Dreamboat

Dreamboat

Director: Claude Binyon Cast: Cyril Mockridge
Cyril Mockridge
, Clifton Webb
Clifton Webb
, Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers
, Anne Francis
Anne Francis
Claude Binyon
Dreamboat

Dreamboat

Director: Claude Binyon Cast: Cyril Mockridge
Cyril Mockridge
, Clifton Webb
Clifton Webb
, Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers
, Anne Francis
Anne Francis
Claude Binyon

DVD (B&W / Full Frame)

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Overview

Dreamboat stars Clifton Webb as Thornton Sayre, the perfectionist professor of literature at a sedate Midwestern university. Widowed and with a pretty daughter (Anne Francis), Sayre has given no clue to his previous life before becoming a teacher. But thanks to television, everyone discovers that Sayre is actually Bruce Blair, a former silent screen star known as "America's Dreamboat." Sayre's onetime leading lady (Ginger Rogers) has made a comeback hosting screenings of her old films on TV, and the result is acute embarrassment for both the professor and his college. Sayre takes the case all the way to court, where he wangles a compromise agreement: he will permit his films to be televised as long as they're not "doctored" to accommodate commercial endorsements (this was based on a real-life lawsuit involving cowboy Gene Autry -- which Autry lost). The ensuing publicity costs Sayre his college job, but the renewal of interest in his old films results in a new movie contract. Although silent movies and singing commercials are easy satirical targets, Dreamboat still delivers the laughs, and it's fun to see Clifton Webb camping it up as a "Doug Fairbanks" type.

Product Details

Release Date: 12/06/2012
UPC: 0024543857075
Original Release: 1952
Source: ALLIED VAUGHN
Presentation: [B&W, Full Frame]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:23:00
Sales rank: 26,977

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Clifton Webb Thornton Sayre/Dreamboat/Bruce Blair
Ginger Rogers Gloria Marlowe
Anne Francis Carol Sayre
Jeffrey Hunter Bill Ainslee
Elsa Lanchester Dr. Coffey
Fred Clark Sam Levitt
Paul Harvey Harrington
Ray Collins Timothy Stone
Helene Stanley Mimi
Richard Garrick Judge Bowles
George Barrows Commandant
Jay Adler Desk Clerk
Marietta Canty Lavinia
Laura Brooks Mrs. Gunther
Emory Parnell Used Car Salesman
Helen Hatch Mrs. Faust
Harry Cheshire Maclntosh
Harry V. Cheshire Macintosh
Everett Glass George Bradley
Paul Maxey Clarence Bornay
Sandor Szabo Giant Arab
Sandor Szabo Sr. Giant Arab
Leo Cleary Court Clerk
Lee Turnbull Denham
Helen Brown Dorothy
Al Herman Drunk
Howard Banks Hotel Clerk
Jack Mather Hotel Detective
Matt Mattox Man in Commercial
Frank Radcliffe Man in Commercial
Gwen Verdon Girl in Commercial
Marjorie Halliday TV Commercial
May Wynn Cigarette Girl
Richard Allan Student
Clive Morgan French Captain
Crystal Reeves Secretary
Robert Easton TV commercial actor
Vici Raaf Receptionist
Barbara Woodell Receptionist
Don Kohler Photographer
Robert B. Williams Photographer
Tony De Mario Waiter
Joe Recht Busboy
Steve Carruthers Bit Man
Warren Mace Bit Man
Victoria Horne Waitress
Bob Nichols Student,Student
Paul Kruger Doorman
Alphonse Martell Maitre D'
Fred Graham Bartender
Jean Corbett Bit Girl
Mary Treen Bit Wife
Richard Karlan Husband

Technical Credits
Claude Binyon Director
Ray Kellogg Special Effects
Sol C. Siegel Producer
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