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Directed by | Henry Levin |
Written by | George Agnew Chamberlain (novel) Winston Miller |
Produced by | David Weisbart |
Starring | Pat Boone Shirley Jones Dolores Michaels |
Cinematography | Wilfred M. Cline |
Edited by | William B. Murphy |
Music by | Sammy Fain Alfred Newman |
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Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,425,000[1] |
Box office | $3.7 million (US and Canada rentals)[2] |
April Love is an American musical film directed by Henry Levin and produced by David Weisbart, based on the novel Phantom Filly by George Agnew Chamberlain (New York City, 1941).[3] Photographed in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color by Wilfred M. Cline, it was the fourth most popular movie of 1957 and stars Pat Boone, Shirley Jones, Arthur O'Connell, Dolores Michaels, Matt Crowley, Jeanette Nolan and Bradford Jackson.
The title song, sung by Boone, went to number one on the Billboard Chart in December 1957 and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.