Coney Island (1943 film)
| Coney Island | |
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Original film poster
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| Directed by | Walter Lang |
| Produced by | William Perlberg |
| Written by | George Seaton |
| Starring |
Betty Grable George Montgomery Cesar Romero Charles Winninger Phil Silvers |
| Music by |
Original music: Ralph Rainger Non original music: Otto Harbach |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Robert Simpson |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Release date
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June 11, 1943 |
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Running time
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96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.62 million |
| Box office | $3.5 million (US rentals) |
Coney Island is a 1943 American Technicolor musical film released by Twentieth Century Fox and starring Betty Grable in one of her biggest hits. A "gay nineties" musical (set in that time period) it also featured George Montgomery, Cesar Romero, and Phil Silvers, was choreographed by Hermes Pan, and was directed by Walter Lang. Betty Grable also starred in the 1950 remake of Coney Island, named Wabash Avenue.
In 1944, the year after the film was released, it was nominated for an Oscar for Alfred Newman in the category of Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
The film is also known as: Coney Island in Sweden, L'île aux plaisirs in France, L'isola delle sirene in Italy, San oneiro in Greece, Se necesitan maridos in Spain and Tivolin kaunotar in Finland.
Coney Island was presented on Lux Radio Theatre September 30, 1946. Grable reprised her screen role. Victor Mature and Barry Sullivan also starred in the adaptation.
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