London Town (1946) | |
| Director(s) | Wesley Ruggles |
| Producer(s) | William Collier Jr. (associate), Wesley Ruggles |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical |
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London Town (1946) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Wesley Ruggles and produced by Wesley Ruggles and William Collier Jr..
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Agnes de Mille accepted the job of choreographer on this film, primarily so that she could go to London and be closer to her husband, who was stationed in Europe as part of the occupation force. Once she read the script, she hated everything about the movie and clashed with the producer every step of the way. Knowing that the movie would be the failure it ultimately turned out to be, she paid $5000 to have her name removed from the credits.
This film was Britain's first major Technicolor musical and also became the most notorious critical and box-office flop of the postwar British cinema and the largest bomb ever for its production company, the famed J. Arthur Rank Organisation.
Universal Pictures, intending to distribute this Technicolored English musical in the United States, previewed the film, retitled "My Heart Goes Crazy," around metropolitan New York City on the evenings of September 10, 11 and 12, 1946. Over five months had elapsed when, on February 27, 1947, Production Code chief Joseph Breen contacted the J. Arthur Rank Organisation's branch office at the recently renamed (on October 1, 1946) Universal International Studios. Mr. Breen objected to a pair of Sid Field comic sketches, which the censor judged to be inappropriately sexual. In addition, he maintained that Production Code guidelines would not permit footage of two women dressed in cleavage-revealing outfits. Universal International, at this juncture, sought to bow out of the distribution arrangement. On April 4, 1947, the Code administration tentatively certified the movie, provided that a Sid Field routine about photography be eliminated. Five months had passed before Mr. Rank notified Code officials on September 10 that his motion picture would not play in U.S. markets. Nearly six years later, the Rank Organisation finally chose United Artists to distribute the picture stateside, beginning on July 22, 1953. The American version, using the title "My Heartread more facts about London Town...
This film was Britain's first major Technicolor musical and also became the most notorious critical and box-office flop of the postwar British cinema and the largest bomb ever for its production company, the famed J. Arthur Rank Organisation.
Universal Pictures, intending to distribute this Technicolored English musical in the United States, previewed the film, retitled "My Heart Goes Crazy," around metropolitan New York City on the evenings of September 10, 11 and 12, 1946. Over five months had elapsed when, on February 27, 1947, Production Code chief Joseph Breen contacted the J. Arthur Rank Organisation's branch office at the recently renamed (on October 1, 1946) Universal International Studios. Mr. Breen objected to a pair of Sid Field comic sketches, which the censor judged to be inappropriately sexual. In addition, he maintained that Production Code guidelines would not permit footage of two women dressed in cleavage-revealing outfits. Universal International, at this juncture, sought to bow out of the distribution arrangement. On April 4, 1947, the Code administration tentatively certified the movie, provided that a Sid Field routine about photography be eliminated. Five months had passed before Mr. Rank notified Code officials on September 10 that his motion picture would not play in U.S. markets. Nearly six years later, the Rank Organisation finally chose United Artists to distribute the picture stateside, beginning on July 22, 1953. The American version, using the title "My Heartread more facts about London Town...
