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1951 American film
On the Riviera
1951 movie poster
Directed byWalter Lang
Written byscreenplay by
Valentine Davies
Henry Ephron
Phoebe Ephron
based on a play by
Hans Adler
Rudolph Lothar
Produced bySol C. Siegel
StarringDanny Kaye
Gene Tierney
Corinne Calvet
Marcel Dalio
Sig Ruman
CinematographyLeon Shamroy
Edited byJ. Watson Webb, Jr.
Music byAlfred Newman
Sylvia Fine
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dateApril 20, 1951
Running time90 min
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish

On the Riviera is a 1951 musical comedy film made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Walter Lang, produced by Sol C. Siegel from a screenplay by Valentine Davies and Phoebe and Henry Ephron, based on the play The Red Cat by Rudolph Lothar and Hans Adler, with dances sequences choreographed and staged by Jack Cole.

The film was the third version of the same story. The original was entitled Folies Bergere (1935) and starred Maurice Chevalier, Merle Oberon and Ann Sothern. The remake in 1941 was That Night in Rio and starred Don Ameche, Alice Faye and Carmen Miranda.

This version stars Danny Kaye, Gene Tierney and Corinne Calvet with Marcel Dalio, Henri Letondal, Sig Ruman with uncredited featured dancer Gwen Verdon.

It was nominated for two Academy Awards; for Best Music and Best Art Direction (Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott).

Plot

The film follows Jack Martin as he is offered a large amount of money to impersonate his look alike, Henri Duran.

Cast

References

  1. "NY Times: On the Riviera". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-12-21.

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