Du Barry Was a Lady
THE BIG SHOW is BIGGER THAN EVER!
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8/13/1943Runtime
101 minsOverview
Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a poor dancer but wants to marry for money. When Louis wins the Irish Sweepstakes, he asks May to marry him and she accepts even though she doesn't love him. Soon after, Louis has an accident and gets knocked on the head, where he dreams that he's King Louis XV pursuing the infamous Madame Du Barry.
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A lavish 1943 musical fantasy where a lovelorn hat check man dreams himself into the role of a French king pursuing his inaccessible beloved. It's a tongue-in-cheek romp that lets working-class yearning play out in sequins and spectacle.
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Red Skelton
Louis Blore / King Louis XV
Lucille Ball
May Daly / Madame Du Barry
Gene Kelly
Alec Howe / Black Arrow
Virginia O'Brien
Ginny
Rags Ragland
Charlie / Dauphin
Zero Mostel
Rami - the Swami / Taliostra
Donald Meek
Mr. Jones / Duc de Choiseul
Douglass Dumbrille
Willie / Duc de Rigor
George Givot
Cheezy / Count de Roquefort
Louise Beavers
Niagara
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
Hugh Beaumont
Footman (uncredited)
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