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Hot Track: A Gal in Calico

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Marc Myers
Dec 13, 2018
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A Gal in Calico
was written by Leo Robin and Arthur Schwartz for a rather dumb film from Warner Bros. called The Time, the Place and the Girl. Released the day after Christmas in 1946, the B-movie was a post-war good-time jubilee featuring a dopey plot and a mess of stage talent and dance numbers. But nestled within the movie morass was a Western scene …

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