The Moon Is Blue (film)

The Moon Is Blue
Theatrical release poster
Directed byOtto Preminger
Screenplay byF. Hugh Herbert
Based onThe Moon Is Blue
by F. Hugh Herbert
Produced byOtto Preminger
Starring
CinematographyErnest Laszlo
Edited byOtto Ludwig
Music byHerschel Burke Gilbert
Production
company
Otto Preminger Films (uncredited)
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • June 22, 1953 (1953-06-22) (Woods Theatre, Chicago)[1]
  • July 8, 1953 (1953-07-08) (USA)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$400,000[2]
Box office$3.5 million (US and Canada rentals)[3]

The Moon Is Blue is a 1953 American romantic comedy film produced and directed by Otto Preminger and starring William Holden, David Niven, and Maggie McNamara. Written by F. Hugh Herbert and based on his 1951 play of the same title, the film is about a young woman who meets an architect on the observation deck of the Empire State Building and quickly turns his life upside down. Herbert's play had also been a huge success in Germany, and Preminger decided to simultaneously film in English and German, using the same sets but different casts. The German-language film version is Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach.

  1. ^ "'Moon Is Blue,' Here June 22, Filmed in 2 Languages". Chicago Sunday Tribune. Part 7, p. 2. June 14, 1953.
  2. ^ Tino Balio, United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 p. 65
  3. ^ "Top Grossers of 1953". Variety. November 13, 1954. p. 10.

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