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The Sky's the Limit

1943 ★ 89 min
Starring: Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie, Robert Benchley
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Producer: David Hempstead

The Sky's The Limit is a 1943 romantic musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire and Joan Leslie, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The film was directed by Edward H. Griffith, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Astaire plays a Flying Tiger pilot on leave. Robert T. Smith, a real former Flying Tiger pilot on leave before joining the Army Air Forces, was the technical adviser on the film.

Trivia

  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score.
  • The story line was taken from a Saturday Evening Post story about an attractive young woman from Texas who was an assistant/employee/(lover?) of an older man prominent in New York City literary circles.
  • In the story, the young woman leaves her glamorous job to marry a young man who is going off to World War II. This character is altered a good bit to fit Fred Astaire in the movie.

Filming Locations

  • Pinewood Studios

Previous Showings

12 Runs • 7 Festivals

10,424 tickets sold

Original Billings: 1 run (December 28, 1943)

Original Run: December 28, 1943 (Tuesday - Thursday)

All runs on record (12):

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