford (Sally Forrest), but she is more interested in a mobster reputed to have influence in the movie industry.
Cast
Reception
According to MGM records, the film made $656,000 in the US and Canada and $326,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $284,000.
Critical response
Film critic Dennis Schwartz discussed the production in his review and praised the work of Mickey Rooney, "A minor mystery story that's given some high gloss in its production by the MGM studio system, as Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong and his distinguished band made up of Jack Teagarden, Earl "Fatha" Hines, and Barney Bigard serenade us with a few numbers and there are various other jazz pieces included from singers Monica Lewis and Vic Damone. It's set on the intriguing Sunset Strip where Mickey Rooney plays the sincere little guy, Stanley Maxton, a jazz drummer who is accused of murder ... The breezy story line, the snappy jazz interludes, and some engaging scenes made it very appealing ... Rooney is super as the perennial victim who only finds his soul when he's lost in his music. The film effectively captured the existential mood and the glee derived from the club scene on the Strip. It's an above-average mystery story that could be categorized as film noir because of Rooney's pained expression as a victim of love."
Accolades
The song "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song. "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening," from the Paramount film Here Comes the Groom won the award.
The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
References
The Strip (1951 film) WikipediaThe Strip (1951 film) IMDb The Strip (1951 film) themoviedb.org