Something's Got to Give

1962 unfinished film
Movie unfinished_or_abandoned_film_project Q1753740
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Summary

Something's Got to Give is an unfinished or abandoned film project[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of unfinished or abandoned film project entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,097 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: George Cukor[3], Jean Negulesco[4]
  • Screenwriter: Nunnally Johnson[5]
  • Composer: Johnny Mercer[6]
  • Genre: romantic comedy[7], musical film[8]
  • Cast member: Marilyn Monroe[9], Dean Martin[10], Cyd Charisse[11], Phil Silvers[12], Tom Tryon[13], Grady Sutton[14], John McGiver[15], Steve Allen[16], Wally Cox[17]
  • Producer: Henry T. Weinstein[18]
  • Production company: 20th Century Studios[19]
  • Director of photography: Charles Lang[20], Leo Tover[21], William H. Daniels[22], Franz Planer[23]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[24]
  • Commons category: Something's Got to Give[25]
  • Color: color[26]
  • Country of origin: United States[27]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1962[28], January 1, 2001[29]
  • Distributed by: 20th Century Studios[30]
  • Title: Something's Got to Give[31]
  • Duration: 37 minutes[32]
  • Costume designer: Jean Louis[33]

Why It Matters

Something's Got to Give has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Ontogon · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cinemarx title id (archived) → 1793224
    Sitelink count → 19
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'lt', 'n
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Cinemarx title id (archived): 1793224"
  2. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1962-01-01T00:00:00Z, +2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Nunnally Johnson
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+37'}
    Rotten tomatoes id → m/somethings-got-to-give2001
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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