April Showers (1948 film)

April Showers
April Showers
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	James V. Kern
Screenplay by	Peter Milne
Story by	Joe Laurie Jr.
Produced by	William Jacobs
Starring	Jack Carson; Ann Sothern; Robert Alda; S. Z. Sakall; Robert Ellis; Richard Rober
Cinematography	Carl E. Guthrie
Edited by	Thomas Reilly
Music by	Ray Heindorf; Max Steiner
Production; company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	March 27, 1948;
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,750,000 (US rentals)[1]

April Showers is a 1948 American musical film directed by James V. Kern and written by Peter Milne. The film stars Jack Carson, Ann Sothern, Robert Alda, S. Z. Sakall, Robert Ellis and Richard Rober. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 27, 1948.[2][3][4][5]

April Showers was based in great part on the vaudeville career of Buster Keaton, who sued Warner Bros. and received only $3500.[6]

Cast

Jack Carson as Joe Tyme
Ann Sothern as June Tyme
Robert Alda as Billy Shay
S. Z. Sakall as Mr. Curley
Robert Ellis as Buster Tyme
Richard Rober as Al Wilson
Joseph Crehan as William Barnes
Billy Curtis as Capt. Rudolph L. Nemo
John Gallaudet as Mr. Gordon
Philip Van Zandt as Harry Swift
Ray Walker as Mr. Barclay

Reception

Bosley Crowther of The New York Times reviewed the film negatively, criticizing the vaudeville plot as "an insufferable tale" and the acting by Carson, Sothern, and Ellis as poor.[7]

References

"Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46
"April Showers (1948) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
"'April Showers' at Stanley / Story of Vaudeville / Little Robert Ellis Outstanding In Star-studded Cast" (The Pittsburgh Press, March 30, 1948, Page 11)
"'April Showers' Tuneful Show at Capital Theater" {includes photo labeled "'ARE YOU FROM DIXIE' — Bobby Ellis, Jack Carson and Ann Sothern in a scene from "April Showers," tuneful Warners hit..."} (The Deseret News, April 24, 1948, p.7)
Gerfin, J. L. "'April Showers' at State Is Story of Vaudeville Act" {includes photo labeled "In New Feature at State / Ann Sothern and Jack Carson are cast as a vaudeville team..."} (Schenectady Gazette, May 7, 1948, p.23)
Erickson, Hal (2017-11-28). Any Resemblance to Actual Persons: The Real People Behind 400+ Fictional Movie Characters. ISBN 9781476629308.
Crowther, Bosley (March 27, 1948). "THE SCREEN; The Unhappy Tymes". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 1, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.

External links

April Showers at IMDb
April Showers at AllMovie
April Showers at the TCM Movie Database
April Showers at the American Film Institute Catalog

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[1] "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46

[2] "April Showers (1948) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-08-04.

[3] "'April Showers' at Stanley / Story of Vaudeville / Little Robert Ellis Outstanding In Star-studded Cast" (The Pittsburgh Press, March 30, 1948, Page 11)

[4] "'April Showers' Tuneful Show at Capital Theater" {includes photo labeled "'ARE YOU FROM DIXIE' — Bobby Ellis, Jack Carson and Ann Sothern in a scene from "April Showers," tuneful Warners hit..."} (The Deseret News, April 24, 1948, p.7)

[5] Gerfin, J. L. "'April Showers' at State Is Story of Vaudeville Act" {includes photo labeled "In New Feature at State / Ann Sothern and Jack Carson are cast as a vaudeville team..."} (Schenectady Gazette, May 7, 1948, p.23)

[6] Erickson, Hal (2017-11-28). Any Resemblance to Actual Persons: The Real People Behind 400+ Fictional Movie Characters. ISBN 9781476629308.

[7] Crowther, Bosley (March 27, 1948). "THE SCREEN; The Unhappy Tymes". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 1, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.