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Ladies of the Chorus is a american film of genre Musical directed by Phil Karlson released in USA on 10 february 1949 with Adele Jergens
Ladies of the Chorus (1949)
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Add to a movie listLadies of the Chorus is a 1948 American musical film, released by Columbia Pictures, directed by Phil Karlson, starring Marilyn Monroe, the first time she sang on screen.
The screenplay, written by Harry Sauber and Joseph Carole, was based on a story by Harry Sauber and tells the story of a dancer who falls in love with a wealthy man. Their romance strains the relationship of the girl with her mother, played by Adele Jergens, as she worries about the class difference between the two, and wonders if her daughter will be happy.
The film depicts Marilyn Monroe in her first major role. In it, Monroe sings "Every Baby Needs a Da Da Daddy" and "Anyone Can See I Love You." As a B film, it quickly disappeared, and Monroe's contract with Columbia Pictures was not renewed.
Original billing was the seven credited names in small, equal-sized letters beneath “with” under the title. Adele Jergens was first, Marilyn Monroe second. The early-1950s reissue changed this to Monroe’s name elephantine as “in” before the title, not only in advertising but on the film itself, which remains today.
Synopsis
Peggy Martin (Marilyn Monroe) and her mother Mae (Adele Jergens) both work as burlesque chorus girls. After star Bubbles LaRue quits, Joe, the stage manager, asks Mae to do a specialty number, but Mae secretly arranges for Peggy to do the number instead, and her performance is so good that she is given the starring spot.Actors
Adele Jergens
(Mae Martin)
Marilyn Monroe
(Peggy Martin)
Rand Brooks
(Randy Carroll)
Nana Bryant
(Adele Carroll)
Steven Geray
(Salisbury)
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