Colleen (film)

Colleen
Movie still
Directed by	Alfred E. Green
Written by	Peter Milne F. Hugh Herbert Sig Herzig
Story by	Robert Lord
Starring	Dick Powell Ruby Keeler Jack Oakie Joan Blondell
Cinematography	Byron Haskin Sol Polito
Edited by	Terry O. Morse
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	March 21, 1936 (1936-03-21)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Colleen is a 1936 Warner Bros. musical film directed by Alfred E. Green. It stars Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, and Joan Blondell.

Plot

Colleen is the manager of a dress shop named "The Ames Company", owned by Donald Ames. They try to keep Uncle Cedric from working, because he'll ruin the company. Troubles start when he hires schemer Joe as his personal assistant. He later also hires Minnie, a woman who has a great passion for fashion. When he buys the dress shop for Minnie where Colleen works as a bookkeeper, a scandal is soon followed. Donald decides to shut the shop, but is stopped because of his infatuation towards Colleen. It is Colleen who eventually makes a profit out of the things that happened. Meanwhile, a man named Cedric tries to adopt Minnie. Minnie refuses and thereby causes a scandal. This angers Alicia, but the press can't get enough of it. Donald loses Colleen's affection and thus is sued by Joe.

Cast

Dick Powell – Donald Ames 3rd
Ruby Keeler – Colleen Reilly
Jack Oakie – Joe Cork
Joan Blondell – Minnie Hawkins
Hugh Herbert – Uncle Cedric Ames
Louise Fazenda – Aunt Alicia Ames
Marie Wilson – Mabel
Hobart Cavanaugh – Noggin

Soundtrack

Boulevardier from the Bronx
- Music by Harry Warren
- Lyrics by Al Dubin
- Sung and danced by Joan Blondell and Jack Oakie
An Evening with You
- Music by Harry Warren
- Lyrics by Al Dubin
- Sung by Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell
I Don't Have to Dream Again
- Music by Harry Warren
- Lyrics by Al Dubin
- Sung by Dick Powell and chorus and danced by chorus
- Sung as The Magic and the Mystery of Clothes by Ruby Keeler
Summer Night
- Music by Harry Warren
- Lyrics by Al Dubin
- Played on piano and hummed by Dick Powell
You Gotta Know How to Dance
- Music by Harry Warren
- Lyrics by Al Dubin
- Played during the opening photo credits and sung with special lyrics by Dick Powell,

Ruby Keeler, Jack Oakie, Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert, Louise Fazenda, Luis Alberni and Marie Wilson and chorus and tap-danced by Paul Draper and chorus

- Sung by Dick Powell, danced by Paul Draper and Ruby Keeler in the finale
Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)
- Written by Richard Wagner
I Love You Truly
- Written by Carrie Jacobs Bond

External links

Colleen at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Alfred E. Green

Silk Husbands and Calico Wives (1920)
Through the Back Door (1921)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921)
The Bachelor Daddy (1922)
Our Leading Citizen (1922)
The Ghost Breaker (1922)
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1922)
Back Home and Broke (1922)
The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923)
Woman-Proof (1923)
Pied Piper Malone (1924)
In Hollywood With Potash and Perlmutter (1924)
Inez from Hollywood (1924)
Sally (1925)
The Man Who Found Himself (1925)
The Girl from Montmartre (1926)
Irene (1926)
Ella Cinders (1926)
Disraeli (1929)
The Green Goddess (1930)
The Man From Blankley's (1930)
Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930)
Old English (1930)
Men of the Sky (1931)
The Road to Singapore (1931)
Smart Money (1931)
Union Depot (1932)
It's Tough to Be Famous (1932)
The Rich Are Always With Us (1932)
The Dark Horse (1932)
Silver Dollar (1932)
Parachute Jumper (1933)
Baby Face (1933)
I Loved a Woman (1933)
Dark Hazard (1934)
Housewife (1934)
A Lost Lady (1934)
Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
Sweet Music (1935)
The Girl From 10th Avenue (1935)
The Goose and the Gander (1935)
Dangerous (1935)
Colleen (1936)
They Met in a Taxi (1936)
The Golden Arrow (1936)
Two in a Crowd (1936)
More Than a Secretary (1936)
The League of Frightened Men (1937)
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
Let's Get Married (1937)
Ride a Crooked Mile (1938)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)
King of the Turf (1939)
20,000 Men a Year (1939)
Flowing Gold (1940)
Shooting High (1940)
South of Pago Pago (1940)
East of the River (1940)
The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
Appointment in Berlin (1943)
Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)
A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
The Jolson Story (1946)
The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
Copacabana (1947)
Four Faces West (1948)
Cover Up (1949)
Sierra (1949)
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Two Gals and a Guy (1951)
Invasion U.S.A. (1952)
The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)
Paris Model (1953)
Top Banana (1954)

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