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Du Barry Was a Lady
THE BIG SHOW is BIGGER THAN EVER!
6.5(19)19431h 41m
Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a poor dancer but wants to marry for money. When Louis wins the Irish Sweepstakes, he asks May to marry him and she accepts even though she doesn't love him. Soon after, Louis has an accident and gets knocked on the head, where he dreams that he's King Louis XV pursuing the infamous Madame Du Barry.
- Director
- Roy Del Ruth
- Writers
- Irving Brecher
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Cast

Red Skelton
Louis Blore / King Louis

Lucille Ball
May Daly / Madame Du Barry

Gene Kelly
Alec Howe / Black Arrow

Virginia O'Brien
Ginny

Rags Ragland
Charlie / Dauphin

Zero Mostel
Rami / Taliostra

Donald Meek
Mr. Jones / Duc de Choiseul

Douglass Dumbrille
Willie / Duc de Rigor

George Givot
Cheezy / Count de Roquefort

Louise Beavers
Niagara

Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey

Richard Ainley
Marching Rebel Behind King Louis (uncredited)
Grace Albertson
Perfume Girl (uncredited)

Kay Aldridge
Mrs. McGowan (uncredited)
Ernie Alexander
Flowers Delivery Man (uncredited)

Richard Alexander
Marching Rebel Behind King Louis (uncredited)

Sig Arno
Nick (uncredited)
Eleanor Bayley
Eleanor Bayley (uncredited)

Hugh Beaumont
Footman (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford
Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict
Club Patron (uncredited)

Clara Blandick
Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)

Hazel Brooks
Miss June (uncredited)
Pauline Byrne
Six Hits and a Miss Member (uncredited)
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Crew
Directing
- Roy Del RuthDirector
Writing
- Irving BrecherScreenplay
- Nancy HamiltonAdaptation
- Herbert FieldsTheatre Play
- Buddy G. DeSylvaTheatre Play
- Cole PorterLyricist
- Ralph FreedLyricist
Production
- Arthur FreedProducer
Camera
- Karl FreundDirector of Photography
Editing
- Blanche SewellEditor
Sound
- Cole PorterSongs
- Burton LaneSongs
- Cole PorterOriginal Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up
- IreneCostume Supervisor
- Gile SteeleCostume Design