On the Avenue
On the Avenue is a 1937 American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, Alice Faye, George Barbier, and The Ritz Brothers. Many of the songs were composed by Irving Berlin. Many of the plot details (with a reversal of the male and female roles) were used in Let's Make Love. Initially, the movie was called Out Front.
Plot
Gary Blake stars in a new show, On the Avenue, with Mona Merrick. The show satirizes Mimi Carraway, the richest girl in the world. Mimi and her father are in the opening night audience and feel insulted. When Mimi goes backstage and tries to get Gary to take the skit out of the show, he refuses and calls her a "bad sport".
More details
| author | Irving Berlin William Conselman |
|---|---|
| director | Roy Del Ruth William A. Seiter |
| editor | Allen McNeil |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | city hall engage even laugh lets go married morning opening night wedding day with songs |
| musicBy | Charles Maxwell Cyril J. Mockridge |
| producer | Darryl F. Zanuck Gene Markey |
| publisher | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation |
| theme | musical musical comedy romantic comedy romantic musical |