Golden Girl (1951 film)

Golden Girl

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Produced by George Jessel
Written by Walter Bullock
Gladys Lehman
Charles O'Neal
Starring Mitzi Gaynor
Dale Robertson
Gene Sheldon
Dennis Day
Music by Lionel Newman
Cinematography Charles G. Clarke
Production
company
Release dates
  • 1951 (1951)
Running time
1:48:00
Country United States
Language English
Box office $1.5 million (US rentals)[1]

Golden Girl is a 1951 20th Century Fox musical film starring Mitzi Gaynor as Lotta Crabtree.[2]

Plot

In her hometown of Rabbit Creek, vivacious teenager Lotta Crabtree is thrilled when the famed performer Lola Montez comes to town in 1863. She wants to become a singer like Lola herself someday, although parents Mary Ann and John Crabtree, who run a boarding house, don't necessarily approve.

Lotta has a couple of admirers, the local boy Mart Taylor and a mature newcomer to town, Tom Richmond, who is informed that Lotta is only 16. A boarder named Cornelius with a surefire way to win at roulette lures Lotta's dad into a game, where he loses all of his money plus the boarding house.

Aware of the way Lola Montez made a fortune singing in mining camps for men who can't get to a theater, Lotta sets out on the road to do likewise. The miners like her, but don't throw gold pieces her way until she strips off part of her costume and gives them quite a show.

Lotta's father wins a San Francisco theater in a card game. Lotta becomes a star there, then travels East to perform in New York. Older and wiser in two years, she learns that Tom has been committing robberies to raise money for the Confederate army in the Civil War.

The war ends but she sings "Dixie" on stage in New York, to catcalls from the audience. Dennis Day appeases them by saying the victors should be generous to those who have lost. When Lotta became too emotional to sing, Dennis took over. The audience starts to join in until everyone is singing. Tom has been reported near death from an injury, but at that very minute, he enters the theater to Lotta's delight.

Cast

References

  1. "The Top Box Office Hits of 1951", Variety, January 2, 1952.
  2. "Golden Girl". filmaffinity.com. Retrieved 16 December 2015.

External links

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