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Step Lively (1944 film)

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Wikipedia article




'Step Lively' is a 1944 American musical film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Frank Sinatra. 'Step Lively' was based on the 1937 play 'Room Service', by Allen Boretz and John Murray. It was a remake of the 1938 RKO film 'Room Service', starring the Marx Brothers, Lucille Ball, and Ann Miller.

Cast



* Frank Sinatra as Glenn Russell

* George Murphy as Gordon Miller

* Adolphe Menjou as Wagner

* Gloria DeHaven as Christine Marlowe

* Walter Slezak as Joe Gribble

* Eugene Pallette as Simon Jenkins

* Wally Brown as Binion

* Alan Carney as Harry

* Grant Mitchell as Dr. Gibbs

* Anne Jeffreys as Miss Abbott

* Richard Davies

Reviews



Bosley Crowther, reviewing for 'The New York Times', called 'Step Lively' a star vehicle for Frank Sinatra; although the scenes with Sinatra "perceptibly hobble[d] the farce," and Crowther compared him unfavorably to Eddie Albert, Crowther stated that "when [the remaining cast] are left alone to play "Room Service" they make this an up-and-coming film."

Awards



The film was nominated an Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark, Darrell Silvera, Claude E. Carpenter).

See also



* Frank Sinatra filmography

References




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