My Gal Sal
| My Gal Sal | |
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| Directed by | Irving Cummings |
| Produced by | Robert Bassler |
| Written by |
Seton I. Miller Darrell Ware Karl Tunberg Helen Richardson (uncredited contributing writer) |
| Based on | story "My Brother Paul" from the book Twelve Men by Theodore Dreiser |
| Starring |
Rita Hayworth Victor Mature Carole Landis |
| Music by |
Leigh Harline Cyril J. Mockridge |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Robert L. Simpson |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.7 million (US rentals) |
My Gal Sal is a 1942 20th Century Fox musical starring Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature. The film is a biopic of 1890s composer and songwriter Paul Dresser and singer Sally Elliot. It was based on a biographical essay, sometimes erroneously referred to as a book, by Dresser's younger brother, novelist Theodore Dreiser. (Dreiser was the original family name.) Some of the songs portrayed as Dresser's work were actually written by him, but several were created for the film by the Hollywood songwriting team of Ralph Grainger and Leo Robin.
Sally Elliott (Rita Hayworth), a musical star meets up with Indiana boy Paul Dresser (Victor Mature), a runaway who after a brief stopover with a medicine show arrives in Gay Nineties New York. He composes the title tune for the fair lady and becomes the toast of Tin Pan Alley.
The film won the Best Art Direction (Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright and Thomas Little). It was nominated for Best Score
20th Century Fox head Darryl F. Zanuck purchased the story of My Gal Sal from Theodore Dreiser for $50,000 in the summer of 1942. Zanuck initially had the script and the lead role of Sally Elliott tailor-made to fit the talents of Fox's biggest female star at the time, Alice Faye. However, Faye opted that she was tired of starring in costume musicals and turned the film down. Afterward, the part was offered to Betty Grable, who was becoming known as a successor to Faye at Fox, but who turned it down, believing Fox was over-working her.
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