Girl Crazy (1932 film)

Girl Crazy

Directed by	William A. Seiter
Produced by	William LeBaron
Written by	Walter DeLeon Herman J. Mankiewicz Eddie Welch Tim Whelan Guy Bolton (play) Jack McGowan (play)
Starring	Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Dorothy Lee
Music by	Max Steiner
Cinematography	J. Roy Hunt
Edited by	Arthur Roberts
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates	March 27, 1932 (1932-03-27)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$532,000^[1]
Box office	$555,000^[1]

Girl Crazy is a 1932 American Pre-Code musical film adaptation of the stage play of the same name. The film was very unlike the stage play except for its score. It was tailored for the comic talents of Wheeler & Woolsey, a popular comedy team. Three songs written by George and Ira Gershwin for the play were retained: "Bidin' My Time", "I Got Rhythm", and "But Not For Me". According to RKO records the film lost $150,000.^[1]

Cast

Bert Wheeler - Jimmy Deagan
Robert Woolsey - Slick Foster
Eddie Quillan - Danny Churchill
Dorothy Lee - Patsy
Mitzi Green - Tessie
Brooks Benedict - George Mason
Kitty Kelly - Kate Foster
Arline Judge - Molly Gray
Stanley Fields - Lank Sanders
Lita Chevret - Mary
Chris-Pin Martin - Pete
Monte Collins - Bartender

Soundtrack

"Bidin' My Time"

Music by George Gershwin

Lyrics by Ira Gershwin

Sung by male quartet

"I Got Rhythm"

Music by George Gershwin

Lyrics by Ira Gershwin

Performed by Kitty Kelly and chorus

"You've Got What Gets Me"

Music by George Gershwin

Lyrics by Ira Gershwin

Sung by Bert Wheeler and Dorothy Lee

Danced by Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee and Mitzi Green

"But Not for Me"

Music by George Gershwin

Lyrics by Ira Gershwin

Sung by Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge

also sung by Mitzi Green

References

1 2 3 Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1 (1994), p. 39

External links

Girl Crazy at the TCM Movie Database
Girl Crazy at the Internet Movie Database
Girl Crazy at AllMovie

Films directed by William A. Seiter

Passing Through (1921)
Up and at 'Em (1922)
The Beautiful and Damned (1922)
Daddies (1924)
Listen Lester (1924)
The Family Secret (1924)
Helen's Babies (1924)
The Mad Whirl (1925)
Dangerous Innocence (1925)
The Teaser (1925)
Where Was I? (1925)
What Happened to Jones (1926)
Skinner's Dress Suit (1926)
Rolling Home (1926)
The Cheerful Fraud (1927)
Waterfront (1928)
Outcast (1928)
Why Be Good? (1929)
Smiling Irish Eyes (1929)
Footlights and Fools (1929)
The Love Racket (1929)
Strictly Modern (1930)
Back Pay (1930)
The Truth About Youth (1930)
Sunny (1930)
Going Wild (1930)
Kiss Me Again (1930)
Big Business Girl (1931)
Too Many Cooks (1931)
Caught Plastered (1931)
Way Back Home (1931)
Girl Crazy (1932)
Young Bride (1932)
Is My Face Red? (1932)
Hot Saturday (1932)
Hello, Everybody! (1933)
Rafter Romance (1933)
Chance at Heaven (1933)
Sons of the Desert (1933)
Love Birds (1934)
We're Rich Again (1934)
The Richest Girl in the World (1934)
Roberta (1935)
The Daring Young Man (1935)
If You Could Only Cook (1935)
The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936)
The Moon's Our Home (1936)
Dimples (1936)
Stowaway (1936)
This Is My Affair (1937)
Sally, Irene and Mary (1938)
Room Service (1938)
Thanks for Everything (1938)
Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
Allegheny Uprising (1939)
It's a Date (1940)
Hired Wife (1940)
Nice Girl? (1941)
Appointment for Love (1941)
Broadway (1942)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Destroyer (1943)
A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
Belle of the Yukon (1944)
The Affairs of Susan (1945)
Little Giant (1946)
I'll Be Yours (1947)
Up in Central Park (1948)
One Touch of Venus (1948)
Borderline (1950)
Dear Brat (1951)
The Lady Wants Mink (1953)
Champ for a Day (1953)
Make Haste to Live (1954)

Busby Berkeley: Choreographer and director

Broadway pre-Hollywood	Holka Polka (chor, 1925) The Wild Rose (chor, 1926) Lady Do (chor, 1927) A Connecticut Yankee (chor, 1927) White Eagle (chor, 1927) Present Arms (chor, 1928) Earl Carroll's Vanities (1928) (chor, 1928) Good Boy (chor, 1928) Rainbow (chor, 1928) Hello, Daddy (chor, 1928) Pleasure Bound (chor, 1929) A Night in Venice (chor, 1929) Broadway Nights (chor, 1929) The Street Singer (dir & prod, 1929) Nine-Fifteen Revue (chor, 1930) The International Review (chor, 1930) Sweet and Low (chor, 1930)

1930s	Whoopee! (chor, 1930) Kiki (chor, 1931) Palmy Days (chor, 1931) Flying High (chor, 1931) Sky Devils (chor, 1932) Girl Crazy (chor, 1932) Night World (chor, 1932) Bird of Paradise (chor, 1932) The Kid From Spain (chor, 1932) 42nd Street (chor, 1933) Gold Diggers of 1933 (chor, 1933) She Had to Say Yes (dir, 1933) Footlight Parade (chor, 1933) Roman Scandals (chor, 1933) Dames (dir mus nmbrs, 1934) Fashions of 1934 (chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1934) Wonder Bar (chor, 1934) Gold Diggers of 1935 (dir & chor, 1935) Bright Lights (dir, 1935) I Live for Love (dir & chor, 1935) In Caliente (chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1935) Stars Over Broadway (chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1935) Stage Struck (dir, 1936) Varsity Show (dir finale, 1937) The Singing Marine (chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1937) Gold Diggers of 1937 (dir mus nmbrs, 1937) The Go Getter (dir, 1937) Hollywood Hotel (dir & chor, 1937) Men Are Such Fools (dir, 1938) Gold Diggers in Paris (chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1938) Garden of the Moon (dir, 1938) Comet Over Broadway (dir, 1938) Broadway Serenade (dir finale, 1939) They Made Me a Criminal (dir, 1939) Fast and Furious (dir, 1939) Babes in Arms (dir, 1939) The Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow's dance-cut, 1939)

1940s	Forty Little Mothers (dir, 1940) Strike Up The Band (dir, 1940) Blonde Inspiration (dir, 1941) Lady Be Good (dir mus nmbrs, 1941) Ziegfeld Girl (dir mus nmbrs, 1941) Babes on Broadway (dir, 1941) For Me and My Gal (dir, 1942) Calling All Girls (chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1942) Born to Sing (dir finale, 1942) Cabin in the Sky (dir "Shine" seq, 1943) The Gang's All Here (dir & chor, 1943) Three Cheers for the Girls (chor, 1943) Girl Crazy (dir "I Got Rhythm", 1943) All Star Musical Revue (dir mus nmbrs, 1945) Cinderella Jones (dir, 1946) Romance on the High Seas (chor, 1948) Take Me Out to the Ball Game (dir, 1949)

1950s	Annie Get Your Gun (dir-cut, 1950) Big Town (dir TV series, 1950) Weeks With Love (chor, 1950) Call Me Mister (chor, 1951) Ticket to Broadway (chor, 1951) Million Dollar Mermaid (chor, 1952) Small Town Girl (chor, 1953) Easy to Love (chor, 1953) Rose Marie (chor, 1954)

1960s	Billy Rose's Jumbo (chor & dir 2nd unit, 1962)

George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Guy Bolton and Jack McGowan's Girl Crazy (1930)

Adaptations

Girl Crazy (1932 film)
Girl Crazy (1943 film)
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
Crazy for You (1992 musical)

Songs

1930 musical	"Bidin' My Time" "Embraceable You" "Sam and Delilah" "I Got Rhythm" "But Not For Me" "Treat Me Rough" "Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!"

1992 musical	"I Can't Be Bothered Now" "Things Are Looking Up" "Someone to Watch Over Me" "Slap That Bass" "The Real American Folk Song is a Rag" "Stiff Upper Lip" "They Can't Take That Away from Me" "Nice Work If You Can Get It"

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