Three Little Words

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biographical film film musical film

Three Little Words is a 1950 MGM musical film starring Fred Astaire and Red Skelton that dramatizes the real-life songwriting partnership of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biographical film ⓘ
film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
basedOn lives of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby ⓘ
cinematographyBy Harry Jackson ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Richard Thorpe ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editedBy Cotton Warburton ⓘ
era Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
featuresSong My Sunny Tennessee ⓘ
Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You) ⓘ
So Long, Oo-Long (How Long You Gonna Be Gone?) ⓘ
Thinking of You ⓘ
Three Little Words self-link ⓘ
filmingStudio MGM ⓘ
surface form: MGM Studios
genre biographical ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
musical ⓘ
hasTitleSong Three Little Words self-link ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActorRole Fred Astaire as Bert Kalmar ⓘ
Red Skelton ⓘ
surface form: Red Skelton as Harry Ruby
medium theatrical film ⓘ
musicBy Harry Ruby ⓘ
narrativeFocus songwriting partnership of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby ⓘ
notableFor dance numbers by Fred Astaire ⓘ
portrayal of vaudeville era songwriters ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays Bert Kalmar ⓘ
Harry Ruby ⓘ
producer Jack Cummings ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
releaseDate 1950-07-12 ⓘ
releaseYear 1950 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 102 ⓘ
screenwriter George Wells ⓘ
Harry Ruby ⓘ
setInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
starring Arlene Dahl ⓘ
Debbie Reynolds ⓘ
Fred Astaire ⓘ
Gloria DeHaven ⓘ
Keenan Wynn ⓘ
Red Skelton ⓘ
Vera-Ellen ⓘ
subjectOf Academy Award nominations ⓘ

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Three Little Words → featuresSong → Three Little Words self-link ⓘ
George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing → hasPart → Three Little Words ⓘ
Life Is Worth Losing → hasPart → Three Little Words ⓘ
Three Little Words → hasTitleSong → Three Little Words self-link ⓘ
Fred Astaire → notableWork → Three Little Words ⓘ
Frederick → notableWork → Three Little Words ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick Austerlitz