Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Directed by George Sherman
Produced by Leonard Goldstein
Screenplay by D.D. Beauchamp
Based on "The Wonderful Race at Rimrock"
by D.D. Beauchamp
Starring
  • Donald O'Connor
  • Marjorie Main
  • Percy Kilbride
Music by Leith Stevens
Cinematography Irving Glassberg
Edited by Edward Curtiss
Production
company
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • June 1948 (1948-06) (USA)
Running time
 78 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $454,000.[1] or $460,000[2]

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1948) is a musical comedy film from Universal Studios, starring Donald O'Connor. Also featured are Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride, (who later reprised essentially the same roles as Ma and Pa Kettle), with Penny Edwards [3] as the perky love interest.

Plot

Donald O'Connor plays Wilbur McMurtry, a traveling salesman who is captured and held hostage by the local authorities in a small town, who wish to compel him to run in the annual foot-race against a rival town. A highlight of the film is his brilliant dance routine, in a barn, to the Al Jolson song, "Me and My Shadow".

Production

O'Connor has a dance number which involves running up a wall, which later inspired his "Make 'Em Laugh" routine in Singing in the Rain.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Furmanek, Bob; Palumbo, Ron (1991). Abbott and Costello in Hollywood. New York: Perigee Books. ISBN 0-399-51605-0 p 168
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "Penny Edwards". IMDb.
  4. ↑ http://danceviewtimes.com/dvny/features/2003/o'connor.html


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