Love Is Better Than Ever

Love Is Better Than Ever

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Stanley Donen
Written by Ruth Brooks Flippen
Starring Larry Parks
Elizabeth Taylor
Music by Lennie Hayton
Cinematography Harold Rosson
Edited by George Boemler
Production
company
Release dates
 February 23, 1952
Running time
 81 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $941,000[1]
Box office $974,000[1]

Love Is Better Than Ever is a 1952 American romantic comedy film directed by Stanley Donen from a screenplay by Ruth Brooks Flippen, starring Larry Parks and Elizabeth Taylor. The plot concerns a small-town girl who falls in love with a big-city talent agent.[2]

Plot

Confirmed bachelor Jud Parker likes his life the way it is. A talent agent, he goes to New Haven, Connecticut on a client's behalf and meets Anastacia "Stacie" Macaboy, who owns a dance school.

Stacie then runs into him in New York when she goes to a convention. Jud takes her to a New York Giants baseball game and to dinner and dancing. Stacie falls in love, but Jud is furious when a story in the New Haven paper claims they are engaged.

Mrs. Levoy and her daughter, who run a rival dance school, sully Stacie's reputation and cause students to drop out. Stacie and Jud disagree on how to explain their relationship until Stacie ultimately bets everything on the outcome of the Giants' next game.

Cast

Box Office

According to MGM records the film earned $634,000 in the US and $340,000 elsewhere resulting in a loss of $362,000.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ↑ Love Is Better Than Ever at the TCM Movie Database

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