Lady in the Dark

Lady in the Dark (1944)

The minx in mink with a yen for men!

A neurotic editor sees a psychoanalyst about the advertising man, movie star and other man in her life.

Date of release
1944-02-10
TMDB
4.7 / 10 (12)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Music, Drama, Romance
Director
Mitchell Leisen

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 3

Lady in the Dark is a 1944 American musical film directed by Mitchell Leisen. The screenplay was written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett from a 1941 musical of the same name by Moss Hart. The film stars Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner Baxter and Jon Hall.

Production

The film was based on the 1941 Broadway musical Lady in the Dark, written by Kurt Weill (music), Ira Gershwin (lyrics) and Moss Hart (book and direction). The film version cut most of the Weill/Gershwin songs from the score. "The Saga of Jenny" and "Girl of the Moment" remained, and part of "This Is New" is played by a nightclub band in the background. Part of "My Ship" was hummed by Ginger Rogers, but the song itself was never sung.

Paramount won the screen rights to the musical in February 1941 after a bidding war with Columbia, Warner Bros. and Howard Hughes. The studio initially purchased the property as a vehicle to reunite Rogers with Fred Astaire. However, after negotiations with Astaire failed, the studio cast Ray Milland, who had recently starred with Rogers in Paramount's The Major and the Minor.

The film was first released on February 10, 1944, and was a critical and commercial success. It was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Cinematography, Best Music and Best Art Direction (Hans Dreier, Raoul Pene Du Bois, Ray Moyer).

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