My Gal Sal

My Gal Sal 1942 is a 20th Century Fox musical starring Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature. The film is a biopic of 1890s composer and songwriter Paul Dresser and singer Sally Elliot. It was based on a biographical essay, sometimes erroneously referred to as a book, by Dressers younger brother, novelist Theodore Dreiser. Dreiser was the original family name. Some of the songs portrayed as Dressers work were actually written by him, but several were created for the film by the Hollywood songwriting team of Ralph Grainger and Leo Robin.

The film won the Best Art Direction Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright and Thomas Little. It was nominated for Best Score20th Century Fox head Darryl F. Zanuck purchased the story of My Gal Sal from Theodore Dreiser for 50,000 in the summer of 1942. Zanuck initially had the script and the lead role of Sally Elliott tailormade to fit the talents of Foxs biggest female star at the time, Alice Faye. However, Faye opted that she was tired of starring in costume musicals and turned the film down. Afterward, the part was offered to Betty Grable, who was becoming known as a successor to Faye at Fox, but who turned it down, believing Fox was overworking her. ........

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