No, No, Nanette (1940 film)

No, No, Nanette
Directed by	Herbert Wilcox
Produced by	Merrill G. White (associate producer) Herbert Wilcox (producer)
Written by	Frank Mandel (musical) Otto A. Harbach (musical) Vincent Youmans (musical) Emil Nyitray (musical) Ken Englund (screenplay)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Russell Metty
Edited by	Elmo Williams
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates	December 13, 1940 (1940-12-13)
Running time	96 minutes 126 minutes (Ontario, Canada)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$570,000^[1]
Box office	$940,000^[1]

No, No, Nanette is a 1940 American film directed by Herbert Wilcox and based on the musical of the same name.

Cast

Anna Neagle as Nanette
Richard Carlson as Tom Gillespie
Victor Mature as William Trainor
Roland Young as Mr. "Happy" Jimmy Smith
Helen Broderick as Mrs. Susan Smith
ZaSu Pitts as Pauline Hastings
Eve Arden as Kitty
Billy Gilbert as Styles
Tamara as Sonya
Stuart Robertson as Stillwater Jr. / Stillwater Sr.
Dorothea Kent as Betty
Aubrey Mather as Remington, the butler
Mary Gordon as Gertrude, the cook
Russell Hicks as "Hutch" Hutchinson

Soundtrack

Anna Neagle - "No No Nanette" (Written by Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar)
Anna Neagle and Roland Young - "I Want To Be Happy" (Written by Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar)
Tamara - "I Want To Be Happy"
Eve Arden - "I Want To Be Happy"
Sung by Anna Neagle and Richard Carlson - "I Want To Be Happy"
Anna Neagle and Richard Carlson - "Tea For Two" (Written by Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar)
"Ochi Chornya" (traditional)

Reception

Although the film was popular its cost meant it made a small loss of $2,000.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p56

External links

No, No, Nanette at the Internet Movie Database
No, No, Nanette is available for free download at the Internet Archive

The films of Herbert Wilcox

Chu-Chin-Chow (1923)
Southern Love (1924)
Decameron Nights (1924)
Nell Gwyn (1926)
London (1926)
Mumsie (1927)
Tip Toes (1927)
Madame Pompadour (1927)
The Only Way (1927)
Dawn (1928)
The Bondman (1929)
The Woman in White (1929)
The Loves of Robert Burns (1930)
The Chance of a Night Time (1931)
Carnival (1931)
The Blue Danube (1932)
Goodnight, Vienna (1932)
Money Means Nothing (1932)
The King's Cup (1933)
The Little Damozel (1933)
Bitter Sweet (1933)
Yes, Mr Brown (1933)
The Queen's Affair (1934)
Nell Gwyn (1934)
Peg of Old Drury (1935)
This'll Make You Whistle (1936)
Three Maxims (1936)
London Melody (1937)
Limelight (1937)
Victoria the Great (1937)
Sixty Glorious Years (1938)
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
Irene (1940)
No, No, Nanette (1940)
Sunny (1941)
They Flew Alone (1942)
Forever and a Day (1943)
Yellow Canary (1943)
I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945)
Piccadilly Incident (1946)
The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947)
Spring in Park Lane (1948)
Elizabeth of Ladymead (1948)
Maytime in Mayfair (1949)
Odette (1950)
Into the Blue (1950)
The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
Derby Day (1952)
Trent's Last Case (1952)
Laughing Anne (1953)
Trouble in the Glen (1954)
Lilacs in the Spring (1954)
King's Rhapsody (1955)
My Teenage Daughter (1956)
These Dangerous Years (1957)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)
Wonderful Things! (1958)
The Lady Is a Square (1959)
The Heart of a Man (1959)

Vincent Youmans

Musicals	Two Little Girls in Blue (1921) Wildflower Mary Jane McKane Lollipop No, No, Nanette (1925) Oh, Please! Hit the Deck Rainbow A Night in Venice Great Day 9:15 Revue Smiles Through the Years Take a Chance (1932)

Films with music by Youmans	No, No, Nanette (1930) Hit the Deck (1930) Song of the West (1930) What a Widow! (1930) Take a Chance (1933) Flying Down to Rio (1933) No, No, Nanette (1940) Tea for Two (1950) Hit the Deck (1955)

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