I Could Go on Singing (Original title)The Lonely Stage (Working title)
Dates: 15 May 1962 (Production), 10 March 1963 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ronald Neame
Synopsis: World famous American singing star Jenny Bowman is in London to top the Palladium bill. She visits David Donne, a distinguished surgeon with whom she was once in love and who has brought up their son, Matt, as an adopted child. Jenny persuades David to let her see Matt and invites them to her opening night. David is abroad but Matt, against his orders goes to the show and spends several happy days with Jenny. She pleads with David on his return to allow Matt to stay with her, and Matt, overhearing their quarrel, learns that Jenny is his mother. Made to choose between them he rejects his mother. David tries to show Jenny that her happiness lies in the theatre and later, on stage, she realises that he is right.
Genres: Musical, Drama
Subjects: Singers, Mothers, Sons
Dates: 15 May 1962 (Production), 10 March 1963 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ronald Neame
Synopsis: World famous American singing star Jenny Bowman is in London to top the Palladium bill. She visits David Donne, a distinguished surgeon with whom she was once in love and who has brought up their son, Matt, as an adopted child. Jenny persuades David to let her see Matt and invites them to her opening night. David is abroad but Matt, against his orders goes to the show and spends several happy days with Jenny. She pleads with David on his return to allow Matt to stay with her, and Matt, overhearing their quarrel, learns that Jenny is his mother. Made to choose between them he rejects his mother. David tries to show Jenny that her happiness lies in the theatre and later, on stage, she realises that he is right.
Genres: Musical, Drama
Subjects: Singers, Mothers, Sons
Credits
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Production Company: Barbican Films, Executive Producer: Stuart Millar, Producer: Lawrence Turman, Unit Manager: John Peverall, Production Supervisor: Denis Holt, Assistant to the Producer: Rose Tobias Shaw, Production Assistant: Marion Rosenberg, Assistant Director: Colin Brewer, Continuity: Pamela Davies, Screenplay: Mayo Simon, Based on a story by: Robert Dozier, Director of Photography: Arthur Ibbetson, Camera Operator: Paul Wilson, Editor: John Shirley, Art Director: Wilfred Shingleton, Set Decorator: John Hoesli, Miss Garland's Costumes: Edith Head, Additional Costumes: Beatrice Dawson, Wardrobe: Evelyn Gibbs, Make-up: Harold Fletcher, Hairdresser: Pearl Tipaldi, Main Title/Graphic Design: Maurice Binder, Music: Mort Lindsey, Title Song: Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg, Music Supervisor: Saul Chaplin, Sound: Buster Ambler, Sound: Red Law, Dubbing Editor: Christopher Lancaster, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast
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Judy Garland (Jenny Bowman), Dirk Bogarde (David Donne), Jack Klugman (George Kogan), Aline Macmahon (Ida), Gregory Phillips (Matt Donne), Russell Waters (Reynolds), Pauline Jameson (Miss Plimpton), Jeremy Burnham (young hospital doctor), Eric Woodburn, Robert Rietti, Gerald Sim (assistant manager at Palladium), David Lee, Leon Cortez (the busker), Al Paul, Laurie Heath (Bobby Evans), Tony Robinson (the poet)