Katie Did It (1951) is a charming movie in which Ann Blyth, who was
known for not doing cheesecake photos, plays a prim New England librarian who
poses in a swimsuit for a New York commercial artist because she needs to pay
her uncle’s gambling debts to keep gangsters from visiting him.
Cecil Kellaway plays her
roguish uncle, and we don’t want him to get his legs broken, either.
Mark Stevens plays her
prince charming, here with Ann and Cecil Kellaway in the above lobby card for
the movie.
This film was the last movie
I was able to obtain when researching my book on Ann Blyth’s career, and for a
long, nail-biting, while, I thought I’d never find it. As with many of Ann Blyth’s films, this one
is not on DVD, or VHS, and is not shown on Turner Classic Movies. Press time was fast approaching, and my year-and-a-half-long
hunt came up empty.
Then, with dumb luck, a
friend saw a copy for sale on eBay—someone’s home-recorded version—and nabbed
it for me. It’s not a great print, but
at last I could fill in the blank in my book.
Wouldn’t you know it? NOW
it’s on YouTube.
Someone recently posted
this sweet movie, here at this link. Now
you can enjoy Katie Did It, but
things have a way of disappearing off YouTube, so catch it while you can. Below, a still shot that was published in Movie Life magazine of the model and the
artist getting to know each other.
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The audio book for Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star. is now for sale on Audible.com, and on Amazon and iTunes.
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