Three Sailors and a Girl

Three Sailors and a Girl is a 1953 musical film made by Warner Bros.. It was directed by Roy Del Ruth, and written by Devery Freeman and Roland Kibbee, based on the George S. Kaufman play The Butter and Egg Man. Ray Heindorf is the Musical Director, orchestrations by Gus Levene, and vocal arrangements by Norman Luboff. Choreography by LeRoy Prinz. The Soundtrack features original songs with music composed by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

Soundtrack recording: As was the practice at the time, the soundtrack album was a studio recording [Capitol L-485 (10" LP) and FBF-485 (2 EP Box-Set)]. The Capitol Records album was released early in 1954, and featured eight of the songs from the Fein/Cahn songwriting team. Jane Powell and Gordon MacRae are the featured vocalists. George Greeley conducted the Orchestra and Chorus. The album was re-issued and released on CD in 2006: However it contained 12 more songs by Gordon MacRae.

Plot

While their submarine is docked in New York City, three sailors on liberty invest the money they've earned at sea into a broadway musical and its up and coming star.

Cast

• Jane Powell as Penny Weston
• Gordon MacRae as "Choirboy" Jones
• Gene Nelson as Twitch
• Sam Levene as Joe Woods
• Jack E. Leonard as Porky
• George Givot as Emilio Rossi
• Veda Ann Borg as Faye Foss
• Archer MacDonald as Webster
• Raymond Greenleaf as Morrow
• Henry Slate as Hank the Sailor

Burt Lancaster made an uncredited cameo appearance at the end, playing a Marine who hesitantly asks about taking over the starring role in the musical after Jones has to return to the Navy. Joe Woods brushes him off. When a woman asks why he was so brusque, Joe tells her that the Marine looked too much like Burt Lancaster. Merv Griffin also appeared uncredited as one of the sailors.

Soundtrack songs

• "Face to Face" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
• "You're But Oh Right" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
• "There Must Be a Reason" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
• "When It's Love" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
• "I Get Butterflies" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
• "Kiss Me or I'll Scream" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
• "The Lately Song" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
• "Show Me a Happy Woman (and I'll Show you a Miserable Man)" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
• "It's Going to Be a Big Hit" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
• "Home Is Where the Heart Is" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
• "My Heart Is a Singing Heart" - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
• "Embraceable You" - Music by George Gershwin; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
• "The Japanese Sandman" - Words and Music by Richard a Whiting (background in nightclub scene)
• "The Marines' Hymn" - Music by Jacques Offenbach

External links

• Three Sailors and a Girl at IMDb
• Three Sailors and a Girl at AllMovie
• Three Sailors and a Girl at the TCM Movie Database
• Three Sailors and a Girl at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database