Golden Girl

1951
U
1h 48m

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Dennis Day, Mitzi Gaynor, Una Merkel, and Dale Robertson in Golden Girl (1951)

Against the background of the Civil War, sixteen-year-old song-and-dance artiste Lotta Crabtree works her way across America, becoming ever more popular.Against the background of the Civil War, sixteen-year-old song-and-dance artiste Lotta Crabtree works her way across America, becoming ever more popular.Against the background of the Civil War, sixteen-year-old song-and-dance artiste Lotta Crabtree works her way across America, becoming ever more popular.

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5.9/10

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

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Mitzi Gaynor

Lotta Crabtree

Dale Robertson

Tom Richmond

Dennis Day

Mart Taylor

James Barton

John Crabtree

Una Merkel

Mary Ann Crabtree

Raymond Walburn

Cornelius

Gene Sheldon

Sam Jordan

Carmen D'Antonio

Lola Montez

Robert Adler

Wells Fargo Agent
(uncredited)

Rico Alaniz

Bandit
(uncredited)

Bill Alcorn

Dancer
(uncredited)

Fred Aldrich

Man in Saloon Audience
(uncredited)

Merry Anders

Chorine
(uncredited)

Jessie Arnold

Wardrobe Woman
(uncredited)

Walter Bacon

Townsman
(uncredited)

Jack Baston

Miner
(uncredited)

Oscar Blank

Townsman
(uncredited)

Danny Borzage

Minor Role
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Debut of actress Merry Anders.

Goofs
In the movie Lotta is 16 when she begins to perform. In reality she was only 6. In the movie her father is a gambler and ex-vaudevillian, he actually owned a bookstore. In the movie she sees Lola Montez for the first time, actually she and her family were friends with Lola and Lotta often played at Lola's home. In the movie she falls in love with Tom Richmond (Dale Robertson)and it is clear they will be married, actually she never married.

Soundtracks
California Moon
(uncredited)
Music by Joe Cooper
Lyrics by George Jessel and Samuel Lerner (as Sam Lerner)
Sung and Danced by Mitzi Gaynor
Reprise: Sung by Dennis Day
Reprise: Sung and Danced by Mitzi Gaynor and James Barton

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6/10

Young Mitzi!

An ok film and great for Mitzi Gaynor fans. It seemed like a Calamity Jane wanna be... but Dennis Day, a pretty bland performer (albeit with a really good voice) and Mitzi are not a match for Howard Keel and Doris Day and an MGM production. It's the usual Hollywood totally fabricated biography, 90% fiction, so don't expect this to be a true story. One of the great things about Mitzi was that although she wasn't in the league of Cyd Charisse or Vera Ellen as a dancer....at least she did her own singing which made her a true all-around performer (her voice is not all that powerful, but it is pleasing). At 19, when this was filmed, her energy is boundless and when she's onstage, particularly with Dennis Day, he becomes invisible.She is cute, talented and this really was her first chance to strut her stuff.