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My Gal Sal (1942) is a 20th Century Fox musical starring Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature. The film is a biopic of 1890s composer and songwriter Paul Dresser and singer, Sally Elliot. The story it was based on was written by Paul Dresser's brother, novelist Theodore Dreiser. All of the songs were written by Paul Dresser. The film won the Best Art Direction (Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright and Thomas Little). It was nominated for Best Score Alice Faye was originally supposed to play the lead but got pregnant and had to drop out of the role. Betty Grable was next in line but she complained that... MORE

My Gal Sal (1942) is a 20th Century Fox musical starring Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature. The film is a biopic of 1890s composer and songwriter Paul Dresser and singer, Sally Elliot. The story it was based on was written by Paul Dresser's brother, novelist Theodore Dreiser. All of the songs were written by Paul Dresser. The film won the Best Art Direction (Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright and Thomas Little). It was nominated for Best Score Alice Faye was originally supposed to play the lead but got pregnant and had to drop out of the role. Betty Grable was next in line but she complained that Fox overworked her and so the role was given to Hayworth. LESS