Annie Get Your Gun
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discussed in biography
- In George Sidney: Annie Get Your Gun, Kiss Me Kate, and Show Boat
However, Annie Get Your Gun (1950), an adaptation of the Irving Berlin musical, was hugely popular, despite early production problems that included the firing of director Busby Berkeley and the departure of Garland, who reportedly had a nervous breakdown. Betty Hutton was subsequently cast in the…
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
- In Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
… (1948), On the Town (1949), Annie Get Your Gun (1950), Show Boat (1951), An American in Paris (1951), Singin’ in the Rain (1952), The Band Wagon (1953), Kiss Me Kate (1953), Silk Stockings (1957), and Gigi (1958).
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Oscar to Deutsch and Edens for best scoring of a musical picture, 1950
role of Hutton
- In Betty Hutton
…came with the MGM musical Annie Get Your Gun (1950), for which she replaced Judy Garland in the lead role. Other hit films included Red, Hot, and Blue (1949) and the Academy Award-winning The Greatest Show on Earth (1952). Hutton also hosted her own television program, The Betty Hutton Show…
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