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Sitting Pretty is a 1948 American comedy film directed by Walter Lang from a screenplay by F. Hugh Herbert, adapted from the novel Belvedere by Gwen Davenport. [3] The film stars Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, and Clifton Webb, about a family who hires the mysterious Lynn Belvedere to babysit their rowdy children.
Sitting Pretty is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical comedy film that tells the story of two aspiring but untalented songwriters played by Jack Oakie and Jack Haley.They are joined by Ginger Rogers and Thelma Todd on their trip from New York City to Hollywood to find their fortune.
The film concludes with Webb's alter ego Sayre watching himself star in Sitting Pretty. Around the same time, he starred in the Technicolor film biography of bandmaster John Philip Sousa, Stars and Stripes Forever (also 1952). He was a Belvedere-like scoutmaster in Mister Scoutmaster (1953).
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The screenplay written by Mary Loos, Mary C. McCall, Jr., and Richard Sale was based on characters created by Gwen Davenport. It follows on from Sitting Pretty (1948), and had a sequel, Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951).
Roberts, who played the famous role of prostitute Vivian Ward, was already cast in "Pretty Woman." Marshall set up a meeting between the two for Gere to give his impression of Roberts.
Season 2 of The Summer I Turned Pretty is hitting our screens this July, and while the main character, Belly, is 16 in the series, the actress who plays her is actually a little older IRL.
Lynn made her film debut in the 1948 film Sitting Pretty, which won a Photoplay Gold Medal. [13] That same year, she appeared in June Bride with Bette Davis followed by roles in Mother Is a Freshman (1949), Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), and Payment on Demand (1951). [15]