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While shooting on location in the South Pacific, a movie star is pursued by a handsome Naval officer who is convinced she is the girl for him.While shooting on location in the South Pacific, a movie star is pursued by a handsome Naval officer who is convinced she is the girl for him.While shooting on location in the South Pacific, a movie star is pursued by a handsome Naval officer who is convinced she is the girl for him.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Bobby Barber
- Assistant Cameraman
- (uncredited)
George Betz
- Photographer
- (uncredited)
Jack Boyle
- Lieutenant
- (uncredited)
Bill Chatham
- Sailor
- (uncredited)
Chester Clute
- Tommy
- (uncredited)
James Dale
- Seaplane Navigator
- (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
- Photographer
- (uncredited)
Tay Dunn
- Photographer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn an interview on TCM, Cyd Charisse stated that she neglected to warm up one day on set due to being late. Choreographed to leap from one level to another, when she landed on the third level, she felt the ligaments tear in one of her knees. As a result, she was replaced by another dancer for that number ("The Pagan Mask") and was also forced to drop out of Easter Parade (1948), which paved the way for Ann Miller's MGM debut.
- Goofs"Chita," the Chihuahua that Xavier Cugat gives to Jimmy, is said to be a female dog, but at about 1hr 31 mins, the dog's male appendage can be seen.
- Quotes
Lt. Lawrence Y. Kingslee: Put your arms around my neck.
Rosalind Reynolds: If I put my arms around your neck I'd choke you!
- Crazy creditsThe MGM lion emblem opening the film is completely colorized in a custom color scheme just for On an Island with You (1948).
- ConnectionsFeatured in That's Entertainment! (1974)
- SoundtracksOn an Island with You
(1948) (uncredited)
Music by Nacio Herb Brown
Lyrics by Edward Heyman
Sung by a chorus during the opening credits
Also performed by Ricardo Montalban (dubbed by Bill Lee) during the opening scene
Featured review
A poor movie with a couple of great bits, especially Cyd Charisse's two numbers
Thin and fairly dull Esther Williams vehicle, with Peter Lawford as her love interest. Williams and Lawford are both boring, and have no chemistry together. They are upstaged by just about every single other person in the cast, Cyd Charisse, Ricardo Montalban, Xavier Cugat, Jimmy Durante (whom you'd think was the star of the movie as much as he's in it), Kathryn Beaumont and even a chihuahua. Williams does have a good swimming number near the end, and she wears some fantastic costumes. I can't say anything good about Lawford. Recently departed dancer Cyd Charisse has the two best sequences in the movie, an erotic dance with Montalban and, the best scene in the movie, her dance on the stairs, aided by a group of masked natives. The Technicolor cinematography is beautiful throughout the movie, but it's downright dazzling in that number. At first I thought this was going to be a poor choice in honoring Charisse, but it turned out to be perfect. Child star Kathryn Beaumont went on to provide the voices for Disney's Alice in Wonderland and Wendy Darling. The DVD for this was stunning.
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- zetes
- Jun 21, 2008
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Auf einer Insel mit Dir
- Filming locations
- Anna Maria Island, Manatee County, Florida, USA(Island scenes where plane landed)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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