''Dream Girl'' is a 1948
comedy film directed by
Mitchell Leisen, adapted from the 1945
play of the same name
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written by
Elmer Rice. It stars
Betty Hutton and
Macdonald Carey.
Plot
A daydreamer, Georgie Allerton's imagination goes to work while she falls in love with her sister Miriam's husband-to-be, Jim Lucas. She closes her eyes and has a fantasy of what life with Jim would be like, ignoring the genuine attentions of Clark Redfield, an honest but poor newspaper reporter.
Jim goes through with the marriage to Miriam, which leaves Georgie considering an offer from suitor George Hand to go to
Mexico with him. Another daydream begins, in which Georgie is now a singer in a tropical setting, killing herself after a tragic love affair.
Jim's publishing business and marriage go badly, resulting in a trip to
Reno for a quick divorce. He actually has fallen for Georgie now, but this time, when her reverie results in her dreaming about a life on a ranch, Clark's wooing wins her over and she wakes up to realize she's in love.
Cast
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Betty Hutton as Georgiana Allerton
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Macdonald Carey as Clark Redfield
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Patric Knowles as Jim Lucas
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Virginia Field as Miriam Allerton Lucas
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Walter Abel as George Allerton
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Peggy Wood
Mary Margaret Wood (February 9, 1892 – March 18, 1978) was an American actress of stage, film, and television. She is best remembered for her performance as the title character in the CBS television series ''Mama'' (1949–1957), for which sh ...
as Lucy Allerton
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Carolyn Butler as Claire Bleakley
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Lowell Gilmore as George Hand
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Zamah Cunningham
Zamah Cunningham (November 29, 1892 – June 2, 1967) was an American stage, film, and television actress. She began her career appearing in uncredited bit parts for D. W. Griffith, making her film debut in his 1924 silent feature, ''America (19 ...
as Mme. Kimmelhoff (music teacher)
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Frank Puglia as Antonio
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Georgia Backus
Georgia Belden Backus (October 13, 1901 – September 7, 1983) was an American character actress on stage, radio and screen. She was also a writer, director and producer of radio dramas. In 1930 she was named dramatic director of the Columbia Bro ...
as Edna
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Charles Meredith as Charles
References
External links
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1948 films
Films scored by Victor Young
Films directed by Mitchell Leisen
American black-and-white films
American films based on plays
Paramount Pictures films
American comedy films
1948 comedy films
1940s American films
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