Motion picture poster for blue skies shows bing crosby singing, fred astaire dancing, joan. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing blue skies near you. Blue skies cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. Filmed in beautiful technicolor, it was a shame that the majority of paramounts movies. With its superb stars and sparkling numbers, blue skies is one of the alltime great musicals. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Blue skies bing crosby fred astaire blue skies 1946. Blue skies is a popular song, written by irving berlin. Take hollywoods most decorated and profitable leading man of 194546 in bing crosby, add in the the attraction of being fred astaires finale. As in holiday inn 1942, blue skies is designed to showcase the songs of irving berlin. The film was an elaborate irving berlin musical with bing crosby and fred astaire. Despite that, paramount rarely put bing in a technicolor movie.
Spacepirates rating of the film blue skies spacepirate plot is bare bones, and there a few too many numbers for its own good, but you get astaires puttin on the ritz routine, which is arguable his best work outside of his mr. One of those films that spend half of the time making promises and the other half not keeping them. The song was nominated for an oscar for best song but lost to the judy garland song on the atchison, topeka and santa fe from the harvey girls 1946. Blue skies, with bing crosby and fred astaire, displayed in a highly entertaining fashion at the paramount by bosley crowther oct.
I hear those little bluebirds, theyre singing a song, nothing but bluebirds all day long. Read the full synopsis of blue skies, 1946, directed by stuart heisler, with bing crosby, fred astaire, joan caulfield, at turner classic movies. Blue skies 1946 trivia 12 add new this marked the second time that irving berlins song white christmas was used in a film. Blue skies is a 1946 american musical comedy film directed by stuart heisler and starring bing crosby, fred astaire, and joan caulfield. Films of the united states, 1946 wikimedia commons. Heisler next took over blue skies 1946 after the initial director, mark sandrich, died. Im sittin on the world, wearing a grin, telling the clouds that im not in. We only have detailed box office data from 1977 onwards. However, when the studio did put bing in a big budget musical, the result was always out of this world. Media in category films of the united states, 1946 the following 36 files are in this category, out of 36 total. On a clear day you can see forever 1970 eng dvdrip. Starring bing crosby, fred astaire, joan available at sunday internet movie poster. Its a flimsy excuse to romp through more than two dozen irving berlin songs, but blue skies is good fun nonetheless and one of the topgrossing films of 1946. Below you can see fred astaire in a clip from 1946 s blue skies, performing puttin on the ritz a song associated with him like no other and find out more about the film.
The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described on the in the site generation page. Blue skies 1946 aging new york radio star and former dance sensation jed potter fred astaire tells his life story on the air. There is also a set of monthly tables showing the various number ones on any date during 1946 between 1920 and 1940 there are few available charts at least that we can find. Blue skies 1946 directed by mark sandrich, stuart heisler. Based on a story by irving berlin, the film is about a dancer who loves a showgirl who loves a compulsive nightclubopener who cant stay committed to anything in life for long. Screen legends bing crosby and fred astaire reunite in the musical spectacular blue skies. Blue skies was one of the biggest money makers of 1946.
Provided to youtube by universal music group blue skies bing crosby blue skies. Based on a story by irving berlin, the film is about a dancer who loves a showgirl who loves a compulsive nightclubopener who cant. Blue skies was not much more than a framework for a bunch of musical numbers featuring great. Blue skies 1946 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Blue skies is a 1946 american musical comedy film directed by stuart heisler and starring bing crosby, fred astaire,joan caulfield,olga san.
See fred astaire puttin on the ritz in the irving berlin. Jed potter looks back on a love triangle conducted over the course of years and between musical numbers. Watch blue skies 1946 movie trailer instantly, no need to login. The film was directed by stuart heisler and produced by sol c. Blue skies smiling at me, nothing but blue skies do i see. On a personal note, the film contains one of my favorite bing songs you keep coming back like a song. Overview of blue skies, 1946, directed by stuart heisler, with bing crosby, fred astaire, joan caulfield, at turner classic movies.
Dancer jed loves showgirl mary, who loves compulsive nightclubopener johnny, who cant stay. November 21 william wylers the best years of our lives premieres in new york featuring an ensemble cast including fredric march, myrna loy, dana andrews, teresa wright, and harold russell. She marries johnny but his passion for buying and selling nightclubs drives them apart. Bing crosby is a restless nightclub entrepreneur, fred astaire his broadway buddy, joan caulfield the woman they both want. Johnny meijer blue skies 1946 57 1987, vinyl discogs. Based on a story by irving berlin, the film is about a dancer who loves a showgirl who loves a compulsive nightclubopener who cant stay committed to anything in life for very long. This bing crosby and fred astaire musical is packed with irving berlin songs. A great image capturing the golden age of hollywood obtained from the. Neznamy reziser stuart heisler mal 3 najlepsie filmy. A spoof of the turmoil that afflicted the movie industry in.
Freds puttin on the ritz is really the highlight of the movie. Blue skies 1946 film blue skies is a 1946 american musical comedy film directed by stuart heisler and starring bing crosby, fred astaire, joan caulfield. Musicals, already a popular genre of the 40s, continued strong in 1946 with fred astaires blue skies and the starpacked jerome kern biopic, till the clouds roll by. Blue skies 1946 film, a 1946 musical film starring bing crosby and fred astaire. Joan caulfield, who fell in love with crosby during this movie, seems forlorn, like a woman who will be left behindand she is in real life. Find release information for blue skies 1946 stuart heisler on allmovie. December 20 frank capras its a wonderful life, featuring james stewart, donna reed, lionel barrymore, henry travers, and thomas mitchell opens in new york. Hawerchuk in paul, apostle of christ 2018 skilful dive in the rome of the first centuries with a sublime directing. Astaires masterful performance of puttin on the ritz. I never felt my heart beating so fast, cause im in love, im happy at last.
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