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Houseboat
 

-- Synopsis: A light romantic comedy. Cary Grant plays Tom Winters, a lawyer for the State Dept. His estranged wife is suddenly killed in an auto accident leaving him with three children to raise. The four move into Grant's small apartment where everyone becomes miserable. Sophia Loren plays Cinzia Zaccardi who is the not so trained Nanny/ Maid except she's not really a maid but the cultured daughter of a famous musician. Thru a series of events the family finds themselves homeless and unrealistically can't find anywhere to live so they wind up as a wealthy but dilapidated family on a rundown houseboat on the Potomac river in Washington, DC. Nominated for 2 Oscars.

* This is not a dance movie but does have a nightclub scene that features Gil and Nikki Brady and others doing some Jitterbug dancing.

 

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More Film Information below
Date: Studio: Director: Availability:
n/a Paramount Studios Melville Shavelson
[DVD] [VHS]
Runtime: Country Made: Language: Color:
110 minutes USA English Technicolor
Genre: Featured Dancer  Featured Dance Dance Rating  
Romance / Comedy
Gil and Nikki Brady Jitterbug Fair / Good
 
Known Dancers Choreographers Actors / Actresses
Bess Flowers George Duning (musical director) Cary Grant
Gil and Nikki Brady   Charles Herbert 
Harold Miller   Eduardo Ciannelli 
Jeffrey Sayre   Harry Guardino
Joe Lanza   John Litel
Kenner G. Kemp   Madge Kennedy
Marc Wilder   Martha Hyer
Ralph Brooks   Mimi Gibson
    Murray Hamilton
    Paul Petersen
    Sophia Loren
    Werner Klemperer
 
Dances performed in this film   Special Dance Interest
Jitterbug n/a n/a Jitterbug
       
       
       
 
Some Music Titles in Film Bands / Musicians / Singers Posters / Lobby Cards
Almost in Your Arms Sophia Loren n/a
       
       
       
 
Stage versions of the film Cast Recording(s) / Soundtracks Similar Films Sheet Music Covers
n/a n/a n/a n/a
       
 
Books Available on this film ...
Title Author Date Published Publisher
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October 31, 2005
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