The Girl Next Door (1953)
The Girl Next Door (1953)
Something new under the Musical Sun!
Stage-and-night club star Jeannie Laird buys her first home, and everyone who is anyone comes to her first garden party only to be blinded by smoke from next door. Jeannie charges next door to bawl out her new neighbor and meets comic-strip artist Bill Carter. Bill has devoted himself to his strip, and raising his ten-year-old son Joe since the death of his wife. Joe bases his strip on the everyday happenings of he and his son and is proud of keeping it scrupulously honest. When Jeannie and Bill fall in love, young Joe is hurt, especially when Bill starts using a lot of the father-son time to be with Jeannie. Bill cancels a father-son trip to Canada, and Joe decides to write a letter to Bill's syndicate pointing out that the current plot line of the script being set in Canada isn't honest, since they didn't go.

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Cast

Dan Dailey Dan Dailey As: Bill Carter
June Haver June Haver As: Jeannie Laird
Dennis Day Dennis Day As: Reed Appleton
Billy Gray Billy Gray As: Joe Carter
Cara Williams Cara Williams As: Rosie Green
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Storyline

Stage-and-night club star Jeannie Laird buys her first home, and everyone who is anyone comes to her first garden party only to be blinded by smoke from next door. Jeannie charges next door to bawl out her new neighbor and meets comic-strip artist Bill Carter. Bill has devoted himself to his strip, and raising his ten-year-old son Joe since the death of his wife. Joe bases his strip on the everyday happenings of he and his son and is proud of keeping it scrupulously honest. When Jeannie and Bill fall in love, young Joe is hurt, especially when Bill starts using a lot of the father-son time to be with Jeannie. Bill cancels a father-son trip to Canada, and Joe decides to write a letter to Bill's syndicate pointing out that the current plot line of the script being set in Canada isn't honest, since they didn't go.


Tagline: Something new under the Musical Sun!
Certification: Unknown

Details

Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance

Language: English

Release Date: 13 May 1953

Country: US

Runtime: 92m

Company Credits

Company: 20th Century Fox

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Cast

Dan Dailey

Dan Dailey

Bill Carter

June Haver

June Haver

Jeannie Laird

Dennis Day

Dennis Day

Reed Appleton

Billy Gray

Billy Gray

Joe Carter

Cara Williams

Cara Williams

Rosie Green

Natalie Schafer

Natalie Schafer

Evelyn the maid

Clinton Sundberg

Clinton Sundberg

Samuels the butler

Hayden Rorke

Hayden Rorke

Henry Fields

Mary Jane Saunders

Mary Jane Saunders

Kitty

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Writing Credits

Production Crew

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Ben Nye

Ben Nye

Makeup Artist

Travilla

Travilla

Costume Design

Charles LeMaire

Charles LeMaire

Wardrobe Designer

Sound

Visual Effects

T. Hee

T. Hee

Animation

Robert Cannon

Robert Cannon

Animation Director

Camera

Leon Shamroy

Leon Shamroy

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Thomas Little

Thomas Little

Set Decoration

Claude E. Carpenter

Claude E. Carpenter

Set Decoration

Joseph C. Wright

Joseph C. Wright

Art Direction

Lyle R. Wheeler

Lyle R. Wheeler

Art Direction

Other Crew

Ray Kellogg

Ray Kellogg

Special Effects

Richard Barstow

Richard Barstow

Choreographer

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