The Moon Is Blue (1953)

USA, 98 min
Facebook Twitter Tumblr Pinterest Email

Table of contents

Other manifestations of this work

Basic facts

Original title The Moon Is Blue
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1953-10-05

Cast

William Holden
Donald Gresham

David Niven
David Slater

Maggie McNamara
Patty O'Neill

Tom Tully
Michael O'Neill

Dawn Addams
Cynthia Slater

Fortunio Bonanova
teveartisten

Show more

Titles

Original title
  • The Moon Is Blue
Swedish release title
  • Patty
Distribution title
  • Wolken sind überall (Västtyskland/Österrike)
  • Ingénua ... até certo ponto (Portugal)
  • Ingênua até certo ponto (Brasilien)
  • La luna es azul (Spanien)
  • La lune était bleue (Frankrike)
  • La vergine sotto il tetto (Italien)
  • Viattomuus kadulta (Finland)
  • Månen er blå (Danmark)
Title for Swedish TV release
  • Oskulden från gatan

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Special Effects
Production Assistant
Still Photographer
Conductor
Orchestration
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Presented by

Cast

William Holden Donald Gresham
David Niven David Slater
Maggie McNamara Patty O'Neill
Tom Tully Michael O'Neill
Dawn Addams Cynthia Slater
Fortunio Bonanova teveartisten
Gregory Ratoff taxichaufför
- Ej krediterade:
Hardy Krüger turist på Empire State Building
Johanna Matz turist på Empire State Building
Johannes Heesters turist

Companies

Production Company Holmby Productions Inc.
Copyright Holmby Productions Inc. 1953
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) United Artists AB 1953

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 82981
Date 1953-09
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2720 meters
Notes Speltid: 99 minuter.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2688 meter
Length in minutes 98 min
Reels 10 reels


Original work

Original title The Moon Is Blue (Play)
Author F. Hugh Herbert


Production location

1953-01-21 1953-02-18
Motion Picture Center Studios, Hollywood Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1953-06-03 USA 98 min
Other showing 1953-06-29 San Francisco, Kalifornien USA 98 min
1953-07-09 New York City, New York USA 98 min
Release in Sweden 1953-10-05 Riviera Stockholm Sweden 99 min
TV showing 1983-02-20 TV2 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title The Moon Is Blue
Composer Herschel Burke Gilbert (1953)
Lyrics Sylvia Fine (1953)


Original title Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes
Lyrics Hans Alfredson (svensk text 1966)
Tage Danielsson (svensk text 1966)
Musical Arrangement Gunnar Svensson (1966)


Original title Der Ritt der Walküren
Composer Richard Wagner (1870)


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Behind the scenes prints 5
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


Related

    Contact the editors

    Are you missing some information about the movie or is something on this page incorrect? If so, we would really like to know about it. Write a few lines to us editors and we'll take a look at it.

    What is it about?