Dream Girl

Dream Girl (1948)

SHE DID WHAT EVERY GIRL WANTS TO DO...AND DOESN'T DARE!

A young woman spends much of her time fantasizing about what might be, but a realistic admirer tries to convince her to live the life she has.

Date of release
1948-07-27
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
Mitchell Leisen

Casting

Interesting facts

Dream Girl is a 1948 American romantic drama comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen. Produced and released by Paramount Pictures, the film stars Betty Hutton and Macdonald Carey, with Patric Knowles, Virginia Field, Walter Abel, Peggy Wood, Carolyn Butler, Lowell Gilmore, Zamah Cunningham and Frank Puglia. The film is adapted from the 1945 play of the same name by Elmer Rice.

Production

Before Dream Girl (play) debuted in December, 1945, Paramount Pictures had agreed to pay $50,000 to fund the production of the play as well as a $100,000 down payment for the screen rights. When Dream Girl (film) released, The New York Times reported that Paramount ended up paying over $200,000 for the screen rights to the play.

The film was originally to be produced in Technicolor. Filming started in May, 1947 and continued until July, 1947.

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