Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)

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1h 41min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music | Aug 13, 1943 | Released

Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is 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

Producer: Arthur Freed

Writer(s): Irving Brecher

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Cast (49 Members)

Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)

Alec Howe / Black Arrow

Mr. Jones / Duc de Choiseul

Rami - the Swami / Taliostra

Perfume Girl (uncredited)

Lana Turner (uncredited)

Richard Alexander

Marching Rebel Behind King Louis

Ambrose

Douglass Dumbrille

Willie / Duc de Rigor

Footman (uncredited)

May Daly / Madame Du Barry

Radio Interviewer (uncredited)

Nick (uncredited)

Miss June (uncredited)

Niagara

Marilyn Maxwell

Miss February (uncredited)

Villager (uncredited)

Louis Blore / King Louis XV

Miss April

Brooks Benedict

Club Patron (uncredited)

Cheezy / Count de Roquefort

Virginia O'Brien

Ginny

Charlie / Dauphin

Barbara Bedford

Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)

Singer (uncredited)

Tommy Dorsey

Miss May

Miss March (uncredited)

Flunky

Singer

Member The Pied Pipers (uncredited)

Member Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (uncredited)

Georgia Carroll

Miss January

Miss August

Villager

Flunky

Miss October

Trumpet Player

Mary Jane French

Miss November

John Huddleston

Member The Piep Pipers

Dancer

Member, The Pied Pipers

Dancer

Miss September

Dancer

Singer

Villager

The Three Oxford Boys

Performers

Member The Pied Pipers

Clara Blandick Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)

Gene Kelly Alec Howe / Black Arrow

Donald Meek Mr. Jones / Duc de Choiseul

Zero Mostel Rami - the Swami / Taliostra

Ava Gardner Perfume Girl (uncredited)

Lana Turner Lana Turner (uncredited)

Richard Alexander Marching Rebel Behind King Louis

Pierre Watkin Ambrose

Douglass Dumbrille Willie / Duc de Rigor

Hugh Beaumont Footman (uncredited)

Lucille Ball May Daly / Madame Du Barry

Don Wilson Radio Interviewer (uncredited)

Sig Arno Nick (uncredited)

Hazel Brooks Miss June (uncredited)

Louise Beavers Niagara

Marilyn Maxwell Miss February (uncredited)

John George Villager (uncredited)

Red Skelton Louis Blore / King Louis XV

Dolly Haas Miss April

Brooks Benedict Club Patron (uncredited)

George Givot Cheezy / Count de Roquefort

Virginia O'Brien Ginny

Rags Ragland Charlie / Dauphin

Barbara Bedford Ambrose's Wife (uncredited)

Dick Haymes Singer (uncredited)

Tommy Dorsey Tommy Dorsey

Kay Williams Miss May

Natalie Draper Miss March (uncredited)

Edward Cooper Flunky

Harry Stanton Singer

Jo Stafford Member The Pied Pipers (uncredited)

Buddy Rich Member Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (uncredited)

Georgia Carroll Miss January

Eve Whitney Miss August

Sol Murgi Villager

Emmett Casey Flunky

Theo Coffman Miss October

Ziggy Elman Trumpet Player

Mary Jane French Miss November

John Huddleston Member The Piep Pipers

Vera Lee Dancer

Chuck Lowry Member, The Pied Pipers

Joyce Murray Dancer

Ruth Ownbey Miss September

Sheila Rae Dancer

Virginia Rees Singer

Mitchell Rhein Villager

The Three Oxford Boys Performers

Clark Yocum Member The Pied Pipers

Crew (7 Members)

Director of Photography

Producer

Screenplay

Buddy G. DeSylva

Theatre Play

Director

Theatre Play

Costume Supervisor

Karl Freund Director of Photography

Arthur Freed Producer

Irving Brecher Screenplay

Buddy G. DeSylva Theatre Play

Roy Del Ruth Director

Herbert Fields Theatre Play

Irene Costume Supervisor

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