# My Sweet Little Alice Blue Gown

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 8, 2000, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sweet-little-alice-blue-gown/12581 "2000-01-08T05:32:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2000, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sweet-little-alice-blue-gown/12581/1 "2000-01-08T05:32:00Z")

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It seems every time I can’t sleep I turn on the TV and there is this girl singing this song.

Does anyone know the name of the movie? Who was in it, etc. I seem to fall asleep and forget about it till the next time I see it.

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**Author:** ![JBENZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@JBENZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBENZ)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2000, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sweet-little-alice-blue-gown/12581/2 "2000-01-08T10:38:00Z")

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It’s from _Irene_ a 1940 musical:  
[http://us.imdb.com/Title?0032638](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0032638)  
“Alice Blue Gown”  
Music and Lyrics by Harry Tierney (I) and Joseph McCarthy (I)  
Played at the charity ball and sung by Anna Neagle  
Played during a show and sung by Martha Tilton  
Sung by the Dandridge Sisters in a skit at the show  
Danced by Hattie Noel and The Rockettes in a skit at the show

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JB  
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