The French Line

The French Line (1954)

OO-LA-LA...IT'S THE BIG MUSICAL THAT HAS FRANCE BLUSHING!

Oil heiress Mame Carson takes an incognito cruise so that men will love her for her body, not her money.

Date of release
1954-02-08
TMDB
4.5 / 10 (12)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Romance, Comedy, Music
Director
Lloyd Bacon

Casting

Interesting facts

The French Line is a 1953 American RKO Pictures musical film starring Jane Russell, directed by Lloyd Bacon and produced by Edmund Grainger, with Howard Hughes as executive producer. The screenplay was written by Mary Loos and Richard Sale based on a story by Matty Kemp and Isabel Dawn. The French Line was filmed in three-strip Technicolor and dual-strip polarized 3D.

Production

RKO Pictures owner Howard Hughes, who had found controversy with Jane Russell's costumes in The Outlaw years earlier, faced similar issues with The French Line. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) refused to grant the film a Production Code seal of approval, branding it "offensive" because of "indecent exposure" during Russell's signature "Lookin' for Trouble" dance number.

On January 9, 1954, RKO announced that it would withdraw the film in nine days and submit a new cut to the MPAA to attain certification. When the MPAA continued to refuse to approve the film, Hughes kept it running in theaters, and the Catholic National Legion of Decency graded the film Class C or "Condemned" as a consequence.

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