Archive for Romantic Comedy (1940′s)
Cover Girl
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“Cover Girl”
(1944 – Columbia)
Won one Academy Award
Nominated for five Academy Awards
Directed by Charles Vidor
Produced by Arthur Schwartz
Musical Score by Saul Chaplin and Morris Stoloff
Songs-Music by Jerome Kern and Henry E. Pether
Songs-Lyrics by Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg, Fred W. Leigh
Cinematography Allen M. Davey and Rudolph Maté
Starring Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman,
Phil Silvers, Leslie Brooks, Eve Arden, Otto Kruger
Arsenic and Old Lace
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“Arsenic and Old Lace”
(1944 – Warner Bros.)
Directed by Frank Capra
Produced by Frank Capra and Jack L. Warner
Starring Priscilla Lane, Cary Grant, Josephine Hull,
Jean Adair, Raymond Massey, Peter Lorre, John Alexander,
Jack Carson, James Gleason, Edward Everett Horton
On The Town
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“On The Town”
(1949 – MGM)
Ranked #19 on the AFI”s best musicals list
Won one Academy Award
Nominated for three Academy Awards
Directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen
Produced by Arthur Freed and Roger Edens
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty
Garrett, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, Vera-Ellen

Betty Garrett, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, Vera-Ellen, Gene Kelly in "On The Town" (1949)

Betty Garrett, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, Vera-Ellen, Gene Kelly in "On The Town" (1949)
Easy To Wed
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“Easy To Wed”
(1946 – MGM)
Directed by Edward Buzzell
Produced by Jack Cummings
Music by Johnny Green
Starring Van Johnson, Esther Williams,
Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn
Once Upon A Honeymoon
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“Once Upon A Honeymoon”
(1942 – RKO)
Nominated for one Academy Award
Directed by Leo McCarey
Starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers,
and Walter Slezak






































