Do You Love Me (1946)

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Plot Summary
Katharine Hilliard, mousy dean of a stuffy music school,
meets and is insulted by swing band leader Barry Clayton on a train.
To "show" him she takes a friend's advice, removes her glasses,
and puts on a designer gown. Naturally, she becomes gorgeous.
Soon, both Barry and crooner Jimmy Hale are after her,
and she finds herself in the midst of triangles and misunderstandings.
Written by Rod Crawford

Full Cast
Maureen O'Hara .... Katherine 'Kitten' Hilliard
Dick Haymes .... Jimmy Hale
Harry James .... Barry Clayton
Reginald Gardiner .... Herbert Benham
Richard Gaines .... Ralph Wainwright
Stanley Prager .... Dilly
Harry James' Music Makers .... Themselves
B.S. Pulley .... Taxi Driver
Chick Chandler .... Earl Williams
Alma Kruger .... Mrs. Joshua Frederick Crackleton
Almira Sessions .... Miss Wayburn
Douglas Wood .... Dr. Dunfee
Harlan Briggs .... Mr. Higbee
Julia Dean .... Mrs. Allen
Harry Hays Morgan .... Prof. Allen
Dale Barringer .... Dancer/Newsboy
Eric Freeman .... Dancer/Painter
Charles Aaron .... Dancer/Sailor
Ruth Costello .... Dancer/Sailor's Girl
Dorothy Costello .... Dancer/Sailor's Girl
Ernie Adams .... Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Diane Ascher .... Jive Dancer (uncredited)
Lex Barker .... Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Barnett .... Dancer (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict .... Photographer (uncredited)
William 'Billy' Benedict .... Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Wilson Benge .... Waiter (uncredited)
Eugene Borden .... Headwaiter (uncredited)
Esther Brodelet .... Dancer (uncredited)
Les Clark .... Bellhop (uncredited)
Kay Connors .... Secretary (uncredited)
Ashley Cowan .... Bellhop (uncredited)
Jimmy Cross .... Bellhop (uncredited)
Harry Depp .... Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Cathy Downs .... Clothes Model (uncredited)
Bess Flowers .... Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
William Frambes .... Usher (uncredited)
Betty Grable .... Cameo appearance (uncredited)
Fred Graham .... Doorman (uncredited)
Jesse Graves .... Bartender (uncredited)
Marjorie Jackson .... Dancer (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel .... Bartender (uncredited)
Frank Melton .... Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Harold Miller .... Party Guest (uncredited)
Alberto Morin .... French Waiter (uncredited)
Philip Morris .... Doorman (uncredited)
Evelyn Mulhall .... Woman (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell .... Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Lillian Porter .... Dancer (uncredited)
Jack Scordi .... Jive Dancer (uncredited)
Harry Seymour .... Headwaiter (uncredited)
Maria Shelton .... Miss Fairchild (uncredited)
Napoleon Simpson .... Attendant (uncredited)
George Sorel .... French Waiter (uncredited)
Larry Steers .... Man Entering Hotel (uncredited)
Bruce Warren .... Carter Holden, Piano Player (uncredited)
Charles Williams .... Bellhop (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Dorothy Bennett additional dialogue
Robert Ellis
Frank Gabrielson uncredited
Bert Granet story
Helen Logan

Cinematography
Edward Cronjager

Original Music
David Buttolph (uncredited)

Non-Original Music
Franz Liszt (from "Aneés de Pelerinage") (uncredited)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (wedding march from "A Midsummer Night's Dream") (uncredited)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (from "Symphony No.4 Opus 36") (uncredited)

Trivia
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 23, 1946 with Dick Haymes and Maureen O'Hara reprising their film roles.

Filming Locations
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

[extendedmedia]

Do You Love Me is a 1946 Technicolor musical film
directed by Gregory Ratoff, starring Maureen O'Hara and Dick Haymes.

Harry James's tendency toward womanizing is treated as a great gag, culminating,
at the very end of the movie, in a surprise cameo by a very special guest: Betty Grable,
to whom James was married at the time.

Good fun movie to watch.
Betty Grable and her husband
make cameo apperances.

User Review

Make over pays off, big time,
Author: jotix100 from New York

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When we first encounter Professor Katherine Hilliard, she is conducting her college's orchestra with great gusto. Ms. Hilliard is totally dedicated to her music, as well as committed to teaching it. When she decides to see her friend, the New York Symphony's conductor, Herbert Benham, she decides to expand her horizons with the well regarded maestro.

Little prepares our Ms. Hilliard for the train ride she takes. She meets handsome Barry Clayton, who is traveling north with his band. When he plays a popular number for her, she flees horrified. Academic life didn't prepare to hear this junk!

This is basically the premise of "Do You Love Me", directed by Gregory Ratoff. The film capitalizes on two of the big idols of the era: Harry James and Dick Haymes. The film is greatly helped by the ravishingly beautiful Maureen O'Hara who is the object of love of the two well known popular personalities.

We watch as Professor Hilliard is transformed from a dowdy frump into a glamorous woman with a great wardrobe. Ms. O'Hara, with her charming personality, wins our hearts as well as her suitors. Let's not forget she left behind an intellectual boyfriend at the college, Ralph Wainwright, who is ready to marry her. Reginald Gardiner is immensely enjoyable as Herbert Benham, the kind conductor who tells Katherine to pay attention at her wardrobe. Richard Gaines plays Ralph, the man left behind.

The music, both classical and popular, is fine. As interpreted by the incomparable Dick Haymes, some of these songs heard are wonderful. Harry James even plays at the end with the classic orchestra and integrates some of his arrangements. The combination is surprising.

This is a fun movie to watch thanks to all the principals and Mr. Ratoff's direction.

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