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Mother Wore Tights
In our family dad wore the pants but . . . Mother Wore Tights
In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank Burt notices her talent, hires her for a "two-act", then marries her. Incidents of the marriage and the growing pains of eldest daughter Miriam are followed, interspersed with nostalgic musical numbers.
Cast
- Betty Grable as Mother
- Dan Dailey as Father
- Mona Freeman as Iris
- Connie Marshall as Mikie
- Vanessa Brown as Bessie
- Robert Arthur as Bob Clarkman
- Sara Allgood as Grandmother McKinley
- William Frawley as Mr. Schneider
- Ruth Nelson as Miss Ridgeway
- Anabel Shaw as Alice Flemmerhammer
- Stephen Dunne as Roy Bivins
- George Cleveland as Grandfather McKinley
Details
- Director
- Walter Lang
- Released
- August 20, 1947
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Music, Drama
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.7 / 10 from 11 votes
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