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Love Me or Leave Me (film)
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| Love Me or Leave Me | |
|---|---|
 Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | Charles Vidor |
| Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
| Written by | Daniel Fuchs Isobel Lennart |
| Starring | Doris Day James Cagney Cameron Mitchell |
| Music by | Chilton Price |
| Cinematography | Arthur E. Arling |
| Editing by | Ralph E. Winters |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) |  May 26, 1955 (New York City, New York)June 10 (wide)  November 14 March 23, 1956 June 24, 1959 |
| Running time | 122 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
| All Movie Guide profile | |
| IMDb profile | |
Love Me or Leave Me is a 1955 biographical film which tells the life story of Ruth Etting, a singer who rose from dancer to movie star. It stars Doris Day as Etting, James Cagney as Martin "Moe the Gimp" Snyder, and Cameron Mitchell.
Cagney suggested to producer Joe Pasternak that Day be cast in the Etting role.[1] The role had been sought by Ava Gardner, but Cagney persuaded MGM to cast Day. In turn, she was excited to play opposite Cagney.
The movie was written by Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart. It was directed by Charles Vidor.
It won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Cagney), Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Music, Song (for Nicholas Brodzsky and Sammy Cahn for "I'll Never Stop Loving You"), Best Sound, Recording and Best Writing, Screenplay.
Most of the songs in the movie were 1930s hits that Etting had recorded originally. Two new songs, however, were written specifically for the film: "Never Look Back" by Chilton Price, and "I'll Never Stop Loving You," by Nicholas Brodzsky and Sammy Cahn.
(all sung by Doris Day except as shown):
- Ten Cents a Dance
- I'm Sitting on Top of the World (Claude Stroud)
- It All Depends On You
- You Made Me Love You
- Stay On the Right Side Sister
- Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Loves Nobody But Me)
- Mean To Me
- Sam, the Old Accordion Man
- Shaking the Blues Away (sung by Doris Day, danced by Doris Day and Chorus)
- I'll Never Stop Loving You
- Never Look Back
- Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl)
- At Sundown
- My Blue Heaven
- Love Me or Leave Me
