Mother Wore Tights.
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In turn-of-the-century Oakland, California, the teenaged Myrtle McKinley (Betty Grable) is expected to follow high school by attending a San Francisco business college. Instead, she takes a job performing with a traveling vaudeville troupe, where she meets and falls in love with singer-dancer Frank Burt (Dan Dailey) Frank proposes they marry and also entertain on stage together as an act, which proves very popular. Myrtle retires from show business after giving birth to daughters Iris (Mona Freeman) and Mikie (Connie Marshall)
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Copyright
© Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 20Aug47; LP1263.
Complete catalog record
MOTHER WORE TIGHTS. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1947. 107 min., sd., color, 35mm. Based on the book by Miriam Young. Credits: Director, Walter Lang; screenplay, Lamar Trotti; music director, Alfred Newman. Cast: Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Mona Freeman, Connie Marshall, Vanessa Brown. © Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 20Aug47; LP1263.
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- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, copyright
- Wikidata · Q4353817 ↗ — country
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