Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (film)
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| Directed by | Douglas Sirk |
| Produced by | Ted Richmond |
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Eleanor H. Porter (story) Joseph Hoffman |
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Piper Laurie Rock Hudson Charles Coburn Gigi Perreau Lynn Bari |
| Music by | Franz Waxman |
| Cinematography | Clifford Stine |
| Edited by | George Boemler |
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Universal Pictures
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? 1952 comedy film directed by Douglas Sirk starring Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Charles Coburn, and Gigi Perreau. Set in the 1920s, the film is named after The California Ramblers jazz tune Has Anybody Seen My Gal?.
The year is 1928. Samuel Fulton (Charles Coburn) is an old and lonely New York millionaire who has decided to leave his fortune to the family of the late Millicent Blaisdell. Millicent is the only woman he has ever been in love with and they briefly dated, until she dumped him because she did not return his love. Samuel explains to his lawyer Edward Norton (Frank Ferguson) that losing the love of his life was what inspired him to build up a career as a wealthy businessman, eventually becoming the richest man in the world. Fearing the family will spend the money the wrong way, he decides to visit them in a small Vermont town, faking a newspaper advertisement to board a room under the alias John Smith.
The family is initially reluctant to take in Samuel, but Roberta, the youngest daughter, (Gigi Perreau) wastes no time and makes him feel as welcome as possible. He notices that the Blaisdells are a happy family who, although poor, are proud of their background. Father Charles (Larry Gates) has taught the family not to put a value on materialistic products. Nevertheless, mother Harriet (Lynn Bari) wishes for her daughter Millicent (Piper Laurie) to marry Carl Pennock (Skip Homeier), a wealthy but snobbish young man who could buy Millicent everything that Harriet never had. Millicent, however, is not keen on Carl and prefers to marry Dan Stebbins (Rock Hudson), a charming but poor soda jerk. While staying at the Blaisdells, 'John' is given a job at Dan's store as soda jerk.
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