Three Little Words

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Movie Info

This film chronicles the friendship of songwriting duo Bert Kalmar (Fred Astaire) and Harry Ruby (Red Skelton). Bert is a vaudeville dancer who moonlights as a magician. His assistant, Harry, makes a disastrous mistake at a magic show, and their partnership ends. Later, when Bert hurts his leg and can no longer dance, he tries his hand at writing musical numbers. After hearing a friend play a catchy tune, Bert asks to meet the man who composed the song -- leading him right back to Harry.

Genre:

musical
Original Language:

English
Director:

Richard Thorpe
Producer:

Jack Cummings
Writer:

George Wells
Release Date (Streaming):

Apr 16, 2012
Runtime:

1h 42m
Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast & Crew

Fred Astaire
Bert Kalmar

Vera-Ellen
Jessie Brown, Jessie Kalmar

Red Skelton
Harry Ruby

Arlene Dahl
Eileen Percy Ruby

Keenan Wynn
Charlie Kope

Gale Robbins
Terry Lordel

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Critic Reviews for Three Little Words

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A pleasingly gentle and sanitized musical biopic.

January 17, 2007 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
As always, Astaire's dancing redeems the routine.

July 21, 2006 | Rating: 4/5

Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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Audience Reviews for Three Little Words

Feb 24, 2009

Routine musical, at least as routine as it can be with talents like Astaire and Vera-Ellen in it, they're well matched and when they dance the picture lives and it is beautifully shot but it just doesn't have that zip that the best MGM musicals do.

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