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To Please a Lady

Year:

1950

Duration:

91 min

Genres:

Action | Romance | Sport

IMDB rate:

6.3

Director:

Clarence Brown

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1950-10-13

Filming Locations: Arlington Downs Racetrack - 2225 E. Randol Mill Road, Arlington, Texas, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Barbara Stanwyck

To Please a Lady

Clark Gable

Mike Brannan

Adolphe Menjou

Gregg

Will Geer

Jack Mackay

Roland Winters

Dwight Barrington

William C. McGaw

Joie Chitwood

Lela Bliss

Regina's Secretary

Emory Parnell

Mr. Wendall

Frank Jenks

Press Agent

Helen Spring

Janie

Bill Hickman

Mike's Pit Crew

J. Lewis Smith

Mike's Pit Crew (as Lew Smith)

Ted Husing

Himself

Erville Alderson

Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

Henry Banks

Driver (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Pit Crew Member (uncredited)

Morgan Brown

Racing Spectator (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson

IMRA Promoter (uncredited)

Marcel De la Brosse

Minor Role (uncredited)

Dominic 'Pee Wee' Distarce

Driver (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Greengrove Race Spectator (uncredited)

Cay Forester

Minor Role (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Shoe Fitter (uncredited)

John Gallaudet

IMRA Promoter (uncredited)

Joe Garson

Joe Youghal (uncredited)

Cecil Green

Minor Role (uncredited)

Tom Hanlon

Greengrove Race Announcer (uncredited)

Jerry Hausner

Spotter in Husing's Booth (uncredited)

Harry Hayden

Bainsville Track Owner (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert

Benson - Regina's Butler (uncredited)

Al Hill

Steward #1 (uncredited)

Art Howard

Racing Spectator (uncredited)

Frank Hyers

Minor Role (uncredited)

Richard Joy

Television Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Arthur M. Loew Jr.

Studio Production Man (uncredited)

Jack McGrath

Minor Role (uncredited)

John McGuire

Newark Referee (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Racing Spectator (uncredited)

Carlotta Monti

Minor Role (uncredited)

William Newell

Hank Harmon (uncredited)

Anne O'Neal

Nurse (uncredited)

Ernest Ohman

Minor Role (uncredited)

Johnnie Parsons

Driver (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Steward #2 (uncredited)

Tom Quinn

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Jean Ransome

Minor Role (uncredited)

Marilyn Rich

Minor Role (uncredited)

Mauri Rose

Himself - Indianapolis 500 Driver, Car #31 (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tim Ryan

Minor Role (uncredited)

Dick Simmons

Regina's Radio Show Announcer (uncredited)

Stephen Soldi

Racing Spectator (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Race Track Spectator (uncredited)

Johnny Tolan

Driver (uncredited)

William H. Welsh

Sports Announcer (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Clark Gable wanted the name of the movie changed because shortly before filming he married Lady Silvia Ashley and did not want people to make comparisons.

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At 20:26 in the film, a close-up shows the Sports Final section of the Bainsville daily paper. Under Barbara Stanwyck's photograph (as Regina Forbes) three pictures of "sports stars" are shown: Kathryn Grayson, Walter Pidgeon and Gene Kelly. This must have been an inside-joke as the film and the stars shown were all under contract with MGM.

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"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 26, 1951 with Adolphe Menjou reprising his film role.

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Goofs

Because footage shot during the actual 1950 Indy 500 was used, Mauri Rose can be seen exiting the pits driving past the pit for the real car #17, Joie Chitwood (Mauri Rose and Joie Chitwood's pits were next to each other during the 1950 500 race).

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During the "pit race", the closer shots were filmed with prominent "Mike Brannan" and "Brannan Spl." on the pit wall, but after a cut, the real #17 car is shown in actual race footage, which has no "Mike Brannan Spl." painted on the car just forward of the windshield, a tire obscures most of Joie Chitwood's name on the pit wall, and the pit wall is marked "Wolfe Spl.".

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Quotes

Mike Brannan: All the soft spots aren't on the track.

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Regina Forbes: [In awe of the Indianapolis track] Mike, I've never seen anything like this. It's terrific!

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Mike Brannan: Give me six feet and I get through anywhere.

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