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Susan Slept Here: Directed by Frank Tashlin. With Dick Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Anne Francis, Glenda Farrell. A Hollywood screenwriter takes in a runaway girl who's more woman than he can handle.
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On Christmas Eve, two police officers bring 17-year old Susan (picked up for vagrancy and brawling) to Mark's apartment. If she spends a few days with him, Mark could use Susan as inspiration to write a script about juvenile-delinquents and Susan could avoid spending Christmas behind bars.
A Oscar winning screenwriter is in a rut, cranking out mindless comedies one after the other when a couple of beat cops, w/a 17 year old delinquent in tow, decide to drop her off during Christmas at the scribe's apartment to inspire him to write something w/grit since the juvie's story is sure to spark some ideas.
Susan Slept Here. Debbie Reynolds liked the film, later stating "that little comedy made $5,500,000, pulled RKO out of the red and then Howard Hughes sold the studio". In addition to being Dick Powell 's final film as an actor, this was also the only colour film in which he appeared.
Susan Slept Here. (uncredited) Written by Jack Lawrence. Sung over the opening credits by a chorus. Hold My Hand. Music by Richard Myers. Lyrics by Jack Lawrence. Sung by Don Cornell.
Susan Slept Here: Directed by Frank Tashlin. With Dick Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Anne Francis, Glenda Farrell. A Hollywood screenwriter takes in a runaway girl who's more woman than he can handle.
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Susan Slept Here (1954) - Influenced by the use of multiple cameras in live television drama, director Frank Tashlin used more than one camera in filming scenes in this movie. When switching to a different angle of the same scene, one can see that there is flawless continuity in every detail, including perfect lip-syncing of the dialogue.
Susan Slept Here (1954) - When Mark sees Virgil in his naval officer's uniform, he calls him "Mister Roberts". This is a reference to the Broadway play of the same name that ran for 1157 performances from 1948 to 1951 and would be made into the film Mister Roberts (1955).