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Dreamboat
Dreamboat

Dreamboat

Fresh, wonderful and LOADED with Laughter!

Genres

Comedy

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Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor - secretly formerly a silent films romantic action hero - is disturbed, feeling his privacy has been violated, and his professional credibility as a scholar jeopardized, when he learns his old movies have been resurrected and are being aired on TV. He sets out to demand this cease. However, his former co-star is the hostess of the TV show playing the films, and she has other plans.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

83 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

26 July 1952

Country

United States of America

Cast

Clifton Webb

Clifton Webb

Thornton Sayre

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

Gloria Marlowe

Anne Francis

Anne Francis

Carol Sayre

Jeffrey Hunter

Jeffrey Hunter

Bill Ainslee

Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester

Mathilda Coffey

Fred Clark

Fred Clark

Sam Levitt

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey

D.W. Harrington

Ray Collins

Ray Collins

Timothy Stone

Richard Garrick

Richard Garrick

Judge Bowles

Jay Adler

Jay Adler

Desk Clerk

Marietta Canty

Marietta Canty

Lavinia

Helene Stanley

Helene Stanley

Mimi

Victoria Horne

Victoria Horne

Waitress

Emory Parnell

Emory Parnell

Crazy Sam

Mary Treen

Mary Treen

Wife in Hotel Bar

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Woman Exiting Hotel

Paul Maxey

Paul Maxey

Member of College Board

Helen Brown

Helen Brown

Dorothy

Richard Easton

Richard Easton

Man in Commercial (uncredited)

Gwen Verdon

Gwen Verdon

Girl in Commercial (uncredited)

Marjorie Holliday

Marjorie Holliday

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