You're a Sweetheart

You're a Sweetheart is a 1937 musical film directed by David Butler and starring Alice Faye, George Murphy and Ken Murray. It was remade in 1943 under the title Cowboy in Manhattan.

You're a Sweetheart
Theatrical poster
Directed byDavid Butler
Produced byBuddy G. DeSylva
Written byStory:
Maxwell Shane
Warren Wilson
William C. Thomas
Screenplay:
Monte Brice
Charles Grayson
StarringAlice Faye
George Murphy
Ken Murray
Music byCharles E. Henderson. Songs: Jimmy McHugh (music), Harold Adamson (lyrics)
CinematographyGeorge Robinson
Edited byBernard W. Burton
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
December 26, 1937
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$800,000[1]

You're a Sweetheart was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by Jack Otterson.[2][3]

Premise

A big and important Broadway producer is opening his new big show. He is alarmed when he discovers his new show opens on the same night as a charity convention. He decides to lie about the tickets already being sold, so the show will be more alluring.

Cast

Production

Universal paid 20th Century Fox $40,000 to use Alice Faye plus $26,500 when filming was extended.[1]

Songs

References

  1. Dick, Bernard K. (2015). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 114. ISBN 9780813158891.
  2. "NY Times: You're a Sweetheart". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
  3. "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved May 22, 2019.


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