Lady Be Good

Lady Be Good is the title of an MGM musical film which was released in 1941. The film starred dancer Eleanor Powell along with Ann Sothern, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore, and Red Skelton. It was directed by Norman Z. McLeod and produced by Arthur Freed. This was the first of several films Powell made with Skelton. Although Powell received top billing, the main stars of the film are Sothern and Young. They play respectively Dixie Donegan, a would... more

Lady Be Good is the title of an MGM musical film which was released in 1941. The film starred dancer Eleanor Powell along with Ann Sothern, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore, and Red Skelton. It was directed by Norman Z. McLeod and produced by Arthur Freed. This was the first of several films Powell made with Skelton. Although Powell received top billing, the main stars of the film are Sothern and Young. They play respectively Dixie Donegan, a would-be lyric writer and Eddie Crane, a struggling composer, who almost by accident write a hit song - Lady Be Good. They go from success to success, writing Gershwin and Kern songs, and marry. But when Eddie starts spending more time in rich New York society than composing, they grow apart and divorce. They eventually realise they are still in love and can't do without each other. The film takes its title and theme song ("Oh, Lady be Good!") from the 1924 George and Ira Gershwin Broadway musical, Lady Be Good, but otherwise has no connection to... less