Mother Wore Tights

1947 film by Walter Lang
Movie film Q4353817
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Summary

Mother Wore Tights is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (282 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score[3]
  • Director: Walter Lang[4]
  • Screenwriter: Lamar Trotti[5]
  • Composer: Alfred Newman[6]
  • Genre: musical film[7], comedy film[8]
  • Cast member: Betty Grable[9], Dan Dailey[10], Mona Freeman[11], Vanessa Brown[12], Sara Allgood[13], William Frawley[14], Ruth Nelson[15], George Cleveland[16], Veda Ann Borg[17], Sig Ruman[18], Lee Patrick[19], Anne Baxter[20]
  • Producer: Lamar Trotti[21]
  • Production company: 20th Century Studios[22]
  • Director of photography: Harry Jackson[23]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[24]
  • Color: color[25]
  • Country of origin: United States[26]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1947[27]
  • Distributed by: 20th Century Studios[28]
  • Narrative location: California[29]
  • Film editor: J. Watson Webb, Jr.[30]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color[31], Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score[32]
  • Title: Mother Wore Tights[33]
  • Duration: 107 minutes[34]
  • Costume designer: Orry-Kelly[35]
  • Production designer: Richard Day[36]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: AL[37]
  • P14449: 89802[38]

Why It Matters

Mother Wore Tights has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

FAQs

What awards did Mother Wore Tights receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'nl', 'pt', 'simple']
    Filmová databáze film id → 81835
    Ampas collections film id → W082089
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Production designer → Richard Day
    P14449 → 89802
    Producer → Lamar Trotti
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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