Strictly Dishonorable

Strictly Dishonorable (1951)

M-G-M's Hilarious Comedy from the Stage Hit!

A womanizing opera star is smitten by a young music student.

Date of release
1951-07-03
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
Melvin Frank, Norman Panama

Casting

Interesting facts

Strictly Dishonorable is a 1951 romantic comedy film starring Ezio Pinza and Janet Leigh. Written, produced and directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, it is the second film adaptation of Preston Sturges' 1929 hit Broadway play of the same name, following a pre-Code version released by Universal Pictures in 1931 under the same title.

Production

Preston Sturges approached Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with the idea remaking Strictly Dishonorable (1931) with Ezio Pinza and received $60,000 for the rights. However, Sturges was disappointed when he was not hired to write the screenplay.

Strictly Dishonorable was in production from mid-January through mid-March 1951 and was released on June 26 in several American markets.

Screen stars such as Greta Garbo, John Gilbert and Lewis Stone briefly appear in an incidental screening of the MGM film A Woman of Affairs (1928). Stone played the part of Judge Dempsey in the 1931 version of Strictly Dishonorable.

The film's operatic scenes were staged by Vladimir Rosing.

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