The Stars Are Singing

The Stars Are Singing is a 1953 Paramount Pictures musical directed by Norman Taurog and starring Rosemary Clooney, Anna Maria Alberghetti, and Lauritz Melchior. Clooney performs her hit song "Come On-a My House" and Danish tenor Lauritz Melchior sings "Vesti la giubba" from Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci in this Technicolor production.

Plot
A 15-year-old Polish girl attempts to enter the U.S. illegally, setting off a major search by immigration officials. She is befriended by a struggling group of New York performers, who try to get approval for her to remain in the country.

Cast

 * Rosemary Clooney as Terry Brennan
 * Anna Maria Alberghetti as Katri Walenska
 * Lauritz Melchior as Jan Poldi
 * Bob Williams as Homer Tirdell
 * Tom Morton as Buddy Fraser
 * Fred Clark as McDougall
 * John Archer as Dave Parish
 * Mikhail Rasumny as Ladowski
 * Lloyd Corrigan as Miller
 * Don Wilson as Radio Announcer
 * Otto Waldis as Ship's Captain Goslak
 * Henry Guttman as Ship's Mate
 * Paul E. Burns as Henryk
 * Freeman Lusk as Conway

Production
The film cost $1,264,337 and earned an estimated $1.6 million at the North American box office in 1953.

Release
The film's world premier was in Clooney's home town, Maysville, Kentucky, at the Russell Theatre.