Dreamboat (1952)

6.1/10 • 83 min • Comedy

Overview

Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor - secretly formerly a silent films romantic action hero - is disturbed, feeling his privacy has been violated, and his professional credibility as a scholar jeopardized, when he learns his old movies have been resurrected and are being aired on TV. He sets out to demand this cease. However, his former co-star is the hostess of the TV show playing the films, and she has other plans.

Cast

Clifton Webb

Ginger Rogers

Anne Francis

Jeffrey Hunter

Elsa Lanchester

Mathilda Coffey

Fred Clark

Paul Harvey

Ray Collins

Helene Stanley

Richard Garrick

Jay Adler

Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Marietta Canty

Lavinia (uncredited)

Victoria Horne

Waitress (uncredited)

Emory Parnell

Crazy Sam (uncredited)

Mary Treen

Wife in Hotel Bar (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Woman Exiting Hotel (uncredited)

Paul Maxey

Member of College Board (uncredited)

Helen Brown

Dorothy (uncredited)

Richard Easton

Man in Commercial (uncredited)

Gwen Verdon

Girl in Commercial (uncredited)

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