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Duchess of Idaho

Duchess of Idaho
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NameDuchess of Idaho
Directed byRobert Z. Leonard
Produced byJack Cummings
Written byDorothy Cooper
Jerry Davis
Sid Fields
StarringVan Johnson
Esther Williams
Music byAlbert Sendrey
George Stoll
CinematographyCharles Edgar Schoenbaum
Editing byAdrienne Fazan
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dateJuly 14, 1950
Running time98 minutes
Country 
LanguageEnglish

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'Duchess of Idaho' is a musical romantic comedy produced in 1950 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, it was the fourth film pairing Esther Williams and Van Johnson. It was shot mainly on location in Sun Valley, Idaho.

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Eleanor Powell's last big-screen appearance - other than clips in compilation movies of the 1970s-90s ("That's Entertainment" and its successors) - was a cameo in this 1950 film. MGM had moved on from lavish tap dance productions to extravagant water ballets, with Esther Williams as their new female star. Eleanor spent the next few years leading an Emmy award-winning local religious show for children, while raising her son Peter. In the early 1960s, after her divorce from Glenn Ford, she made a very successful comeback as a nightclub entertainer, dancing as well or better than in her earlier days, according to the critics.
4.42 min. | 4.92 user rating
3.57 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Eleanor Powell's tap routine at the end of the film The Duchess of Idaho.
3.02 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Connie Haines - 'Of All Things' - from 'The Duchess Of Idaho' (1950)
3.22 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Awesome tap dance performed by the ''Queen Of Tap Dancing'' Eleanor Powell. This was her second appearance in any color film after Thousands Cheer where she made an little cameo appearance for the famous dance number ''Boogie Woogie''. She really looks more great in color! This was also her last appearance at MGM movies. Film: The Duchess of Idaho, 1950 Starring: Esther Williams, Van Johnson, John Lund, Paula Raymond, Clinton Sundberg, Mel Tormé Cameo Appearance: Lena Horne, Eleanor Powell
2.28 min. | 4.69 user rating
Connie Haines - 'Of All Things' - from 'The Duchess Of Idaho' (1950)
2.28 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Recorded February 24, 1950. Kay Kyser and his Orchestra, with vocals by Sue Bennett and The Campus Kids, released on Columbia Records. Song was originally performed by Connie Haines and Van Johnson in the 1950 movie "Duchess of Idaho." Musicians on the Kay Kyser recording include well-known band members Merwyn Bogue (a/k/a/ Ish Kabibble), who played cornet/trumpet, and saxophonist Jack Martin. Recording was made during the time Kay Kyser's "College of Musical Knowledge" aired on NBC Television.
2.48 min. | 5.0 user rating		 last few seconds...
0.22 min. | 5.0 user rating		 She can ski too! Slipping a fur-lined parka over her trademark bathing suit, Hollywood's favorite mermaid hits the snow-covered slopes of Idaho's famous Sun Valley in this charming, song-filled romantic comedy. But never fear, aqua lovers, for the film also features two Esther Williams water ballets "of the extra gorgeous variety" (Los Angeles Times). Cast as a successful swimming star, Miss Williams has never looked lovelier as she travels to Sun Valley to help her lovesick roommate (Paula Raymond) snare her rich but elusive boss (John Lund). But when both Lund and bandleader Van Johnson fall head over heels for Esther, she finds herself having to tread water in a sea of light romance. With its breathtaking scenery captured in rich Technicolor, this lavish production features a top-drawer cast that includes Mel Tormé, Clinton Sundberg and Amanda Blake (Gunsmoke's Miss Kitty) -- plus special appearances by Lena Horne, Eleanor Powell and Red Skelton.
2.80 min. | 0 user rating		 My nephew was over and I was watching the Esther Williams marathon on TCM, Eleanor Powell made a cameo appearance on "Duchess of Idaho" and my nephew was mesmerized by her dancing! He kept asking "Who's that?" And I just learned two days ago that he likes girls... LOL!
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The films of Robert Z. Leonard

1910sThe Silent Command * Heritage * Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings * Secret Love * The Crippled Hand * The Love Girl * Little Eve Edgarton * The Plow Girl * The Eagle's Wing (with Rufus Steele) * On Record * A Mormon Maid * The Primrose Ring * At First Sight * Princess Virtue * Face Value * The Bride's Awakening * Her Body in Bond * Modern Love * Danger, Go Slow * The Scarlet Shadow * The Delicious Little Devil * What Am I Bid? * Big Little Person * The Way of a Woman * The Miracle of Love
1920sStronger Than Death (with Herbert Blaché and Charles Bryant) * April Folly * The Restless Sex (with Leon D'Usseau) * The Gilded Lily * Heedless Moths * Peacock Alley * Fascination * Broadway Rose * Jazzmania * The French Doll * Fashion Row * Mademoiselle Midnight * Circe, the Enchantress * Love's Wilderness * Cheaper to Marry * Time, the Comedian * Bright Lights * Dance Madness * Mademoiselle Modiste * The Waning Sex * A Little Journey * The Demi-Bride * Adam and Evil * Tea for Three * The Five O'Clock Girl * Baby Mine * The Cardboard Lover * A Lady of Chance * Marianne * Marianne
1930sThe Divorcee * In Gay Madrid * Let Us Be Gay * The Bachelor Father * It's a Wise Child * Five and Ten * Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) * Lovers Courageous * Strange Interlude * Peg o' My Heart * Dancing Lady * Outcast Lady * After Office Hours * Naughty Marietta (with W. S. Van Dyke) * Escapade * The Great Ziegfeld * Piccadilly Jim * Maytime * The Firefly * The Girl of the Golden West * Broadway Serenade
1940sNew Moon * Pride and Prejudice * Third Finger, Left Hand * Ziegfeld Girl * When Ladies Meet * We Were Dancing * Stand by for Action * The Man from Down Under * Marriage Is a Private Affair * Week-End at the Waldorf * The Secret Heart * Cynthia * B.F.'s Daughter * The Bribe
1950sIn the Good Old Summertime * Nancy Goes to Rio * Duchess of Idaho * Grounds for Marriage * Too Young to Kiss * Everything I Have Is Yours * The Great Diamond Robbery * The Clown * Her Twelve Men * The King's Thief * The World's Most Beautiful Woman * Kelly and Me
SerialsThe Master Key (1914)
ProductionsPeacock Alley (1930)



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