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title: 'Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'David Butler'
released: '1951-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/painting-the-clouds-with-sunshine-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043896/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)

1951 · 87 min · Comedy, Music · United States


## Synopsis

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine is a 1951 Technicolor musical film directed by David Butler and starring Dennis Morgan and Virginia Mayo. The film is the fourth musical film adaptation of the 1919 play The Gold Diggers by Avery Hopwood, following The Gold Diggers (1923), Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929) and Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933). The film is a jukebox musical featuring popular songs from the 1910s to 1930s, including two songs from Gold Diggers of Broadway and one song from Gold Diggers of 1933.

## Credits

- **Director:** [David Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-butler-2)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Howard Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-jackson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Wilfred M. Cline](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilfred-m-cline)
- **Editor:** [Irene Morra](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-morra)

## Cast

- [Gene Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-nelson)
- [Dennis Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-morgan)
- [Virginia Mayo](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-mayo)

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