I'll Get By (1950) DVD

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I'll Get By (1950)

Director
- Richard Sale
Writers
- Mary Loos(screenplay)
- Richard Sale(screenplay)
- Robert Ellis(story)
Stars
- June Haver
- William Lundigan
- Gloria DeHave
I'll Get By is an updated remake of the 1940 20th Century-Fox musical Tin Pan Alley. William Lundigan and Dennis Day play William Spencer and Freddie Lee respectively, successful song publishers who make hits out of such numbers as "I Got a Gal in Kalamazoo", "Deep in the Heart of Texas", "You Make Me Feel So Young", "There Will Never Be Another You", and other favorites (the rights to all of these songs were conveniently held by 20th Century-Fox). The partnership has some hard times, especially during the feud between ASCAP and the radio networks, when only public-domain songs like "I Dream of Jeannie" were permitted to be broadcast. Still, Spencer and Lee remain pals throughout, while the boys' romances likewise weather the years. Steve Allen makes a rare film appearance as a wisecracking disc jockey (what a stretch!) while Harry James, Jeanne Crain, Reginald Gardiner, Victor Mature and Dan Dailey show up in uncredited cameos.

a pleasant tunefest

Posted by Philip Shultz on Mar 18th 2023

This film is a remake of the Alice Faye - Betty Grable picture, "Tin Pan Alley", and although this film has (faded) technicolor, (the original was in black and white) and many more songs than the original film, it doesn't hold a candle to the first film. Still, it has a number of wonderful songs, and the Haver/DeHaven harmonizing on many of the tunes is excellent. A pale shades William Lundigan, is no replacement for the handsome and sexy, John Payne from the original. My favorite moment, however, is Dennis Day's superb rendition of the beautiful song, "There Will Never Be Another you". A most worthwhile film