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Release Date: 1991 Cast: Bette Midler, Richard Portnow, Shannon Wilcox, Patrick O'Neal, Pattie Darcy, Norman Fell, Dori Brenner, Arye Gross, Michael Greene, Christopher Rydell, James Caan, Jack Sheldon ...MORE
Cast: Bette Midler, Richard Portnow, Shannon Wilcox, Patrick O'Neal, Pattie Darcy, Norman Fell, Dori Brenner, Arye Gross, Michael Greene, Christopher Rydell, James Caan, Jack Sheldon, Andy Dick, Bud Yorkin, Melissa Manchester, Steven Kampmann, George Segal, Rosemary Murphy, Vince Vaughn ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Romantic comedy, Comedy-drama, Comedy, Period piece, War film, Musical Drama For the Boys is a 1991 film which tells the story of Dixie Leonard, a 1940s actress/singer who teams up with Eddie Sparks, a famous performer to entertain American troops. The film traces her life through 50 years. The original music score was composed by Dave Grusin.
The film was adapted by Marshall Brickman, Neal Jimenez and Lindy Laub from a story by Jimenez and Laub. It was directed by Mark Rydell. It stars Bette Midler, James Caan, George Segal, Patrick O'Neal, Christopher Rydell, Arye Gross and Norman Fell.
Bette Midler was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her... MORE
For the Boys is a 1991 film which tells the story of Dixie Leonard, a 1940s actress/singer who teams up with Eddie Sparks, a famous performer to entertain American troops. The film traces her life through 50 years. The original music score was composed by Dave Grusin.
The film was adapted by Marshall Brickman, Neal Jimenez and Lindy Laub from a story by Jimenez and Laub. It was directed by Mark Rydell. It stars Bette Midler, James Caan, George Segal, Patrick O'Neal, Christopher Rydell, Arye Gross and Norman Fell.
Bette Midler was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. The movie soundtrack features adaptations of many classic songs, including "Come Rain or Come Shine", "Baby, It's Cold Outside" by Frank Loesser, "P.S. I Love You", "I Remember You", "Every Road Leads Back To You" and the Beatles' "In My Life". Many of these have lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
Although the film is fiction, actress/singer Martha Raye believed that Midler's character was based on many widely-known facts about her life and career with the USO and pursued legal action based on that assumption, but ultimately lost the case. The Caan character was generally believed to be based on LESS
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