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Mother Wore Tights

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Frank Burt (Dan Dailey) is a vaudeville performer who drafts young Myrtle McKinley (Betty Grable) for a theatrical production. During a successful run as a stage team, Myrtle and Frank fall in love, marry and have two children. Myrtle goes into semi-retirement, but is later lured back to the spotlight, and their act is able to conjure the old magic. But when one of their daughters grows unhappy with her mother's ongoing performance schedule, the family must deal with the hard feelings.

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James Agee TIME Magazine 02/27/2018
A nice little movie starring Betty Grable. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 01/21/2013
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Matthew R 03/11/2023 It's a fun musical! Betty Grable's magnum opus! See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 01/28/2023 Mother Wore Tights is an okay film. It is about a vaudeville performer who drafts young Myrtle McKinley for a theatrical production. Betty Grable and Dan Dailey give decent performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Walter Lang did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama and romance. See more 02/02/2019 The best musical movie ever made! See more 08/29/2014 one of grables' biggest hits See more 02/21/2014 One of Grable's biggest hits was this nostalgic Technicolor show biz story; the tuneful score includes "Kokomo, Indiana" and the Oscar-nominated "You Do." See more 11/25/2011 One of Betty's biggest hits does contain some wonderful songs and flashy numbers but she made better films than this. See more Read all reviews
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Walter Lang

Director

Betty Grable

Mother

Dan Dailey

Daddy

Mona Freeman

Iris

Lamar Trotti

Screenwriter

Lamar Trotti

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Synopsis Frank Burt (Dan Dailey) is a vaudeville performer who drafts young Myrtle McKinley (Betty Grable) for a theatrical production. During a successful run as a stage team, Myrtle and Frank fall in love, marry and have two children. Myrtle goes into semi-retirement, but is later lured back to the spotlight, and their act is able to conjure the old magic. But when one of their daughters grows unhappy with her mother's ongoing performance schedule, the family must deal with the hard feelings.
Director
Walter Lang
Producer
Lamar Trotti
Screenwriter
Lamar Trotti
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox
Genre
Musical, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 20, 1947, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Feb 18, 2014
Runtime
1h 47m