Desi Arnaz's autobiography suggests that the director of this film, Jack Hively, was a complete idiot who knew nothing about directing despite the fact that he was an editor before he took the job. Hively - despite not being mentioned by name in the book - would reportedly embarrass actors and put them through several long takes of the same monologues from the same angle knowing that there would have to be cuts to other angles made at some point.
Bolger's dance along several city blocks, interacting with pedestrians and shopkeepers, has been imitated in other movies, notably by Bobby Van in "Small Town Girl" and Doris Day in "Lucky Me."
Anne Shirley was 23 when this was filmed, and Ray Bolger, who played her character's love interest, was almost 38.
This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Altoona Monday 4 June 1956 on WFBG (Channel 10); it immediately gained high ratings wherever it was broadcast , first aired in Salt Lake City Tuesday 12 June 1956 on KUTV (Channel 2), in Philadelphia Monday 16 July 1956 on WFIL (Channel 6), in San Francisco Wednesday 1 August 1956 on KPIX (Channel 5), in New York City Tuesday 11 September 1956 on WOR (Channel 9), in Memphis Saturday 13 October 1956 on WHBQ (Channel 13), in New Haven Monday 22 October 1956 on WNHC (Channel 8), in Washington DC Monday 29 October 1956 on WTTG (Channel 5), in Fort Worth Monday 12 November 1956 on WBAP (Channel 5), in Boston Thursday 22 November 1956 on WNAC (Channel 7), in Los Angeles Saturday 24 November 1956 on KHJ (Channel 9), in Pittsburgh Tuesday 11 December 1956 on KDKA (Channel 2), and in Wilkes-Barre Monday 17 December 1956 on WILK (Channel 34).
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By what name was Four Jacks and a Jill (1942) officially released in Canada in English?
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