I Surrender Dear is a 1948 American musical film directed by Arthur Dreifuss and starring Gloria Jean.

[2] Radio stations across America are signing big-name disc jockeys like Dave Garroway, Jack Eigen, and Peter Potter to entertain listeners with running chatter while playing the latest pop-music records.

Los Angeles radio station KXIW has a problem: its own record spinner Russ Nelson plays sedate classical music.

The film turned out nicely, and no one was more surprised than the star, Gloria Jean: "The biggest audience reaction, more so than anything I can ever remember — laugh if you like — was I Surrender Dear... People were all enthusiastic, everybody went crazy.

"[4] Katzman reused the I Surrender Dear formula, repeating many of the script situations and some of the staging, for his very successful Columbia musical Rock Around the Clock (1956).