Do You Love Me is a 1946 American Technicolor musical romance film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Maureen O'Hara, Dick Haymes and Reginald Gardiner . The film also features band leader Harry James and his Orchestra. It was produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Betty Grable makes a cameo at the end of the film. At the time Harry James was married to contracted Fox star Betty Grable.
Synopsis
Jimmy Hale, a successful singer, chases Katharine "Kitten" Hilliard, a prim music-school dean who transforms herself into a desirable, sophisticated lady after traveling to the big city. Trumpeter and bandleader Barry Clayton also pursues Katharine.
Cast
Maureen O'Hara as Katherine 'Kitten' Hilliard
Dick Haymes as Jimmy Hale
Harry James as Barry Clayton
Reginald Gardiner as Herbert Benham
Richard Gaines as Ralph Wainwright
Stanley Prager as Jay Dilly
Betty Grable as Barry's Fan in Taxi
Production
The film was known also known as Kitten on the Keys and budgeted at $1.8 million. Zanuck disliked the footage and ordered reshoots that cost an extra $750,000.