Dreamboat
Dreamboat is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Claude Binyon and starring Clifton Webb, Ginger Rogers, Anne Francis and Jeffrey Hunter.
Plot
The respectable lives of English literature lecturer Thornton Sayre and his daughter Carol are disrupted when it is revealed that Thornton was once the matinee idol Bruce Blair, who played El Toro (based on Zorro) and other romantic figures, and was widely known as the "Dreamboat". His films are now being broadcast on a television show hosted by his former costar Gloria Marlowe.
More details
author | Claude Binyon |
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contentLocation | New York City |
director | Claude Binyon |
editor | James B. Clark |
genre | comedy |
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musicBy | Cyril J. Mockridge |
producer | Sol C. Siegel |
publisher | 20th Century Fox |