Give a Girl a Break

March 13, 2015

Released on January 1, 1954 by MGM.  Music by Burton Lane.  Lyrics by Ira Gershwin.  Screenplay by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, based on a story by Vera Caspary.  Directed by Stanley Donen.  Produced by…

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Girl Crazy [F, 1943]

March 13, 2015

Released in November 1943 by MGM. Music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. Screenplay by Fred F. Finklehoffe, based on the 1930 Broadway musical by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Guy Bolton, and John…

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Girl Crazy [F, 1932]

March 13, 2015

Released in March 1932 by RKO.  Music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.  Screenplay by Tim Whelan, from an adaptation by Herman J. Mankiewicz of the 1930 Broadway musical by George Gershwin, Ira…

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Funny Face [F]

March 13, 2015

Released in February 1957 by Paramount Pictures.  Music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.  Screenplay by Leonard Gershe.  Directed by Stanley Donen.  Produced by Roger Edens.  Cast included Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay…

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Delicious

March 13, 2015

Released by Fox Film Corporation on December 25, 1931 at the Roxy Theatre in New York City. Music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. Screenplay by Guy Bolton and Sonya Levien, adapted from…

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A Damsel in Distress

March 13, 2015

Released by RKO on November 24, 1937 at the Rivoli Theatre, New York City. Music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. Screenplay by P. G. Wodehouse, Ernest Pagano, and S. K. Lauren, adapted…

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Cover Girl

March 13, 2015

Released in March 1944 by Columbia. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Screenplay by Virginia Van Upp. Directed by Charles Vidor. Produced by Arthur Schwartz. Cast included Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Les Bowman,…

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The Country Girl

March 13, 2015

Released in December 1954 by 20th Century Fox. Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Written and directed by George Seaton, adapted from the play by Clifford Odets. Produced by William Perlberg. Cast included…

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The Barkleys of Broadway

March 13, 2015

Released on May 4, 1949 by MGM.  Music by Harry Warren. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Directed by Charles Walters. Produced by Arthur Freed. Cast included Fred Astaire, Ginger…

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An American in Paris [F]

March 13, 2015

Released by MGM on October 4, 1951 at Radio City Music Hall, New York City. Music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. Screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. Produced by…

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