Pat Boone's casting was announced in February 1958. [9] Shirley Jones, who had co-starred with Boone in April Love, was meant to play the female lead but had to drop out due to pregnancy. [10] Instead the studio cast French actress Christine Carère, who had just made A Certain Smile for Fox. [11] Mardi Gras: Directed by Edmund Goulding. With Pat Boone, Christine Carère, Tommy Sands, Sheree North. Military school cadet Boone wins a date with a French movie goddess (Carère) who happens to be the queen of the Mardi Gras parade. A military school cadet wins a a contest for a date with a French film star, who will be the queen of the "Mardi Gras" parade in New Orleans. With Fred Clark Mardi Gras (1958) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Pat boone - Mardi Gras March from Mardi Gras (1958) A October 9, 1958 Hollywood Reporter news item, printed before the film's release, states that the song "A Fiddle and a Rifle" was to be cut from the film because it featured Pat Boone singing to a group of African-American shoeshine boys. The studio feared that white Southerners might resent the scene as a plug for integration and that the A military school cadet (Pat Boone) enters a contest and wins a date for his graduation with a beautiful French movie star (Christine Carere). However, when the two meet during Mardi Gras and hit it off-him not knowing her identity-her agent and the movie studio publicize their romance putting their love to the test. Pat Boone's casting was announced in February 1958. [9] Shirley Jones, who had co-starred with Boone in April Love, was meant to play the female lead but had to drop out due to pregnancy. [10] Instead the studio cast French actress Christine Carere, who has just made A Certain Smile for Fox. [11] A military school cadet Boone wins a date with a French movie goddess (Carère) who happens to be the queen of the "Mardi Gras" parade. They fall in love, but Carère's movie studio wants to capitalize on this newly found love for publicity. This is one of the many teen-oriented comedy films of the mid-1950s along with movies like ''Gidget'' or ''Bernardine'' (with Pat Boone). ''Mardi Gras'' is set in a military school with some cadets that try to win a date with the queen of the Mardi Gras parade, and Pat Boone's character wins it. Pat boone - Mardi Gras March from Mardi Gras (1958) Jerry Wald announced the film in October 1957. It was called Romantic Comedy and was based on an original story by Curtis Harrington, who worked for Wald.The film was about the adventures of four students from the Virginia Military Institute at Mardi Gras, but Wald was unable to use that title because Universal had it registered and he needed permission from the city of New Orleans. From the 20th Century Fox Motion Picture "Mardi Gras" From "Pat Boone Sings" 1958.The Mardi Gras March (Fain-Webster) by Pat Boone, orchestra conducted by Billy Vaughn, arranged by Milton Rogers A military school cadet Boone wins a date with a French movie goddess (Carère) who happens to be the queen of the "Mardi Gras" parade. They fall in love, but Carère's movie studio wants to capitalize on this newly found love for publicity. Mardi Gras is a 1958 musical romance film featuring a military school cadet who falls for a visiting French actress during the festivities in New Orleans. The film combines elements of romance and music against the vibrant backdrop of Mardi Gras celebrations.
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