Three Little Words 74 years old

A wonderful musical!

Three Little Words

Song-and-dance man Bert Kalmar can't continue his stage career after an injury for while, so he has to earn his money as a lyricst. Per chance he meets composer Harry Ruby and their first song is a hit. Ruby gets Kalmar to marry is former partner Jessie Brown, and Kalmar and Jessie prevent Ruby from getting married to the wrong girls. But due to the fact, that Ruby has caused a backer's withdrawal for a Kalmar play, they end their relation.

Credits

Three Little Words Cast

Name Character
Fred Astaire He was 51, 88 years old when he died as Bert Kalmar
Gloria DeHaven She was 24, 91 years old when she died as Mrs. Carter DeHaven
Debbie Reynolds She was 18, 84 years old when she died as Helen Kane
Keenan Wynn He was 33, 70 years old when he died as Charlie Kope
Vera-Ellen She was 29, 60 years old when she died as Jessie Brown Kalmar
Arlene Dahl She was 24, now 99 years old as Eileen Percy
Paul Harvey He was 31, 90 years old when he died as Al Masters
Carleton Carpenter He was 24, now 98 years old as Dan Healy
Brick Sullivan He was 50, 60 years old when he died as Policeman on Street (uncredited)
Red Skelton He was 36, 84 years old when he died as Harry Ruby
Pat Flaherty He was 24, 76 years old when he died as Coach (uncredited)
Harry Shannon He was 60, 74 years old when he died as Clanahan
Gale Robbins She was 29, 58 years old when she died as Terry Lordel
Helen Kane She was 45, 62 years old when she died as Helen Kane (singing voice) (uncredited)
Phil Regan He was 44, 89 years old when he died as Himself
Harry Mendoza He was 45, 65 years old when he died as The Great Mendoza
Beverly Michaels She was 21, 78 years old when she died as Shipboard Woman (uncredited)

Three Little Words Crew

Name Department
Arthur Krams as Assistant Set Decoration. He was 37 (73) years old when He died Art
Edwin B. Willis as Set Decoration. He was 57 (70) years old when He died Art
Harry Ruby as Technical Advisor. He was 55 (79) years old when He died Crew
Warren Newcombe as Special Effects. He was 56 (66) years old when He died Crew
George Wells as Screenplay. He was 40 (91) years old when He died Writing
Jack Cummings as Producer. He was 50 (89) years old when He died Production
Leo Arnaud as Orchestrator. He was 45 (86) years old when He died Sound
Urie McCleary as Art Direction. He was 45 (75) years old when He died Art
André Previn as Music Director. He was 21 (89) years old when He died Sound
Cedric Gibbons as Art Direction. He was 57 (67) years old when He died Art
Jack Dawn as Makeup Artist. He was 58 (69) years old when He died Costume & Make-Up
Sydney Guilaroff as Hairstylist. He was 42 (89) years old when He died Costume & Make-Up
Richard Thorpe as Director. He was 54 (95) years old when He died Directing
Douglas Shearer as Recording Supervision. He was 50 (71) years old when He died Sound
Harry Jackson as Director of Photography. He was 54 (57) years old when He died Camera
Hermes Pan as Choreographer. He was 40 (80) years old when He died Crew
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Three Little Words (74 years)

A wonderful musical!

  • Release day: Wednesday, July 12, 1950
  • Runtime: 102 minutes
  • Budget: 1470000.00
  • Revenue: 4526000.00