Good News
Overview
Lawford tries on his dancing shoes in a Comden/Green refurbishing of a '20s-vintage musical. College football star Lawford recruits brainy Allyson to tutor him in French and finds unexpected romance, but a vampy coed is just itching to get in the way. Includes nostalgic numbers such as "The Best Things in Life Are Free," and "Varsity Drag." Academy Award Nominations: Best Song ("Pass That Peace Pipe".)
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Charles Walters - Director
June Allyson
Peter Lawford
Patricia Marshall
Joan McCracken
Ray McDonald
Robert Strickland
Tom Dugan
Clinton Sundberg
Loren Tindall
Connie Gilchrist
Details
- Format: DVD (Manufactured on Demand, Full Frame, Mono Sound)
- Run Time: 93
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 883316397152
- Genre: COMEDIES
- Rating: NR
- Release Date: November 2011
Movie Reviews
Notes:
This film is a re-working (by Comden and Green) of the 1930 movie musical of the same name.
Shot in three-strip Technicolor.
Songs include: "Lucky in Love," "The Best Things in Life Are Free," "Varsity Drag," "Just Imagine," "Ladies Man," "Pass the Peace Pipe," "The French Lesson," and "Good News."
"Pass the Peace Pipe" and "The French Lesson" were new songs, written especially for this version.
Reviews:
"...The ultimate college musical..." - 10/19/1994 USA Today, p.10D
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