Invitation
A millionaire tries to buy his dying daughter a husband.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Released
- 1952
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1952
Storyline
A millionaire tries to buy his dying daughter a husband.
Top credits
Van Johnson — Dan I. Pierce
Dorothy McGuire — Ellen Pierce
Ruth Roman — Maud Redwick
Louis Calhern — Simon Bowker
Did you know
• The haunting theme music by Bronislau Kaper was actually introduced two years earlier in MGM's A Life of Her Own (1950), but became a jazz standard under the title "Invitation", especially associated with tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson.
• Helen Rose, who designed Dorothy McGuire's wedding gown in this film, also designed Grace Kelly's gown for her 1956 wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco. The McGuire gown appears to be an earlier version Grace Kelly's wedding dress.
• This film failed at the box office, resulting in a loss to MGM of $178,000 ($1.72M in 2019) according to studio records.
User reviews
VERY GOOD"CHICK FLICK"
A rocky road for Dorothy
Powerful Performance by McGuire Makes This a Solid, Action Film
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
