Love Me or Leave Me

"A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom."

Cast

Doris Day

as Ruth Etting

James Cagney

as Martin Snyder

Cameron Mitchell

as Johnny Alderman

Robert Keith

as Bernard V. Loomis

Tom Tully

as Frobisher

Harry Bellaver

as Georgie

Richard Gaines

as Paul Hunter

Peter Leeds

as Fred Taylor

Claude Stroud

as Eddie Fulton

Audrey Young

as Jingle Girl

John Harding

as Greg Trent

Larri Thomas

as Chorus Girl

Winona Smith

as Chorus Girl

Henry Kulky

as Bouncer

Jay Adler

as Orry

Dick Gordon

as Man in Follies Audience (uncredited)

Marco López

as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

Crew

Nicholas Brodszky

Songs

Sammy Cahn

Songs

Chilton Price

Songs

George Stoll

Music Supervisor

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

Urie McCleary

Art Direction

Edwin B. Willis

Set Decoration

Jack D. Moore

Set Decoration

Ridgeway Callow

Assistant Director

Helen Rose

Costume Design

Wesley C. Miller

Recording Supervision

Warren Newcombe

Special Effects

Sydney Guilaroff

Hair Designer

William Tuttle

Makeup Designer

Alex Romero

Choreographer

Charles Vidor

Director

Daniel Fuchs

Screenplay

Daniel Fuchs

Story

Isobel Lennart

Screenplay

Ray Henderson

Songs

Sam M. Lewis

Songs

Joe Young

Songs

Buddy G. DeSylva

Songs

Lew Brown

Songs

Richard Rodgers

Songs

Lorenz Hart

Songs

James V. Monaco

Songs

Joseph McCarthy

Songs

Rube Bloom

Songs

Ted Koehler

Songs

Spencer Williams

Songs

Jack Palmer

Songs

Walter Donaldson

Songs

Gus Kahn

Songs

George Whiting

Songs

Fred E. Ahlert

Songs

Roy Turk

Songs

Irving Berlin

Songs

Joe Pasternak

Producer

Arthur E. Arling

Director of Photography

Ralph E. Winters

Editor

Irving Aaronson

Music