Du Barry Was a Lady

Film Version

Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter (and Others)
Screenplay by Irving Brecher, Nancy Hamilton, and Wilkie C. Mahoney, based on the play by Herbert Fields and Buddy G. DeSylva

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release
(1943; 101 minutes; Color)
Produced by Arthur Freed
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Cinematography by Karl Freund
Choreography by Charles Walters
Art Direction by Cedric Gibbons
Set Design by Edwin B. Willis and Henry Grace
Costumes by Irene, Howard Shoup, and Gile Steele
Music Direction by George Stoll

Cast

Red Skelton (Louis Blore/King Louis XV)
Lucille Ball (May Daly/Madame DuBarry)
Gene Kelly (Alec Howe/The Black Arrow)
Virginia O'Brien (Ginny/Lady of the Court)
Rags Ragland (Charlie/The Dauphin)
Zero Mostel (Rami the Swami/Taliostro)

Donald Meek (Mr. Jones/Duc de Choiseul), Douglass Dumbrille (Willie/Duc de Rigor), George Givot (Cheezy/Count de Roquefort), Louise Beavers (Niagara), Charles Coleman (Doorman/DuBarry's Gatekeeper), and Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

Note: Lucille Ball's vocals are dubbed by Martha Mears

Musical Numbers

Songs by Cole Porter:

• "Katie Went to Haiti"
• "Do I Love You, Do I?"
• "Well, Did You Evah?" [music only]
• "But in the Morning, No" [music only]
• "Taliostro's Dance"
• "Friendship"

Songs by Other Writers:

• "No Matter How You Slice It, It's Still Salome" by Roger Edens
• "Ladies of the Bath" by Roger Edens
• "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" by Ned Washington and George Bassman
• "I Love an Esquire Girl" by Ralph Freed, Lew Brown and Roger Edens
• "Du Barry Was a Lady" by Ralph Freed and Burton Lane
• "Madame, I Love Your Crepes Suzettes" by Ralph Freed, Burton Lane and Lew Brown

Soundtrack Recording

• "Du Barry Was A Lady" [Freed/Lane] (5:47)
• "Well, Git It" [Oliver] (6:42)
• "Do I Love You" [Porter] (4:46)
• "Salome" [Freed / Harburg / Lane] (3:16)
• "I Love An Esquire Girl" [Brown / Edens / Freed] (4:41)
• "Katie Went To Haiti" [Porter] (3:41)
• "Madame, I Love Your Crepes Suzettes" [Brown / Freed / Lane] (2:47)
• "Friendship" [Porter] (2:47)

Note the inconsistencies between the recording credits and the film credits

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