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Those Redheads from Seattle

  • 1953
  • Approved
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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Agnes Moorehead, Gene Barry, Teresa Brewer, Rhonda Fleming, Guy Mitchell, and The Bell Sisters in Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)
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ComedyMusicalWestern

A woman takes her four beautiful daughters to Dawson City, Yukon during the Gold Rush to find their fortune.A woman takes her four beautiful daughters to Dawson City, Yukon during the Gold Rush to find their fortune.A woman takes her four beautiful daughters to Dawson City, Yukon during the Gold Rush to find their fortune.

  • Director
    • Lewis R. Foster
  • Writers
    • Lewis R. Foster
    • Daniel Mainwaring
    • George Worthing Yates
  • Stars
    • Rhonda Fleming
    • Gene Barry
    • Agnes Moorehead
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    310
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lewis R. Foster
    • Writers
      • Lewis R. Foster
      • Daniel Mainwaring
      • George Worthing Yates
    • Stars
      • Rhonda Fleming
      • Gene Barry
      • Agnes Moorehead
    • 13User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Rhonda Fleming
    Rhonda Fleming
    • Kathie Edmonds
    Gene Barry
    Gene Barry
    • Johnny Kisco
    Agnes Moorehead
    Agnes Moorehead
    • Mrs. Edmonds
    Teresa Brewer
    Teresa Brewer
    • Pat Edmonds
    Guy Mitchell
    Guy Mitchell
    • Joe Keenan
    The Bell Sisters
    The Bell Sisters
    • Connie and Nell Edmonds
    Jean Parker
    Jean Parker
    • Liz
    Roscoe Ates
    Roscoe Ates
    • Dan Taylor
    John Kellogg
    John Kellogg
    • Mike Yurkil
    Frank Wilcox
    Frank Wilcox
    • Vance Edmonds
    Walter Reed
    Walter Reed
    • Whitey Marks
    William Pullen
    • Rev. Louis Petrie
    Cynthia Strother
    • Connie Edmonds
    • (as The Bell Sisters)
    Fred Aldrich
    Fred Aldrich
    • Barfly
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Alexander
    Richard Alexander
    • Barfly
    • (uncredited)
    Stanley Andrews
    Stanley Andrews
    • Sheriff
    • (uncredited)
    Arthur Berkeley
    • Prospector
    • (uncredited)
    Nick Borgani
    Nick Borgani
    • Barfly
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Lewis R. Foster
    • Writers
      • Lewis R. Foster
      • Daniel Mainwaring
      • George Worthing Yates
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    User reviews13

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    8GeoSlv

    Good oldie

    The attractive thing about this movie is the presence of Teresa Brewer, in her only film. So if you're a fan this is a must see. Secondly, how often do you judge a musical as a great movie in itself? The plot is usually there to support the music and the stars. That's the way I look at it, so I'm not hard on it. I know there are fans of Rhonda Fleming too, and the other stars. They appear attractive in color and the music is fine, especially when Teresa is on stage as a showgirl singing Baby Baby Baby. That was a hit for her that year. The Bell Sisters sing one, and so does Guy Mitchell. Teresa also sings Mr Banjo Man and a duet with Guy of It Must Have Been You All The Time. This film has recently been prepared for a 3-D video release that has not occurred, and there have been a couple of limited theatrical preview showings recently. Never been on video. Can be seen online in some places or as a TV recording. As of 2017 there is a DVD and Bluray 3D release. Better get yours before they are out of stock.
    7gpachovsky

    "Tessie" brings confused musical to life

    With its catchy title, an exotic location, some peppy tunes, and a good cast, THOSE REDHEADS FROM SEATTLE could have been a passably good musical had screenwriters Lewis R. Foster (who also directed it) and Daniel Mainwaring paid more attention to the plot instead of letting the intended 3-D effects carry the burden. As it is, we have an uninspired programmer masquerading as a musical whose only real merit is the introduction of then-current radio chart-busters Teresa Brewer and Guy Mitchell to the movie going public.

    All proceedings are undermined by a confused plot which takes place during the late 1800s in a Klondike where the journey from Skagway to Dawson is as easy as a Sunday afternoon constitutional with no White Horse Pass to pose any peril, where the weather is so balmy that the characters need not wear ear muffs or mitts for protection from frostbite or even see their own breath, and where snowstorms are non-existent. There is not even a hint of a single gold strike nor of fortunes won and lost overnight.

    The movie just can't make up its mind whether its plot is one of revenge for the murder of the eponymous redheads' father or to showcase the young women's determination to adapt to the "harsh" life in the remote northern reaches of Canada on their own. The requisite villain, a one-dimensional cipher, appears only twice: the first time at the beginning to kill the father and the second time at the end to be dispatched by the hero (Gene Barry) so that the latter can win the admiration and eternal gratitude of the heroine, lovely Rhonda Fleming.

    Still, the musical numbers, "Chick-A-Boom," "Baby, Baby, Baby," and the beautiful ballad "I Guess It was You all the Time," performed with verve and gusto by Mr. Mitchell and Miss Brewer, are entertaining in their own right, even if they don't fit the situations or advance the plot in any way.

    But there is one good reason for watching this movie and that reason is Teresa Brewer. "Tessie," as she was known to her fellow musicians, simply illuminates the screen with her bubbly effervescence every time she enters a scene. She grabs your attention and holds it. This is no mean feat given that she often has to share the screen with gorgeous Rhonda Fleming but she does just that. Watch her face as she eagerly anticipates greetings from her estranged family as they approach her from church, only to be snubbed by them as a show of disapproval of her chosen vocation as a dance hall singer. Tessie was a natural on-screen performer and it's a shame she didn't pursue a career in movies. Paramount had apparently offered her a contract but she turned it down so that she could have time to raise a family. Had she not done so, she might have gone on to rival the popularity of Warner's Doris Day. She certainly had the personality and talent.
    1conneide

    A western and a musical, a lethal combination.

    When I saw this movie in first run, 1953, everyone in the theater laughed out loud. As the film progressed people started to make random comments aloud, increasing the laughter. In 1953 it was the worst movie I had ever seen and, even though a child, I had seen a lot of movies. It still is though The Sicilian ranks close. Rhonda Fleming was beyond awful. Teresa Brewer, a top of the charts pop singer of the day, not only couldn't act, she looked terrible. Many of the scenes were shot against backdrops to show the vast Artic region, and those shots were also terrible. Gene Barry was miscast. The plot was inane. The acting was painful to watch. The only reason I went to see this movie was because they were having a sneak preview that night and, WHAT LUCK!, the preview was "Singin' in the Rain."
    searchanddestroy-1

    Just a waste of time

    I was so deceived by this Lewis Foster's film. This director was specialized in adventure and western movies, also war and crime, but just a bit. But this movie was definitely not for him. It would have been perfect for the likes of George Marshall, Mitchell Leisen, Preston Sturges. But that depends of what you wish. However, Lewis Foster's goers will be interested by this rare film. It is agreeable, light hearted, and we an consider it as a comedy. For the whole family. The best way to like this movie is to watch it with someone who may like watching it. I don't understand it was made in 3D. Very strange.
    5bkoganbing

    Cleaning up Dawson in 3-D

    Paramount's Dollar Bills, William Pine and William Thomas continued putting out films in the Fifties as they did in the Forties for Paramount's B picture unit. Only they were given a bit more bucks to play with and some bigger stars in the Fifties. For Those Redheads From Seattle they got not only color, but also 3-D making it the first musical released in 3-D.

    With some elements of The Harvey Girls as part of the story, Pine-Thomas could have used some better songs for the score. I noted that several different writers contributed to this one. Usually you have only one team, maybe an interpolation from another writer for the score. But in Those Redheads From Seattle it was all original material. It was like some various songwriting teams just opened the trunk for some unused material and sold it to Paramount.

    As one of those redheads is Rhonda Fleming who is the oldest of Agnes Moorehead's four daughters who have come to the city of Dawson in the Klondike Gold Rush you certainly have the redhead covered. Agnes is a redhead her and so are Teresa Brewer and the Bell Sisters except one of them is a blond and wonders how she got in this family. No exceptions were allowed in the Day Family in Life With Father.

    They got a last letter from their husband and father who ran the newspaper in Dawson and is leading a fight to clean up the bad elements in Dawson. Then one of those bad elements plugs Frank Wilcox, but not before his family has pulled up from Seattle to join him.

    Another of those bad elements is the owner of the largest gambling palace in Dawson Gene Barry. He's thought of as the one responsible for Wilcox no longer being among the living. He has the whole film to prove himself innocent and gain one of the daughters as a bride.

    Taking care of the musical chores are Guy Mitchell who sings in Barry's establishment and Teresa Brewer who would like to. Nothing here that stands out in the score.

    3-D was also used by MGM for Kiss Me Kate. If you can see that in 3-D I'd recommend it before Those Redheads From Seattle.

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    • Trivia
      This was the first musical to be filmed in 3-D. It was premiered in 3-D but most theaters weren't equipped for it.
    • Connections
      Featured in Rencontre dans la 3e dimension (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Baby, Baby, Baby
      by Mack David and Jay Livingston

      Sung by Teresa Brewer (uncredited)

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    • Release date
      • October 16, 1953 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Korkusuz gençler
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Pine-Thomas Productions
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      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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