The Strip (1951)

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Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of murder.

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Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar.

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13 July 2005 | cutterccbaxter
Drummer Noir
There are things we can learn from the movies. Like in this movie we learn that if you have a girlfriend, it's probably not a good idea to introduce her to your mob buddy because he'll only steal her away from you. Besides the educational value of "The Strip", it is a true classic if only for all the drum solos it contains. I'm a big advocate of movies having lots of drum solos and Mickey Rooney's drumming is really showcased here. He's very good, and although the film suggests a downer noirish ending, ultimately Mickey's character "Stan" apparently gets to play in Louis Armstrong's band indefinitely, which strikes me as a great gig. It was fun to see William Demarest sit behind the drum kit too. Without the music interludes the story could have been told in about ten minutes, so the main reason to watch "The Strip" is for the music and dance numbers.

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Trivia

Sally Forrest had toiled at MGM since 1946, appearing as a dancer in Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), The Kissing Bandit (1948) and Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949). She achieved her first co-starring role at the studio opposite Ricardo Montalban in Mystery Street (1950), which led to a short string of second-tier leads until MGM unceremoniously dropped her option in 1953.

Quotes

Fluff: Let me tell you something. I found out a long time ago, that when you wrap up garbage, it don't smell so bad. And when it does smell, don't carry it around, dump it!

Goofs

After the dance number with Jane and the three guys with serving trays, they place the trays behind him and the sticks on the bottom they held while dancing were clearly visible, but cut to the next shot and the trays are flat on the floor.

Soundtracks

A Kiss to Build a Dream On
Written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Oscar Hammerstein II
Performed by Kay Brown

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Genres

Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Music

Details

Release Date:

August 1951

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

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