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Mother Wore Tights

Play trailer Poster for Mother Wore Tights Released Aug 20, 1947 1h 47m Musical Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
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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 A nice little movie starring Betty Grable. Feb 27, 2018 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: B Jan 21, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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Matthew R It's a fun musical! Betty Grable's magnum opus! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/11/23 Full Review ashley h 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. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The best musical movie ever made! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member one of grables' biggest hits Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member 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." Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member One of Betty's biggest hits does contain some wonderful songs and flashy numbers but she made better films than this. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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