My Dream Is Yours
| My Dream Is Yours | |
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| Directed by |
Michael Curtiz Friz Freleng (animated sequence) |
| Produced by |
George Amy Michael Curtiz |
| Written by |
Laura Kerr (adaptation) Harry Kurnitz Dane Lussier Allen Rivken Paul Finder Moss (story) Jerry Wald (story) |
| Starring |
Jack Carson Doris Day Lee Bowman |
| Music by | Harry Warren |
| Cinematography |
Wilfred M. Cline Ernest Haller |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time
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101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million |
My Dream Is Yours is a 1949 musical romantic comedy film starring Jack Carson, Doris Day, and Lee Bowman.
The film opens in Los Angeles, where Doug Blake (Carson) is dumped as a manager by Gary Mitchell (Bowman). He goes to New York City to find a new singer to replace Gary on the Hour of Enchantment radio show. While in New York, he discovers Martha Gibson (Day) turning records in a jukebox factory. He takes her to Los Angeles and tries to introduce her to Felix Hofer (Sakall). His efforts lead to a series of communication failures.
Meanwhile, Martha has begun to fall in love with Gary. Doug takes her to a party at Gary's house where Gary gets drunk and is unable to sing on his radio program. Martha replaces him and becomes successful. Gary, whose ego has driven away all of the people who once helped him, cannot find anyone who will hire or even represent him. Knowing how Martha feels about Gary, Doug helps him come back, but Gary goes back to his old ways and drives Martha away. Martha then realizes that she really loves Doug and makes up with him.
The film features the following songs, mostly lyricized by Ralph Blane and composed by Harry Warren:
"Someone like You", not to be confused with the song of the same name by Adele, has been subsequently recorded by Ella Fitzgerald in 1949 and Peggy Lee.
The film serves as a remake of Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934), in which the aspiring singer was male. The film Swing Hostess (1944) also had a similar plot, in which aspiring singer Judy Alvin (Martha Titon) is spinning records in a jukebox factory, and her roommate and friend Marge (Irish Adrian) tries to help her start her career.
Eve Arden has a key supporting role as Vivian "Vi" Martin, Doug Blake's co-worker in the radio show The Hour of Enchantment. She is depicted as a highly competent professional woman. She at first agrees to financially support Doug in exchange for half his business earnings. She then allows Martha and her son Freddie to move in with her. When more is needed to finance Martha's career, Vivian has to sell her own mink coat.
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