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Radio City Revels

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Radio City Revels
Directed byBenjamin Stoloff
Written byEddie Davis
Matt Brooks
Anthony Veiller
Mortimer Offner
Produced byEdward Kaufman
StarringBob Burns
Jack Oakie
Ann Miller
CinematographyJ. Roy Hunt
Jack MacKenzie
Edited byArthur Roberts
Music byRobert Russell Bennett
Production
company
RKO Pictures
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • February 11, 1938 (1938-02-11)[1]
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$810,000[2]
Box office$750,000[2]

Radio City Revels is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Bob Burns, Jack Oakie and Ann Miller.[3]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Van Nest Polglase. Although set in New York City, specifically at Radio City, much of the film was shot in RKO's California studios. The company had originally planned to make the film in 1934 starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. In 1937 the project was revived with a new cast.

Plot

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A struggling song-writing team strike gold when an aspiring writer arrives in New York as he composes masterpieces in his sleep. They begin to appropriate his work under their own name, scoring major hits.

Cast

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Reception

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According to RKO records, the film made a loss of $300,000.[2] It got a mixed reception from critics at Variety and The New York Times who were negative about aspects of the film while praising the performance of rising star Ann Miller.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Radio City Revels: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p57
  3. ^ Shelley p.21
  4. ^ Shellley p.22

Bibliography

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  • Shelley, Peter. Ann Miller: Her Life and Career. McFarland, 2020.
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