"The Stars are Singing"

I know Alexandra already posted about this movie but that was before I had seen it!

And I just watched it the other night for the first time and loved it!

Mostly for Edith Heads costumes and Anna Maria Alberghetti's voice!

The Stars Are Singing is a 1953 Paramount Pictures musical starring Rosemary Clooney, Anna Maria Alberghetti, and Lauritz Melchior. A 15-year-old Polish girl (Anna Maria Alberghetti) attempts to enter the U.S. illegally, setting off a major search by immigration officials, but she is befriended by a struggling group of New York performers, who try to get official approval for her to remain in the country.

 

This musical was Rosemary Clooney's film debut, two years after she had a big hit singing "Come-On-A-My-House", which she sings in this movie.

It was Anna Maria Alberghetti's 3rd film.

The working title for this film was Reach for the Stars.

   Only Anna Maria Alberghetti and Rosemary Clooney are listed in the end credits.

   The screen credit for Jay Livingston and Ray Evans reads "New songs by."
   Ross Bagdasarian, who portrayed a song promoter in the film, created the popular "Alvin and the  Chipmunks" records, as well as co-writing one of Clooney's most popular songs, "Come On-A-My House."

    According to ParNews, some scenes were filmed on location in New York City, on Broadway, in   Greenwich Village and at the Washington Produce Market.

    Although a Hollywood Reporter news item announced that music conductor Paolo Alberghetti, 
Anna Maria's father, had been cast in the picture, his appearance in the final film has not been confirmed.

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