| I'll See You in My Dreams | |
| Director: | Michael Curtiz |
| Producer: | Louis F. Edelman |
| Starring: | Doris Day Danny Thomas Frank Lovejoy Patrice Wymore James Gleason |
| Cinematography: | Ted D. McCord |
| Editing: | Owen Marks |
| Music: | Gus Kahn |
| Distributor: | Warner Bros. |
| Runtime: | 110 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Gross: | $2.9 million (US rentals)[1] |
I'll See You in My Dreams is a 1951 musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Doris Day and Danny Thomas.
The film is a biography of lyricist Gus Kahn and includes a number of songs written by him, including the title song. The story, which avoids Kahn's Jewish origins, is told from the point of view of his wife Grace, who was still alive when the film was produced; Kahn had died in 1941.
I'll See You in My Dreams became Warner Bros.' second-highest-grossing film of 1951. Curtiz teamed with Thomas again the following year for a remake of The Jazz Singer.[2]
Gus Kahn is a prolific songwriter who meets and falls in love with Grace LeBoy in 1908. His career ascends to spectacular heights with such hits as "Pretty Baby", "My Buddy", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie" and "Makin' Whoopee", but he loses his savings in the 1929 stock-market crash.[3]
A soundtrack album was released by Columbia Records that contains songs sung by Day (including duets with Thomas) in the film.
The film has been cited by Berry Gordy as an inspiration for his start in songwriting.[4]