Susan Slept Here

Susan Slept Here

1954 film by Frank Tashlin
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Susan Slept Here is a 1954 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Tashlin and starring Dick Powell (in his last film role) and Debbie Reynolds. Shot in Technicolor, the film is based on the play of the same name by Steve Fisher and Alex Gottlieb. Tashlin later revised the film's plotline and reused it in 1962 for the production Bachelor Flat. Comedian Red Skelton has a minor role.

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Steve Fisher (play)
Alex Gottlieb (play)
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RKO Radio Pictures
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  • July 14, 1954 (1954-07-14)
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98 minutes
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United States
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English
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$2.25 million (US)

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  • This picture marked the last of Dick Powell's 58 feature-film appearances (plus one voice over) between 1932 and 1954. A recording artist since 1927, Dick's final two commercial sides on a Bell single were tunes from the movie score: the title song (music and lyrics by Jack Lawrence) and the Oscar-nominated "Hold My Hand" (music and lyrics by Jack Lawrence and Richard Myers). Neither ditty was sung by Mr. Powell in the film. However, he danced a bit in a pantomime segment dreamed by Debbie Reynolds.
  • Don Cornell's melodious contribution to the soundtrack, the Oscar-nominated love song, "Hold My Hand" (music and lyrics by Jack Lawrence and Richard Myers), was turned into Don's best-selling single on the Coral label.
  • In joke: During opening narration, an Oscar statuette makes reference to "Louella" - gossip columnist Louella Parsons, mother of film's producer Harriet Parsons.
  • This film was shot for intended 3D viewing.
  • Susan Slept Here was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency primarily for its' suggestive title. In a male dominated society George Washington Slept Here sounded no similar moral alarms. The ban hurt the movies receipts but did greater harm to the Legion who were taken less seriously after The Moon Is Blue ban a year earlier in shocked response to the word 'virgin' used outside the church!

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