Movie |
New York City | Musical
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Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture | 1954
Best Costume Design Color | 1954 | Mary Ann
Best Writing Story and Screenplay | 1954 | Betty
Best Written American Musical | 1954 | Betty
Budget 2,900,000 USD
Box Office Collection 3,500,000 USD
In the DVD bonus features, Nanette Fabray stated that Oscar Levant was difficult to work with. Whenever something would go wrong or he would make a mistake, he would blame whomever was around. This included stage hands, other actors, lighting technicians, or whoever was handy. She said that, since she was usually closest, she caught the brunt of it. Following a botched take, he again blamed her for something. She lost her temper and told him off using unladylike language. Everyone on the set applauded. After that, he was much easier to work with.
The movie reflects one real-life situation. Fred Astaire was conscious of the height differential with his dance partners, and none of the others was as tall as Cyd Charisse. In "The Girl Hunt Ballet," Charisse is wearing medium height heels, and Fred is wearing a hat which offsets and hides the height difference.
Betty Comden and Adolph Green made the characters played by Nanette Fabray and Oscar Levant a married couple because they felt that the audiences would not accept a male/female writing team who weren't married to each other, even though the characters were based on Comden and Green, who were not married to each other.
The full-skirted white dress worn by Cyd Charisse in "Dancing In The Dark" was actually copied from a dress worn by the film's costume designer Mary Ann Nyberg. Director Vincente Minnelli tried to buy it off the rack (It originally cost about $25.), but no store carried exactly that type of frock. It was finally created from scratch for about $1,000.
After Les and Lilly have their fight in the alley, Les heads to the bar across the street. In the background, there is a poster for the musical "Every Night At Seven". This is the title of the musical that Fred Astaire and Jane Powell starred in in the movie Royal Wedding (1951).
"Gabrielle Gerard: Oh, that's a very early Degas, isn't it? [examines painting] Gabrielle Gerard: 1877. Tony Hunter: [playing up their age difference] Yeah, I swiped it from his desk in school. Was he sore."
"Lester Marton: Shhh! Someone's liable to think we are quarreling! Lily Marton: We're not quarreling! We're in complete agreement! We hate each other!"
