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Mother Wore Tights

08/20/1947

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1hr 47min

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Music

,Drama

In our family dad wore the pants but . . . Mother Wore Tights

STORY

In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank Burt notices her talent, hires her for a "two-act", then marries her. Incidents of the marriage and the growing pains of eldest daughter Miriam are followed, interspersed with nostalgic musical numbers.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Betty Grable
  • Dan Dailey
  • Mona Freeman
  • Connie Marshall
  • Vanessa Brown

    Director

  • Walter Lang

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • 20th Century Fox

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Betty Grable

Mother

Dan Dailey

Father

Mona Freeman

Iris

Connie Marshall

Mikie

Vanessa Brown

Bessie

Robert Arthur

Bob Clarkman

Sara Allgood

Grandmother McKinley

William Frawley

Mr. Schneider

Ruth Nelson

Miss Ridgeway

Anabel Shaw

Alice Flemmerhammer

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