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The rather ungrammatical title was thought to have been derived from one of star Red Skelton's own catchphrases of the day, but instead it came from the song "I Dood It! (If I Do, I Get A Whippin')," written by Jack Owens, The Cruising Crooner, especially for Skelton in 1942. Richard Bernard Red Skelton (July 18, 1913 – September 17, 1997) was an American comedian whose greatest impact — in a career which began as a teen circus clown and graduated to vaudeville, Broadway, MGM films, and radio — began when he reached television stardom with The Red Skelton Show (NBC, 1951–1952... A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that is popularized, usually through repeated use, by a real person or fictional character. ... John Milton Jack Owens (Oct. ...

Skelton plays an "average Joe" who is madly in love with Constance Shaw (Eleanor Powell), a big Broadway musical star. Much to his surprise, Constance agrees to marry him, thinking he's a rich mining tycoon, and much of the film deals with the consequences of this misunderstanding. Eleanor Powell, left, in Broadway Melody of 1938. ... Note on spelling: While most Americans use er (as per American spelling conventions), the majority of venues, performers and trade groups for live theatre use re. ...

The screenplay by Fred Saidy and Sig Herzig was directed by Vincente Minnelli. Co-starring in the MGM film are Richard Ainley and Patricia Dane, and Lena Horne, Hazel Scott, and Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra provide musical interludes. Fred Saidy (February 11, 1907 - May 14, 1982) was an American playwright and screenwriter. ... Vincente Minnelli (February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was a famous Hollywood director and accomplished stage director, often considered by critics to be the father of the modern musical. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Richard Ainley (22 October(?) 1910 - 18 May 1967) was a stage and film actor, son of Henry Ainley and brother of Anthony Ainley. ... Patricia Dane (August 4, 1919-June 5, 1995) was an American film actress from Blountstown, Florida. ... Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (born June 30, 1917 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York) is a popular singer of African-American descent. ... Hazel Dorothy Scott (1920 – 1981) was a jazz and classical pianist and singer. ... James Jimmy Dorsey (February 29, 1904 - June 12, 1957) was a prominent jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and big band leader. ...

Powell's most notable performance in the film comes near the beginning when she executes a complex dance routine involving lariats and cowboys. Powell, in her introduction to the book Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance, recalled that she knocked herself unconscious while rehearsing a stunt for this sequence involving a rope and ultimately had to don a football helmet to protect herself. A lasso is a loop of rope that is designed to be thrown around a target and tighten when pulled. ... For other uses, see Cowboy (disambiguation). ...

Skelton and Powell had previously worked together in 1942's Ship Ahoy. In that film, they appeared with Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy's brother. Ship Ahoy is the title of a 1942 musical-comedy motion picture produced by MGM. The film stars Eleanor Powell as Tallulah Winters, a dancing star who is hired to perform on an ocean liner. ... Tommy Dorsey, in a publicity shot for The Big Apple Tommy Dorsey (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist and bandleader in the Big Band era. ...

This was Powell's final starring role in an MGM film. After this, she would make a cameo appearance in Thousands Cheer, play a lead role in the non-MGM film Sensations of 1945, and make another cameo in the 1950 MGM film, Duchess of Idaho before retiring from the screen for good. Thousands Cheer was an American musical-comedy released by MGM in 1943. ... Sensations of 1945 is an American musical-comedy film which was released by United Artists in 1944. ... Duchess of Idaho is a musical romantic comedy produced in 1950 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ...

External links

• I Dood It at the Internet Movie Database