| Release Date | Film | Soundtrack | Cast | Crew | Company Credits |
| 4 January 1943 [USA] 6 October 1943 [Mexico] 25 February 1944 [Sweden] 11 August 1944 [Portugal] 20 August 1944 [Finland] 1945 [Turkey] |
 HAPPY GO LUCKY (Comedy | Musical) [1 hour 21 minutes] A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodoo. ====== To land a rich husband, golddigger Marjory Stuart goes to Trinidad posing as a debutante. Beach boy Pete promptly unmasks her, but offers to help her catch his enemy, yachtsman Alfred Monroe. Marjory's pal Bubbles turns out to be the old flame of Pete's pal Wally. All the well-planned efforts to land Monroe end in slapstick; then Wally's voodoo priestess landlady gives him a love potion that works... |
SING A TROPICAL SONG Music by Jimmy McHugh Lyrics by Frank Loesser Performed by Sir Lancelot, Dick Powell and Eddie Bracken HAPPY GO LUCKY Music by Jimmy McHugh Lyrics by Frank Loesser Sung by Mary Martin and Dick Powell UGLY WOMAN Music by Charles Herbert Lyrics by Sir Lancelot Performed by Sir Lancelot MURDER, HE SAYS Music by Jimmy McHugh Lyrics by Frank Loesser Performed by Betty Hutton LET'S GET LOST Music by Jimmy McHugh Lyrics by Frank Loesser Sung by Mary Martin TA-RA-RA BOOM-DER-É (uncredited) Written by Henry J. Sayers Sung and Danced by Mary Martin THE FUDDY DUDDY WATCHMAKER Music by Jimmy McHugh Lyrics by Frank Loesser Performed by Betty Hutton and The Sportsmen Quartet |
MARY MARTIN ... Marjory Stuart DICK POWELL ... Pete Hamilton BETTY HUTTON ... Bubbles Hennessy EDDIE BRACKEN ... Wally Case RUDY VALLEE ... Alfred Monroe MABEL PAIGE ... Mrs. Smith ERIC BLORE ... Betsman CLEM BEVANS ... Mr. Smith RITA CHRISTIANI ... Rita Christiani SIR LANCELOT ... Calypso Singer Rest of cast listed alphabetically: IRVING BACON ... First Reporter (uncredited) JULIETTE BALL ... Black Native (uncredited) HARRY BARRIS ... Master of Ceremonies (uncredited) BROOKS BENEDICT ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited) HILLARY BROOKE ... Wife (uncredited) RALPH BROOKS ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited) GENE CALE ... Dancer at the 'Fuddy Duddy' (uncredited) BEN CARTER ... Joe Brown (uncredited) FREDERICK CLARKE ... Doorman (uncredited) DOROTHY DANDRIDGE ... Showgirl (uncredited) WILLIAM B. DAVIDSON ... Husband (uncredited) SAYRE DEARING ... Carnival Participant (uncredited) TOM DUGAN ... Timid Little Man (uncredited) SARAH EDWARDS ... Spinster (uncredited) JEAN FENWICK ... Agnes (uncredited) BESS FLOWERS ... Restaurant Patron (uncredited) JOEL FLUELLEN ... Trinidad Native (uncredited) LOUISE FRANKLIN ... Black Native (uncredited) LYNDA GREY ... Showgirl (uncredited) AILEEN HALEY ... Showgirl (uncredited) MAGGIE HATHAWAY ... Black Native (uncredited) CLEO HERNDON ... Black Native (uncredited) LEYLAND HODGSON ... Reporter in Lobby (uncredited) OLAF HYTTEN ... Jeweler (uncredited) DONALD KERR ... Photographer (uncredited) LOUISE LA PLANCHE ... Showgirl (uncredited) LYLE LATELL ... Man in Kissing Routine (uncredited) KAY LINAKER ... Suzanne (uncredited) ARTHUR LOFT ... Second Reporter (uncredited) PATSY MACE ... Showgirl (uncredited) JAMES T. MACK ... Justice of the Peace (uncredited) PAUL MCVEY ... Mr. Williams - Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited) LORRAINE MILLER ... Showgirl (uncredited) CHARLES R. MOORE ... Pandro - the Bellhop (uncredited) EDMUND MORTIMER ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited) BARRY NORTON ... Tourist (uncredited) EDGAR NORTON ... Captain of Waiters (uncredited) FLORENCE O'BRIEN ... Black Native (uncredited) SYLVIA OPERT ... Showgirl (uncredited) CALEB PETERSON ... Waiter (uncredited) PAUL PHILLIPS ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited) REBEL RANDALL ... Showgirl (uncredited) LILLIAN RANDOLPH ... Tessie (uncredited) FRANCES RAYMOND ... Elderly Woman (uncredited) CYRIL RING ... Nightclub Patron / Carnival Participant (uncredited) RONALD R. RONDELL ... Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) ALMIRA SESSIONS ... Spinster (uncredited) JACK SHEA ... Carnival Participant (uncredited) NAPOLEON SIMPSON ... Husband of Tessie (uncredited) BARBARA SLATER ... Showgirl (uncredited) LARRY STEERS ... Ship Passenger (uncredited) BERT STEVENS ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited) FLORENCE WIX ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
Directed by: CURTIS BERNHARDT ========= Writing Credits: WALTER DELEON ... (writer) MELVIN FRANK ... (writer) PAMELA HARRIS ... (contributor to treatment) (uncredited) HANS JACOBY (as JOHN JACOBY) ... (writer) NORMAN PANAMA ... (writer) ARTHUR PHILLIPS ... (additional dialogue) (uncredited) MICHAEL URIS ... (story) ========= Produced by: HAROLD WILSON ... producer BUDDY G. DESYLVA ... executive producer (uncredited) ========= Music by: ROBERT EMMETT DOLAN ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: WILFRID M. CLINE KARL STRUSS ========= Film Editing by: ELLSWORTH HOAGLAND ========= Production Design by: HANS DREIER RAOUL PENE DU BOIS ========= Art Direction by: HANS DREIER ========= Set Decoration by: RAY MOYER ... (decorations) ========= Costume Design by: RAOUL PENE DU BOIS ========= Makeup Department: WALLY WESTMORE ... makeup artist ========= Art Department: ARTHUR CAMP ... props (uncredited) ========= Sound Department: HUGO GRENZBACH ... sound recordist DON JOHNSON ... sound recordist ========= Visual Effects by: FARCIOT EDOUART ... process photography ========= Music Department: ROBERT EMMETT DOLAN ... musical director ARTHUR FRANKLIN ... music assistant CHARLES BRADSHAW ... composer: additional music (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: NATALIE KALMUS ... technicolor color director PAUL OSCARD ... choreographer / dance director MORGAN PADELFORD ... associate technicolor color director JAMES VINCENT ... dialogue director (uncredited) |
Production Companies: Paramount Pictures ========= Distributors: Paramount Pictures (1943) [USA] Theatrical Paramount British Pictures (1943) [UK] Theatrical Film AB Paramount (1944) [SWEDEN] Theatrical MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) [USA] TV |
| 18 January 1943 [UK] |
 WE'LL MEET AGAIN (Musical) [1 hour 24 minutes] A young dancer trying to make it in London during World War II discovers that people like her singing voice, too. Although she's at first reluctant to sing, she finally does and becomes a star. She hooks up with a young musician who composes classical music and turns his nose up at this vulgar "popular" music, but she believes he can be a success at it and sets out to turn him around. |
BE LIKE THE KETTLE AND SING (uncredited) Written by Tommie Connor, Desmond O'Connor & Walter Ridley Performed by Vera Lynn I'M YOURS SINCERELY (uncredited) Written by Walter Ridley and Desmond O'Connor Performed by Vera Lynn AFTER THE RAIN (uncredited) Music by Bert Reisfeld Lyrics by Jack Popplewell Performed by Vera Lynn AVE MARIA (uncredited) Performed by Vera Lynn ALL THE WORLD SINGS A LULLABY (uncredited) Written by Harry Parr Davies, Barbara Gordon and Basil Thomas Performed by Vera Lynn Use of song "WE'LL MEET AGAIN" (words and music by Hugh Charles (as Hughie Charles) and Ross Parker) by permission of Irwin Dash Music Co. Ltd. Performed by Vera Lynn (uncredited) |
VERA LYNN ... Peggy GERALDO ... Gerry PATRICIA ROC ... Ruth RONALD WARD ... Frank DONALD GRAY ... Bruce FREDERICK LEISTER ... Mr. Hastropp BETTY JARDINE ... Miss Bohne BREFNI O'RORKE ... Dr. Drake MARIAN SPENCER (as MARION SPENCER) ... Mrs. Crump PETER GAWTHORNE ... Theatre Manager AUBREY MALLALIEU ... Stage Door Keeper MOLLY RAYNOR ... Mrs. Summers LESLEY OSMOND ... Sally PAT WILLIAMS ... Watchman GERALDO AND HIS ORCHESTRA (as GERALDO AND HIS ORCHESTRA) ... Themselves JOHN SHARMAN ... Self JOHN WATT ... Self ALVAR LIDDELL (as ALVAR LIDELL) ... Self Rest of cast listed alphabetically: JACK SHARP ... Stage Hand (uncredited) |
Directed by: PHILIP BRANDON ========= Writing Credits: JAMES SEYMOUR ... (screen play) HOWARD THOMAS ... (contributions) & JOHN L. ARTHUR ... (contributions) DEREK SHIELS ... (story) ========= Produced by: GEORGE FORMBY ... associate producer BEN HENRY ... producer ========= Cinematography by: STEPHEN DADE ... (photography by) ========= Film Editing by: ALAN JAGGS ========= Art Direction by: GEORGE PROVIS C. WILFRED ARNOLD ... (uncredited) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: ARTHUR BARNES ... assistant director (uncredited) ========= Sound Department: GEORGE BURGESS ... sound recording STAN JOLLY ... sound recording HAROLD V. KING ... sound supervisor (uncredited) ========= Camera and Electrical Department: JACK PARKER ... camera work ========= Music Department: HARRY BIDGOOD ... musical director |
Production Companies: Columbia British Productions (for) (as Columbia {British} Productions Ltd.) ========= Distributors: Columbia Pictures Corporation (1943) [UK] Theatrical |
| 4 February 1943 [USA] 6 July 1943 [Mexico] 6 May 1944 [Portugal] 4 December 1946 [Sweden] 17 January 1949 [Denmark] |
 REVEILLE WITH BEVERLY (Comedy | Music | Romance | War) [1 hour 18 minutes] Beverly Ross moderates an 5:30 am radio show with swing music, dedicated to the local servicemen. Two buddies of her brother have a chance to meet her and both fall in love. One of them is a wealthy sponser, the other used to be his chauffeur, but before she can decide, which of them she likes more, the soldiers have their marching orders and are away to their destination. |
ONE O'CLOCK JUMP Written by Count Basie Played by Count Basie and His Orchestra TAKE THE 'A' TRAIN Written by Billy Strayhorn Sung by Betty Roche with Duke Ellington and the Duke Ellington Orchestra BIG NOISE FROM WINNETKA Music by Ray Bauduc and Bob Haggart Lyrics by Gil Rodin and Bob Crosby Played by Bob Crosby Orchestra with vocals by Lee Wilde and Lyn Wilde COW-COW BOOGIE Written by Benny Carter, Gene de Paul, and Don Raye Sung by Ella Mae Morse with Freddie Slack and His Orchestra CIELITO LINDO Written by Quirino Mendoza Adapted with English lyrics by Bill Driggs Performed by The Mills Brothers SWEET LUCY BROWN Written by Leon René and Otis René (as Otis Rene, Jr.) Performed by The Mills Brothers THUMBS UP AND V FOR VICTORY Music by Ted Fio Rito Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster Sung and Danced by Ann Miller with chorus NIGHT AND DAY Written by Cole Porter Sung by Frank Sinatra WABASH MOON Written by Dave Dreyer and Morton Downey Performed by The Radio Rogues WHEN THE MOON COMES OVER THE MOUNTAIN Music by Harry M. Woods Lyrics by Howard Johnson Performed by The Radio Rogues |
ANN MILLER ... Beverly Ross WILLIAM WRIGHT ... Barry Lang DICK PURCELL ... Andy Adams FRANKLIN PANGBORN ... Vernon Lewis TIM RYAN ... Mr. Kennedy LARRY PARKS ... Eddie Ross BARBARA BROWN ... Mrs. Beverly Ross DOUGLAS LEAVITT ... Mr. Ross ADELE MARA ... Evelyn Ross WALTER SANDE ... Pvt. Puckett aka Canvassback WALLY VERNON ... Stomp McCoy ANDREW TOMBES ... Mr. Smith BOB CROSBY ORCHESTRA (as BOB CROSBY AND HIS ORCHESTRA) ... Orchestra FREDDIE SLACK AND HIS ORCHESTRA ... Orchestra ELLA MAE MORSE ... Ella Mae Morse DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA ... Orchestra DUKE ELLINGTON ... Orchestra Leader FRANK SINATRA ... Frank Sinatra THE MILLS BROTHERS QUARTET: ... The Mills Brothers DONALD MILLS ... Mills Brothers Member HARRY MILLS ... Mills Brothers Member HERBERT MILLS ... Mills Brothers Member JOHN MILLS ... Mills Brothers Member THE RADIO ROGUES: ... Speciality Act JIMMY HOLLYWOOD ... Member, The Radio Rogues EDDIE BARTELL ... Member, The Radio Rogues SYDNEY CHATTON (as SYD CHATTON) ... Member, The Radio Rogues Rest of cast listed alphabetically: COUNT BASIE ...Orchestra Leader BOB CROSBY ... Orchestra Leader FREDDIE SLACK ... Orchestra Leader HARRY ANDERSON ... Sgt. Anderson (uncredited) BOBBY BARBER ... Collins (uncredited) WILSON BENGE ... Watson (uncredited) HARRY CARNEY ... Harry (uncredited) EDDY CHANDLER ... Top Sergeant (uncredited) BOYD DAVIS ... Col. Humphrey (uncredited) MAUDE EBURNE ... Maggie (uncredited) ERNEST HILLIARD ... Mr. Oliver (uncredited) JOHNNY HODGES ... Johnny (uncredited) JEAN INNESS ... Mrs. Oliver (uncredited) EUGENE JACKSON ... Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited) SI JENKS ... Jenks (uncredited) EDDIE KANE ... Medical Officer (uncredited) SHIRLEY MILLS ... Laura Jean Oliver (uncredited) JOHN T. MURRAY ... Mr. Ryan (uncredited) RAY NANCE ... Ray (uncredited) DAVID NEWELL ... Sentry (uncredited) HERBERT RAWLINSON ... Announcer (uncredited) JACK RICE ... Davis (uncredited) CYRIL RING ... Radio Technician (uncredited) BETTY ROCHE ... Member, Duke Ellington's Orchestra (uncredited) IRENE RYAN ... Elsie (uncredited) VIRGINIA SALE ... Mrs. Browning (uncredited) BILL SECKLER ... Singer (uncredited) DOODLES WEAVER ... Elmer (uncredited) LEE WILDE ... Singer (uncredited) LYN WILDE ... Singer (uncredited) |
Directed by: CHARLES BARTON ========= Writing Credits: HOWARD J. GREEN ... (story and screenplay) and JACK HENLEY ... (story and screenplay) and ALBERT DUFFY ... (story and screenplay) ========= # Produced by: SAM WHITE ... producer ========= Music by: JOHN LEIPOLD ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: PHILIP TANNURA ========= Film Editing by: JAMES SWEENEY ========= Art Direction by: LIONEL BANKS ========= Set Decoration by: JOSEPH KISH ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: REX BAILEY ... assistant director ========= Art Department: PAUL MURPHY ... associate art director ========= Sound Department: JACK A. GOODRICH (as JACK GOODRICH) ... sound engineer ========= Music Department: MORRIS STOLOFF (as M.W. STOLOFF) ... musical director ========= Additional Crew: JEAN RUTH ... technical radio advisor JEAN HAY ... technical advisor (uncredited) |
Production Companies: Columbia Pictures ========= Distributors: Columbia Pictures (1943) [USA] Theatrical Columbia Pictures of Canada (1943) [CANADA] Theatrical Columbia Pictures Corporation (1943) [UK] Theatrical Columbia Pictures Proprietary (1943) [AUSTRALIA] Theatrical Columbia Films S. A. (1943) [MEXICO] Theatrical Columbia Pictures de Cuba (1943) [CUBA] Theatrical Christiaan van der Ree (1943) [VENEZUELA] Theatrical Columbia Film (1946) [SWEDEN] Theatrical Screen Gems (1956) [USA] TV |
| 25 February 1943 [USA] 16 September 1943 [Mexico] 4 October 1943 [Portugal] 27 May 1944 [Sweden] 16 August 1947 [Denmark] 6 October 1950 [Finland] |
 SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT (Musical) [1 hour 30 minutes] Following three flops in a row, Broadway stage producer Willard Samson is told by wealthy divorcée Donna Davis that she will finance a show but only if she is the star. The fact she can neither sing, act nor dance does not deter Samson. His press agent, Ken Douglas, lives in a theatrical boarding house run by his friend from vaudeville, Larry Martin, where he meets Jeanie Maxwell, singing teacher and aspiring songwriter from, of course, Altoona, Pa., who has come to New York to sell her songs. Samson is not interested in her songs as much as he is her stage abilities, but he can't get rid of Donna. Ken is also plugging for Samson to use the vaudeville acts, living at the boarding house, who can't get work because there is no more vaudeville, despite the fact that some of the acts are examples of what killed vaudeville in the first place. The show appears to have potential, with the exception of Donna, when Ken convinces her she is the perfect "outdoorable girl" for a publicity campaign and takes her to the countryside. Samson frames them as being dangerous counterfeiters and they are arrested by the country sheriff, and Samson rushes Jeanie into the star role for the final dress rehearsal. But Donna is released from jail, returns to the show for opening night and it is a miserable flop. Jeanie returns to Altoona, Samson goes on a drunken binge and Ken tries to save the show by convincing Donna into quitting. |
YOU'D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO by Cole Porter Sung by Janet Blair and Don Ameche I ALWAYS KNEW Written by Cole Porter HASTA LUEGO Written by Cole Porter |
DON AMECHE ... Ken Douglas JANET BLAIR ... Jeanie Maxwell JACK OAKIE ... Larry Martin WILLIAM GAXTON ... Willard Samson COBINA WRIGHT (as COBINA WRIGHT Jr.) ... Donna Davis VEDA ANN BORG ... Flo Bentley JAYE MARTIN ... Dan Howard CYD CHARISSE ... Lily (as Lily Norwood) THE BRICKLAYERS ... Speciality Dog Act TEDDY WILSON ... Teddy Wilson - Orchestra Leader TEDDY WILSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA ... Teddy Wilson's Orchestra HAZEL SCOTT ... Hazel Scott Rest of cast listed alphabetically: RUBIN ... Bit Role KAY ALDRIDGE ... Show Girl (uncredited) GEORGE BARROWS ... Aloysius - the Masseur (uncredited) JAMES 'BUSTER' BROWN ... Tap Dancer (uncredited) JACK CHEFE ... Man in Audience (uncredited) CLIFF CLARK ... Harrigan - Desk Sergeant (uncredited) SAYRE DEARING ... Man in Audience (uncredited) CHARLES FERGUSON ... Man in Audience (uncredited) JAMES FLAVIN ... Policeman (uncredited) JACK GARDNER ... Taxi Driver (uncredited) EDWARD GARGAN ... Detective Stone (uncredited) DICK GORDON ... Pearson - Donna's Butler (uncredited) HARRY HARVEY ... Gabe Ridley - Small Town Reporter (uncredited) CHARLES JUDELS ... Brother Hunkafer (uncredited) KENNER G. KEMP ... Restaurant Patron (uncredited) DAVID LICHINE ... Rhumba Dancer - Hasta Luego Number (uncredited) BERT MOORHOUSE ... Man in Audience (uncredited) RALPH PETERS ... Turkish Bath Manager (uncredited) TOM QUINN ... Man in Audience (uncredited) RITA ... Bit Role (uncredited) COSMO SARDO ... Turkish Bath Barber (uncredited) BERT STEVENS ... Man in Audience (uncredited) BEN TAGGART ... Train Conductor (uncredited) MINERVA URECAL ... Mrs. Starretton (uncredited) JAMES 'CHUCKLES' WALKER ... Chuckles (uncredited) EDDY WALLER ... George Priam - Concert Attendee (uncredited) LEE 'LASSES' WHITE ... Uncle Bert - Small Town Sheriff (uncredited) |
Directed by: GREGORY RATOFF ========= Writing Credits: LOU BRESLOW ... (writer) EDWARD ELISCU ... (writer) GEORGE OWEN ... (adaptation) FRED SCHILLER ... (story) ========= Produced by: GREGORY RATOFF ... producer ========= Music by: JOHN LEIPOLD ... (uncredited) DAVID RAKSIN ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: FRANZ PLANER ========= Film Editing by: OTTO MEYER ========= Production Design by: NICOLAI REMISOFF ========= Art Direction by: LIONEL BANKS ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: MILTON CARTER ... assistant director ========= Art Department: FAY BABCOCK ... set dressing WALTER HOLSCHER ... associate art director ========= Sound Department: LODGE CUNNINGHAM ... sound recordist ========= Music Department: PHILIP FAULKNER Jr. ... music recordist GIL GRAU ... orchestrator PAUL MERTZ ... vocal arranger DAVID RAKSIN ... orchestrator MORRIS STOLOFF (as M.W. STOLOFF) ... musical director JEAN VINCENT PLUMMER ... musician: piano (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: SERGE BERTENSSON ... dialogue director DAVID LICHINE ... choreographer |
Production Companies: Columbia Pictures ========= Distributors: Columbia Pictures (1943) [USA] Theatrical Columbia Pictures of Canada (1943) [CANADA] Theatrical Columbia Pictures Corporation (1943) [UK] Theatrical Columbia Films S. A. (1943) [MEXICO] Theatrical Columbia Film (1944) [SWEDEN] Theatrical Screen Gems (1957) [USA] TV ========= Other Companies: Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (group cast members) |
| 26 March 1943 [USA] 6 August 1943 [Mexico] 30 November 1943 [Argentina] 8 April 1944 [Sweden] 14 October 1945 [Portugal] |
 HIT PARADE OF 1943 (Music | Romance) [1 hour 22 minutes] One of the many films made at Republic with a year attached to the "Hit Parade" title, which came from the "Hit Parade" radio program sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes. On reissue all of the entries underwent a title change from "Hit Parade of 19??" to, usually, a title of a song contained in the film, as happened in the case of this film when it was reissued as "Change of Heart" in 1949, and not known under that title until 1949. Not reissuing the film under the original title of "Hit Parade of 1943" had a two-fold purpose; the audiences of that era were not much interested in seeing a film twice, and a changed title-even when the original title was clearly shown in (very) small print in the ads and on the posters---had a chance of being seen again by that segment of the ticket-buying public who didn't read the small print. The plot here is just a trifle---Susan Hayward ghost writes songs for composer John Carroll, whose charms evidently outweighed his song-writing ability---played in and around some great singing and dancing numbers by, for its time, a large number of black performers including Dorothy Dandridge, Count Basie, dancing by the great Jack Williams and the team of "Pops & Louie" (Albert Whitman and Louis Williams) and others, including Spanish dancer Chinita Marin, billed as Chinita. The song "Change of Heart", by Jule Styne and Harold Adamson, was Oscar-nominated, and also became the title of the film on 1949 reissue. Walter Scharf also was Oscar-nominated for Best Scoring of a Musical. Republic seldom got two nominations in any single year, much less two in the same film. |
TAHM-BOOM-BAH (uncredited) Music by Jule Styne Lyrics by Harold Adamson THAT'S HOW TO WRITE A SONG (uncredited) Music by Jule Styne Lyrics by Harold Adamson HARLEM SANDMAN (uncredited) Music by Jule Styne Lyrics by Harold Adamson Danced by Jack Williams YANKEE DOODLE TAN Written by J.C. Johnson and Andy Razaf CHANGE OF HEART (uncredited) Music by Jule Styne Lyrics by Harold Adamson Sung by John Carroll LIMPWITZ LITTLE LIVER PILLS (uncredited) Music by Albert M. Newman Lyrics by Frank Gill Jr. |
JOHN CARROLL ... Rick Farrell SUSAN HAYWARD ... ... Jill Wright GAIL PATRICK ... Toni Jarrett EVE ARDEN ... Belinda Wright MELVILLE COOPER ... Bradley Cole WALTER CATLETT ... J. MacClellan Davis MARY TREEN ... Janie TOM KENNEDY ... Westinghouse ASTRID ALLWYN ... Joyce Germaine TIM RYAN ... Brownie May JACK WILLIAMS ... The Harlem Sandman DOROTHY DANDRIDGE ... Count Basie Band Singer POPS & LOUIE: ALBERT WHITMAN ... Dancer, Pops LOUIS WILLIAMS ... Dancer, Louie THE MUSIC MAIDS ... Singing Group THE THREE CHEERS ... Speciality Act CHINITA ... Speciality Dancer THE GOLDEN GATE QUARTETTE ... Singing Group FREDDY MARTIN ... Conductor of the Freddy Martin Orchestra COUNT BASIE ... Conductor of the Count Basie Orchestra RAY MCKINLEY ... Conductor of the Ray McKinley Orchestra Rest of cast listed alphabetically: WARREN ASHE ... Master of Ceremonies (uncredited) HOOPER ATCHLEY ... Man in Cab (uncredited) GARY BRECKNER ... Announcer (uncredited) SALLY CAIRNS ... Blonde (uncredited) GINO CORRADO ... Kitchen Chef (uncredited) JEANNE DARRELL ... Music Maids member (uncredited) EARLE S. DEWEY ... Cook (uncredited) DOROTHEA DURHAM ... Dancer in Harlem Sandman (uncredited) MADELINE GREY ... Woman in Cab (uncredited) CORDELL HICKMAN ... Small Black Child (uncredited) PATT HYATT ... Music Maids member (uncredited) OLAF HYTTEN ... Waiter (uncredited) BUD JAMISON ... Escort (uncredited) MILTON KIBBEE ... Pastry Man (uncredited) ALICE LUDES ... Music Maids member (uncredited) EDWIN MILLS ... Page Boy (uncredited) ERNEST MORRISON ... Heaven Air Pilot (uncredited) PAUL NEWLAN ... Jim, the Doorman (uncredited) KEN NILES ... Announcer (uncredited) NEVA PEOPLES ... Dancer in Harlem Sandman (uncredited) JOEY RAY ... Orchestra Leader (uncredited) GRANDON RHODES ... Escort (uncredited) ADDISON RICHARDS ... Mr. Demeling - Producer (uncredited) RUTH SCOTT ... Dancer in 'Harlem Sandman' (uncredited) NICK STEWART ... Willie (uncredited) PHILIP VAN ZANDT ... Orchestra Leader (uncredited) WALLY VERNON ... Vaudeville Actor (uncredited) DENNY WILSON ... Music Maids member (uncredited) |
Directed by: ALBERT S. ROGELL ========= Writing Credits: FRANK GILL Jr. ... (original screenplay) FRANCES HYLAND ... (additional dialogue) ========= Produced by: ALBERT J. COHEN ... associate producer ========= Music by: WALTER SCHARF ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: JACK A. MARTA (as JACK MARTA) ... (photography) ========= Film Editing by: THOMAS RICHARDS ========= Art Direction by: RUSSELL KIMBALL ========= Set Decoration by: OTTO SIEGEL ========= Costume Design by: ADELE PALMER ========= Makeup Department: PEGGY GRAY ... key hair stylist (uncredited) BOB MARK ... makeup supervisor (uncredited) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: PHILIP FORD (as PHIL FORD) ... assistant director ========= Sound Department: T.A. CARMAN (as THOMAS CARMAN) ... sound ========= Music Department: WALTER SCHARF ... musical director MARLIN SKILES ... orchestrator JEANNE DARRELL ... musician: vocals for Susan Hayward (uncredited) GIL GRAU ... composer: additional music / orchestrator (uncredited) MARLIN SKILES ... composer: additional music (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: NICK CASTLE ... choreographer |
Production Companies: Republic Pictures (I) ========= Distributors: Republic Pictures (I) (1943) [USA] Theatrical Tropical Films de Cuba (1943) [CUBA] Theatrical Compania Distribuidora Films (1943) [COLOMBIA] Theatrical Cinematografico de Pacifico (1943) [PERU] Theatrical Jacabo Huberman (1943) [ARGENTINA] Theatrical British Lion Film Corporation (1943) [UK] Theatrical ~~~~~~ Republic Pictures (I) (1949) [USA] Theatrical - re-release - (re-titled) Filmes Luís Machado (1949) [PORTUGAL] Theatrical - re-release - (re-titled) British Lion Film Corporation (1949) [UK] Theatrical - re-release - (re-titled) Hollywood Television Service (1955) [USA] TV - (re-titled) |
| 27 March 1943 [New York City, New York, USA] 9 April 1943 [USA] 7 December 1943 [Argentina] 13 January 1944 [Mexico] 29 January 1944 [Sweden] 18 May 1944 [Australia] 7 August 1944 [Portugal] 2 December 1945 [Finland] 9 April 1947 [France] 5 August 1959 [Denmark] 16 December 1977 (TV premiere) [Spain] 7 May 1994 (TV premiere) [Germany] 1 July 1995 [UK] 8 August 2003 {Locarno Film Festival} [Switzerland] |
 CABIN IN THE SKY (Fantasy | Musical) [1 hour 38 minutes] In this musical, Little Joe, an inveterate gambler, promises his wife Petunia he'll reform and confess his sins at church, but he slips out the side door to play craps at the Paradise club; he's shot and brought home with a mortal wound. Petunia offers powerful prayers, and Joe gets a six-month reprieve. Heaven's forces, led by the General, and those below, led by Lucifer Jr., try to pull Joe their way. Lucifer Jr. has a not-so-secret weapon, the sultry Georgia Brown, and his idea men cook up a great scheme to win Joe's soul. The General has Joe's good intentions and Petunia's inventiveness. Will she and Joe reach their cabin in the sky? |
LI'L BLACK SHEEP (1943) Music by Harold Arlen Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg Performed by Ethel Waters (uncredited) and chorus OLD SHIP OF ZION (uncredited) Traditional Performed by chorus HAPPINESS IS A THING CALLED JOE (1943) Music by Harold Arlen Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg Performed Ethel Waters (uncredited) CABIN IN THE SKY (1940) (uncredited) Music by Vernon Duke Lyrics by John La Touche Played during the opening credits Performed Ethel Waters and Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (1940) (uncredited) Music by Vernon Duke Lyrics by John La Touche and Ted Fetter Performed by Ethel Waters and Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, with dancing by Bill Bailey LIFE IS FULL OF CONSEQUENCE (1943) Music by Harold Arlen Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg Performed by Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson (uncredited) and Lena Horne (uncredited) GOING UP (1943) Written by Duke Ellington Performed by Duke Ellington Orchestra (uncredited) and dancers SHINE (1910) (uncredited) Music by Ford Dabney Lyrics by Cecil Mack Performed by John W. Bubbles (as John W. "Bubbles" Sublett) HONEY IN THE HONEYCOMB (1940) (uncredited) Music by Vernon Duke Lyrics by John La Touche Performed by Lena Horne also performed by Ethel Waters HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU (1893) (uncredited) Written by Mildred J. Hill and Patty S. Hill Sung by Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson and others THINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE (1942) (uncredited) Written by Mercer Ellington Performed by Duke Ellington Orchestra and dancers [Played as the dancers pair up and move from the sidewalk into the Paradise Club] |
ETHEL WATERS ... Petunia Jackson EDDIE 'ROCHESTER' ANDERSON ... Little Joe Jackson LENA HORNE ... Georgia Brown LOUIS ARMSTRONG ... The Trumpeter REX INGRAM ... Lucius / Lucifer Jr. KENNETH SPENCER ... The General / Rev. Green JOHN W. BUBBLES (as 'BUBBLES' [JOHN W. SUBLETT]) ... Domino Johnson OSCAR POLK ... The Deacon / Fleetfoot MANTAN MORELAND ... First Idea Man WILLIE BEST ... Second Idea Man FLETCHER RIVERS (as MOKE [FLETCHER RIVERS]) ... Third Idea Man LEON JAMES (as POKE [LEON JAMES]) ... Fourth Idea Man BILL BAILEY ... Bill (as dancer Taking A Chance On Love) FORD WASHINGTON LEE (as 'BUCK' [FORD L. WASHINGTON]) ... Messenger Boy BUTTERFLY MCQUEEN ... Lily RUBY DANDRIDGE ... Mrs. Kelso NICK STEWART (as NICODEMUS) ... Dude ERNEST WHITMAN ... Jim Henry DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA (as DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA) ... Duke Ellington's Orchestra HALL JOHNSON CHOIR (as THE HALL JOHNSON CHOIR) ... Church Choir Rest of cast listed alphabetically: JULES ADGER ... Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) DORIS AKE ... Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited) JULIETTE BALL ... Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) LENNIE BLUETT ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) BERNARD BRADLEY ... Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) DAISY BUFFORD ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) JAS. BURCH ... Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) CURRY LEE CALMES ... Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) RITA CHRISTIANI ... Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited) VIVIAN DANDRIDGE ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) JUNE DECUIRE ... Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) DOROTHEA DURHAM ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) DUKE ELLINGTON ... Duke Ellington (uncredited) BYRON ELLIS ... Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) JOEL FLUELLEN ... Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) LOUISE FRANKLIN ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) WILLIAM GILLESPIE ... Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited) SUZETTE HARBIN ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) AVANELLE HARRIS ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) KATHLEEN HARTSFIELD ... Dancer at Jim Henry's Paradise (uncredited) MAGGIE HATHAWAY ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) CLEO HERNDON ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) LAWAUNE INGRAM ... Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) BOBBY JOHNSON ... Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) GLENN LEEDY ... Boy in Church (uncredited) MEADE 'LUX' LEWIS ... Whistling Solo in 'Take a Chance on Love' (uncredited) JUANITA MOORE ... Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited) TOMMIE MOORE ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) JIENO MOXZER ... Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) FLORENCE O'BRIEN ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) NEVA PEOPLES ... Dancer / Jim Henry Patron (uncredited) AMANDA RANDOLPH ... Churchgoer (uncredited) LOUISE RITCHIE ... Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) HENRY PHACE ROBERTS ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) CARMENCITA ROMERO ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) CLINTON ROSEMOND ... Doctor (uncredited) ARCHIE SAVAGE ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) EDWARD C. SHORT ... Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited) JOHNNY THOMAS ... Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) ERNESTINE WADE ... Churchgoer (uncredited) ARTHUR WALKER ... Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited) ARTIE YOUNG ... Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) |
Directed by: VINCENTE MINNELLI BUSBY BERKELEY ... (director: "Shine" sequence) (uncredited) ========= Writing Credits: JOSEPH SCHRANK ... (screen play) LYNN ROOT ... (based upon the book of the musical play by) MARC CONNELLY ... (contributing writer) (uncredited) ========= Produced by: ARTHUR FREED ... producer ALBERT LEWIS ... associate producer ========= Music by: GEORGE BASSMAN ... (uncredited) ROGER EDENS ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: SIDNEY WAGNER ... director of photography ========= Film Editing by: HAROLD F. KRESS ... film editor ========= Art Direction by: CEDRIC GIBBONS ========= Set Decoration by: EDWIN B. WILLIS ... (set decorations) ========= Costume Design by: IRENE ... (costume supervision) ========= Production Management: GILBERT KURLAND ... unit production manager (uncredited) CHARLES LEVIN ... unit manager (uncredited) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: AL SHENBERG ... assistant director (uncredited) ========= Art Department: HUGH HUNT ... associate set decorator LEONID VASIAN ... associate art director ========= Sound Department: DOUGLAS SHEARER ... recording director WILLIAM STEINKAMP ... sound (uncredited) ========= Costume and Wardrobe Department: HOWARD SHOUP (as SHOUP) ... associate costume supervisor GILE STEELE ... costumes: men's ========= Music Department: GEORGE BASSMAN ... orchestrator VERNON DUKE ... music by ROGER EDENS ... musical adaptation HALL JOHNSON ... choral arrangements JOHN LA TOUCHE (as JOHN LATOUCHE) ... lyrics by GEORGE STOLL (as GEORGIE STOLL) ... musical director BARNEY BIGARD ... musician: clarinet, tenor sax (uncredited) GEORGE 'RED' CALLENDER ... musician: acoustic double bass (uncredited) JIMMY MAXWELL ... musician: trumpet (uncredited) LEE YOUNG ... musician: drums (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: VINTON FREEDLEY ... produced on the stage in association with ALBERT LEWIS ... produced on the stage by AL HIRSCHFELD ... poster designer (uncredited) MILLIE MONROE ... stand-in (uncredited) ARCHIE SAVAGE ... dance director (uncredited) |
Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) ========= Distributors: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1943) [USA] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1943) [ARGENTINA] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1943) [UK] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1944) [SWEDEN] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1946) [BELGIUM] Theatrical Metro (1956) [NORWAY] Theatrical MGM/UA Home Video (1985) [USA] VHS Turner Entertainment (1986) [USA] All Media MGM Home Entertainment (1999) [USA] VHS Warner Home Video (2006) [USA] DVD MGM/UA Home Entertainment [USA] Video - (LaserDisc) ========= Other Companies: International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (this picture made under the jurisdiction of) (as I.A.T.S.E.) |
| 28 May 1943 [USA] 13 October 1943 [Mexico] 18 February 1944 [Sweden] 5 October 1945 [Nice, France] 14 December 1945 [Brussels, Belgium] 2 April 1947 [Portugal] 13 February 1948 [Barcelona, Spain] 15 February 1949 (re-release) [USA] |
 MISTER BIG (Comedy | Music) [1 hour 4 minutes] At the Davis School of the Theatre, run by Jeremy Taswell, where teen-age kids study drama and the serious arts, instructors Johnny Hanley and Alice Taswell are in love. The students, including Donald, Patricia and Peggy, secretly want to become singers. Patricia's aunt, Mrs. Davis, owns the school and disapproves. Donald has written a musical comedy for the year's class play, which the students want to do; but Mrs. Davis has selected and insists they do Sophocles' "Antigone." Taswell agrees to let the kids do Donald's show. Donald manages to keep Mrs. Davis away on the day of the show, and when Broadway producers in attendance rave about Donald's play, she becomes a backer. |
THIS MUST BE A DREAM (uncredited) Written by Buddy Pepper and Inez James Sung by Ray Eberle MOONLIGHT AND ROSES (uncredited) Written by Edwin H. Lemare, Ben Black and Neil Moret Sung by Gloria Jean ALL THE THINGS I WANT TO SAY (uncredited) Written by Buddy Pepper and Inez James Sung by Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan RUDE, CRUDE AND UNATTRACTIVE (uncredited) Written by Buddy Pepper and Inez James Sung by Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan WE'RE NOT OBVIOUS (uncredited) Written by Buddy Pepper and Inez James Sung by Donald O'Connor and Gloria Jean THEE AND ME (uncredited) Written by Buddy Pepper and Inez James Sung by Gloria Jean, Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan COME ALONG MY MANDY (uncredited) Written by Tom Mellor, A.J. Lawrence and Harry Gifford Sung by Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan and the Ben Carter Choir WE'LL MEET AGAIN (uncredited) Written by Ross Parker and Hugh Charles Sung by the Ben Carter Choir HI, CHARACTER (uncredited) Written by Buddy Pepper and Inez James Sung by Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan THE SPIRIT IS IN ME (uncredited) Written by Buddy Pepper and Inez James Sung by Gloria Jean, Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan KITTEN WITH MY MITTENS LACED (uncredited) Written by Buddy Pepper and Inez James Sung by Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan |
DONALD O'CONNOR ... Donald J. O'Connor, Esq. GLORIA JEAN ... Patricia PEGGY RYAN ... Peggy ROBERT PAIGE ... Johnny Hanley ELYSE KNOX ... Alice Taswell SAMUEL S. HINDS ... Jeremy Taswell ROBERT SCHEERER (as BOBBY SCHEERER) ... Bobby RICHARD STEWART ... Genius ELINOR DONAHUE (as MARY ELEANOR DONAHUE) ... Muggsy FLORENCE BATES ... Mrs. Mary Davis RAY EBERLE ... Ray Eberle EDDIE MILLER (as EDDIE MILLER'S BOB CATS) ... Leader, Eddie Miller's Bob Cats BEN CARTER (as THE BEN CARTER CHOIR) ... Ben Carter - Choir Leader THE JIVIN' JACKS AND JILLS ... Dancing Ensemble BEN CARTER CHOIR ... Vocal Ensemble IRVING BACON ... Jimmy, Malt Shop Proprietor WILLIAM RUHL ... Producer ALAN WARD ... Producer JIMMIE LUCAS ... Gardener Rest of cast listed alphabetically: LASSIE LOU AHERN ... Dancer (uncredited) DOROTHY BABB ... 'Jivin' Jacks and Jills' Member (uncredited) BOBBY BROOKS ... Specialty Act (uncredited) ROLAND DUPREE ... 'Jivin' Jacks and Jills' Member (uncredited) BESS FLOWERS ... Theatrical Party Member (uncredited) KAREN X. GAYLORD ... Theatrical Party Member (uncredited) JEAN INNESS ... Theatrical Party Member (uncredited) CHARLES MARSH ... Theatrical Producer (uncredited) SHIRLEY MILLS ... 'Jivin' Jacks and Jills' Member (uncredited) BERT MOORHOUSE ... Theatrical Producer (uncredited) PATSY O'CONNOR ... Genius' Dancing Partner (uncredited) TOMMY RALL ... 'Jivin' Jacks and Jills' Member (uncredited) EMMETT VOGAN ... Theatrical Party Member (uncredited) CLAIRE WHITNEY ... Theatrical Party Member (uncredited) |
Directed by: CHARLES LAMONT ========= Writing Credits: DOROTHY BENNETT ... (screenplay) and JACK POLLEXFEN ... (screenplay) VIRGINIA ROOKS ... (original story) ========= Produced by: KEN GOLDSMITH ... associate producer ========= Cinematography by: GEORGE ROBINSON ... director of photography ========= Film Editing by: FRANK GROSS ========= Art Direction by: JOHN B. GOODMAN HAROLD H. MACARTHUR (as HAROLD MacARTHUR) ========= Set Decoration by: RUSSELL A. GAUSMAN (as R.A. GAUSMAN) EDWARD R. ROBINSON (as E.R. ROBINSON) ========= Costume Design by: VERA WEST ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: HOWARD CHRISTIE ... assistant director ========= Sound Department: BERNARD B. BROWN ... sound director ROBERT PRITCHARD ... sound technician ========= Music Department: INEZ JAMES ... original songs by BUDDY PEPPER ... original songs by CHARLES PREVIN ... musical director VIC SCHOEN ... music arranger / composer: title music (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: LOUIS DA PRON ... choreographer |
Production Companies: Universal Pictures ========= Distributors: Universal Pictures (1943) [USA] Theatrical Empire Universal Films (1943) [CANADA] Theatrical General Film Distributors (GFD) (1943) [UK] Theatrical Universal Films (1943) [PANAMA] Theatrical Universal Films (1943) [COSTA RICA] Theatrical Universal Films (1943) [EL SALVADOR] Theatrical Universal Pictures Corporation of Peru (1943) [PERU] Theatrical Universal Pictures Corporation of Peru (1943) [BOLIVIA] Theatrical Universal Film (1944) [SWEDEN] Theatrical Realart Pictures (1949) [USA] Theatrical - re-release Screen Gems (1961) [USA] TV |
| 30 May 1943 [New York City, New York, USA] 13 August 1943 [USA] 5 May 1944 [Mexico] 2 October 1944 [Sweden] 10 January 1945 [Portugal] 10 May 1946 [Finland] 22 September 1947 [Denmark] 13 December 1947 [France] 9 October 1951 [Japan] 10 June 1982 (TV premiere) [Spain] |
 DU BARRY WAS A LADY (Comedy | Musical) [1 hour 41 minutes] Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is love with a poor dancer, but wants to marry for money. When Louis wins the Irish Sweepstakes, he asks May to marry him and she accepts even though she doesn't love him. Soon after, Louis has an accident and gets knocked on the head, where he dreams that he's King Louis XV pursuing the infamous Madame Du Barry. |
DUBARRY WAS A LADY (1943) Music by Burton Lane Lyrics by Ralph Freed Played during the opening credits Sung by Lucille Ball (dubbed by Martha Mears) and chorus at the nightclub DO I LOVE YOU? (1939) Written by Cole Porter Played during the opening credits and often as background music Sung by Gene Kelly in May's dressing room Danced by Gene Kelly with a singing chorus at the nightclub Reprised by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra MY MAN (MON HOMME) Music by Maurice Yvain French lyrics by Jacques Charles and Albert Willemetz English lyrics by Channing Pollock (I'VE GROWN SO LONELY) THINKING OF YOU (1926) Written by Walter Donaldson and Paul Ash Performed by The Three Oxford Boys imitating Kay Kyser and His Orchestra A CIGARETTE, SWEET MUSIC AND YOU (1942) Music and lyrics by Roy Ringwald Performed by The Three Oxford Boys imitating Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians SLEEPY LAGOON (1940) Music by Eric Coates Lyrics by Jack Lawrence Performed by The Three Oxford Boys imitating Harry James and His Orchestra YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE (1940) Music and Lyrics by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell Performed by The Three Oxford Boys imitating Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra I'M GETTING SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU (1932) (Tommy Dorsey's theme song) Music by George Bassman Lyrics by Ned Washington Played by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra SALOME (1943) Music by Roger Edens Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg Sung by Virginia O'Brien with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra I LOVE AN ESQUIRE GIRL (1943) Music by Roger Edens Lyrics by Lew Brown and Ralph Freed Sung by Red Skelton and chorus, including The Pied Pipers with Dick Haymes and Jo Stafford LADIES OF THE BATH (1943) Written by Roger Edens Sung by Red Skelton and chorus KATIE WENT TO HAITI (1939) Written by Cole Porter Sung by The Pied Pipers, including Jo Stafford and Dick Haymes, with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra MADAME, I LIKE YOUR CREPE SUZETTES (1943) Music by Burton Lane Lyrics by Ralph Freed Sung and danced by Red Skelton and Lucille Ball (dubbed by Martha Mears) SONG OF THE REBELLION (1943) Written by Roger Edens Sung by Gene Kelly and chorus A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN (1896) (uncredited) Music by Theodore A. Metz Played by the band at the guillotine FRIENDSHIP (1939) Written by Cole Porter Sung by Red Skelton, Lucille Ball (dubbed by Martha Mears), Gene Kelly, Virginia O'Brien, Tommy Dorsey, Rags Ragland and Zero Mostel, with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra WELL, GIT IT! Music by Sy Oliver Played by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, drum solo by Buddy Rich |
RED SKELTON ... Louis Blore / King Louis XV LUCILLE BALL ... May Daly / Madame Du Barry GENE KELLY ... Alec Howe / Black Arrow VIRGINIA O'BRIEN ... Ginny RAGS RAGLAND (as 'RAGS' RAGLAND) ... Charlie / Dauphin ZERO MOSTEL ... Rami - the Swami / Taliostra DONALD MEEK ... Mr. Jones / Duc de Choiseul DOUGLASS DUMBRILLE ... Willie / Duc de Rigor GEORGE GIVOT ... Cheezy / Count de Roquefort LOUISE BEAVERS ... Niagara TOMMY DORSEY ... Tommy Dorsey TOMMY DORSEY & HIS ORCHESTRA ... Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra Rest of cast listed alphabetically: RICHARD AINLEY ... Marching Rebel Behind King Louis (uncredited) GRACE ALBERTSON ... Perfume Girl (uncredited) KAY ALDRIDGE ... Mrs. McGowan (uncredited) ERNIE ALEXANDER ... Delivery Man with Flowers (uncredited) RICHARD ALEXANDER ... Marching Rebel Behind King Louis (uncredited) SIG ARNO ... Nick (uncredited) ELEANOR BAYLEY ... Dancer (uncredited) HUGH BEAUMONT ... Footman (uncredited) BARBARA BEDFORD ... Ambrose's Wife (uncredited) BROOKS BENEDICT ... Club Patron (uncredited) CLARA BLANDICK ... Old Lady on Subway (uncredited) HAZEL BROOKS ... Miss June (uncredited) PAULINE BYRNE ... Member Six Hits and a Miss (uncredited) JACK BYRON ... (uncredited) JAMES CARLISLE ... Club Patron (uncredited) JACK CARRINGTON ... Waiter (uncredited) GEORGIA CARROLL ... Miss January (uncredited) EMMETT CASEY ... Flunky (uncredited) WILLY CASTELLO ... Flunky (uncredited) THOMAS CLARKE ... Flunky (uncredited) CHESTER CLUTE ... Dr. Pullit (uncredited) THEO COFFMAN ... Miss October (uncredited) CHARLES COLEMAN ... Charlie (uncredited) EDWARD COOPER ... Flunky (uncredited) INEZ COOPER ... Miss December (uncredited) MAURICE COSTELLO ... Passerby (uncredited) EARL COVERT ... Singer (uncredited) CECIL CUNNINGHAM ... Wife Checking Her Coat (uncredited) NATALIE DRAPER ... Miss March (uncredited) ZIGGY ELMAN ... Trumpet Player (uncredited) WILLIAM FORREST ... Guard Captain (uncredited) CHRISTIAN J. FRANK ... Lackey (uncredited) MARY JANE FRENCH ... Miss November (uncredited) AVA GARDNER ... Perfume Girl (uncredited) JOHN GEORGE ... Villager (uncredited) JUNE GLORY ... Audience Member (uncredited) JACK GORDON ... Villager (uncredited) DOLLY HAAS ... Miss April (uncredited) AILEEN HALEY ... Miss July (uncredited) BEN HALL ... Waiter (uncredited) HARRY HAYDEN ... Husband Checking Wife's Coat (uncredited) DICK HAYMES ... Singer (uncredited) DELL HENDERSON ... Flunky (uncredited) JOHN HUDDLESTON ... Member The Piep Pipers (uncredited) DELOS JEWKES ... Singer (uncredited) CHARLES JUDELS ... Innkeeper (uncredited) FAITH KRUGER ... Singer (uncredited) VERA LEE ... Dancer (uncredited) MITCHELL LEWIS ... Rebel Opening Door (uncredited) CHUCK LOWRY ... Member, The Pied Pipers (uncredited) MARILYN MAXWELL ... Miss February (uncredited) CLAIRE MCDOWELL ... Subway Passenger (uncredited) ART MILES ... Marching Rebel on King Louis' Right (uncredited) SIX HITS AND A MISS ... Singers (uncredited) HANS MOEBUS ... Club Patron (uncredited) BUDDY MORROW ... Member Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (uncredited) SOL MURGI ... Villager (uncredited) JOYCE MURRAY ... Dancer (uncredited) THE MUSIC MAIDS ... Singers (uncredited) DAVID NEWELL ... Man Getting Champagne (uncredited) PAUL NEWLAN ... Marching Rebel on King Louis' Left (uncredited) RUTH OWNBEY ... Miss September (uncredited) EMORY PARNELL ... Gatekeeper (uncredited) THE PIED PIPERS ... The Pied Pipers (uncredited) PAUL POWER ... Reporter (uncredited) SHEILA RAE ... Dancer (uncredited) GENE RAMEY ... Flunky (uncredited) VIRGINIA REES ... Singer (uncredited) MITCHELL RHEIN ... Villager (uncredited) BUDDY RICH ... Member Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (uncredited) CYRIL RING ... Man Watching Radio Interview (uncredited) JO STAFFORD ... Member The Pied Pipers (uncredited) HARRY STANTON ... Singer (uncredited) THE THREE OXFORD BOYS ... Performers (uncredited) ANDREW TOMBES ... Mr. McGowan (uncredited) LANA TURNER ... Lana Turner (uncredited) MICHAEL VISAROFF ...Flunky (uncredited) PIERRE WATKIN ... Ambrose (uncredited) ALLAN WATSON ... Singer (uncredited) EVE WHITNEY ... Miss August (uncredited) KAY WILLIAMS ... Miss May (uncredited) DON WILSON ... Radio Interviewer (uncredited) CLARK YOCUM ... Member The Pied Pipers (uncredited) |
Directed by: ROY DEL RUTH ========= Writing Credits: HERBERT FIELDS ... (play) and BUDDY G. DESYLVA (as B.G. DeSYLVA) ... (play) NANCY HAMILTON ... (adaptation) IRVING BRECHER ... (screenplay) WILKIE C. MAHONEY (as WILKIE MAHONEY) ... (additional dialogue) ========= Produced by: ARTHUR FREED ... producer ========= Music by: DANIELE AMFITHEATROF ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: KARL FREUND ========= Film Editing by: BLANCHE SEWELL ========= Art Direction by: CEDRIC GIBBONS ========= Set Decoration by: EDWIN B. WILLIS ========= Costume Design by: GILE STEELE ... (costumes: men) ========= Makeup Department: JACK DAWN ... makeup designer SYDNEY GUILAROFF ... hair stylist: Lucille Ball (uncredited) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: MARVIN STUART ... assistant director (uncredited) ========= Art Department: HENRY GRACE ... associate set decorator FRANK WESSELHOFF ... painter (uncredited) ========= Sound Department: DOUGLAS SHEARER ... recording director JAMES BROCK ... sound (uncredited) ========= Special Effects by: WARREN NEWCOMBE ... special effects ========= Camera and Electrical Department: HARKNESS SMITH ... camera operator (uncredited) ========= Costume and Wardrobe Department: IRENE ... costume supervisor HOWARD SHOUP (as SHOUP) ... associate costume supervisor EUGENE JOSEFF ... costume jeweller (uncredited) ========= Music Department: LEO ARNAUD ... orchestrator GEORGE BASSMAN ... orchestrator ROGER EDENS ... music adaptor SY OLIVER ... orchestrator MERRILL PYE ... musical presentation GEORGE STOLL (as GEORGIE STOLL) ... musical director AXEL STORDAHL (as ALEC STORDAHL) ... orchestrator GEORGE BASSMAN ... composer: additional music (uncredited) MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO ... composer: additional music (uncredited) DAVID RAKSIN ... composer: additional music (uncredited) GEORGE STOLL ... composer: additional music (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: BUDDY G. DESYLVA (as B.G. DeSYLVA) ... producer: stage play HENRI JAFFA ... associate technicolor color director NATALIE KALMUS ... technicolor color director CHARLES WALTERS ... dance director |
Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated) ========= Distributors: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated) (1943) [USA] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1943) [UK] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1944) [SWEDEN] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1946) [NORWAY] Theatrical Warner Home Video (2007) [USA] DVD MGM/UA Home Entertainment Video |
| 11 June 1943 (premiere) [San Francisco, California, USA] 16 June 1943 [New York City, New York, USA] 18 June 1943 [USA] 5 January 1944 [Sweden] 13 January 1944 [Mexico] 27 March 1944 [Portugal] 20 July 1944 [Australia] 21 October 1947 {Cannes, France} [France] 6 May 1949 [Paris, France] 13 May 1949 [Finland] 30 May 1949 [Madrid, Spain] |
 CONEY ISLAND (Comedy | Musical) [1 hour 36 minutes] Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spot. Eddie meets the club's star attraction (and Joe's love interest), Kate Farley, a brash singer with a penchant for flashy clothes. Eddie and Kate argue as he tries to soften her image. Eventually, Kate becomes the toast of Coney Island and the two fall in love. Joe then tries to sabotage their marriage plans. |
CONEY ISLAND Music by Ralph Rainger Lyrics by Leo Robin Performed by the opening chorus; reprised by Betty Grable and mixed chorus; reprised by Grable, George Montgomery, Phyllis Kennedy, harmonica players and mixed chorus CUDDLE UP A LITTLE CLOSER Words by Otto A. Harbach (as O.A. Hauerbach) Music by Karl Hoschna (as Karl L. Hoschna) Performed by Betty Grable; reprised by Phyllis Kennedy PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME, HONEY (I NEVER KNEW ANY GIRL LIKE YOU) Music by Albert von Tilzer Lyrics by Junie McCree Performed by Betty Grable WHO THREW THE OVERALLS IN MISTRESS MURPHY'S CHOWDER (uncredited) Words & Music by George L. Giefer Performed by Charles Winninger, Phil Silvers, George Montgomery and Frank Orth; reprised by Winneger at the piano. GET THE MONEY Music by Ralph Rainger Lyrics by Leo Robin Performed by Phil Silvers WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING Music by Ernest Ball Lyrics by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff Jr. Performed by Betty Grable and Irish quartet WINTER, WINTER Music by Ralph Rainger Lyrics by Leo Robin Performed by Betty Grable and chorus PRETTY BABY Music by Egbert Van Alstyne and Tony Jackson Lyrics by Gus Kahn Performed by Betty Grable, Harry Masters and male quartet MISS LULU FROM LOUISVILLE Music by Ralph Rainger Lyrics by Leo Robin Sung and danced in mulatto makeup by Betty Grable and blackface chrous TAKE IT FROM THERE Music by Ralph Rainger Lyrics by Leo Robin Sung by Betty Grable and male sextette; and reprised twice by Grable THERE'S DANGER IN A DANCE Music by Ralph Rainger Lyrics by Leo Robin Sung and danced by Betty Grable and chorus LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART Words and music by Beth Slater Whitson and Leo Friedman OH! SUSANNA Written by Stephen Foster JINGLE BELLS Written by James Pierpont THE DARKTOWN STRUTTERS' BALL Written by Shelton Brooks DENGOZO By Ernesto Nazareth OLD DEMON RUM Music by Ralph Rainger Lyrics by Leo Robin Deleted from picture HORSES (uncredited) Music by Richard A. Whiting Lyrics by Byron Gay Deleted from picture |
BETTY GRABLE ... Kate Farley GEORGE MONTGOMERY ... Eddie Johnson CESAR ROMERO ... Joe Rocco CHARLES WINNINGER ... Finnigan PHIL SILVERS ... Frankie MATT BRIGGS ... William 'Willie' Hammerstein PAUL HURST ... Louie LEO DIAMOND (as LEO DIAMOND AND HIS SOLIDAIRES) ... Solidaires Leader Rest of cast listed alphabetically: HAL K. DAWSON ... Cashier BERT HANLON ... Saloon Patron SAM HARRIS ... Saloon Patron BUD JAMISON ... Bartender GEORGE LLOYD ... Saloon Patron MATT MCHUGH ... Saloon Patron HERBERT ASHLEY ... Heckler (uncredited) EDDIE BORDEN ... Man in Carnival Crowd (uncredited) GEORGE BOYCE ... Chorus Boy (uncredited) YAKIMA CANUTT ... Saloon Waiter in Brawl (uncredited) RUTH CLIFFORD ... Saloon Patron (uncredited) ALEC CRAIG ... Billy (uncredited) CARMEN D'ANTONIO ... Specialty Dancer (uncredited) HAROLD DEGARRO ... Stiltwalker (uncredited) ABE DIAMOND ... Member, the Solidaires (uncredited) MIKE DONOVAN ... Sidewalk Mourner (uncredited) TOM DUGAN ... Charlie Fitch (uncredited) JIMMIE DUNDEE ... Drunken Bricklayer (uncredited) BESS FLOWERS ... Saloon Patron (uncredited) BYRON FOULGER ... Organist at Wedding (uncredited) JACK GEORGE ... Violinist (uncredited) RUTH GILLETTE ... Saloon Patron (uncredited) GEORGE GRAMLICH ... Chorus Boy (uncredited) WILLIAM HALLIGAN ... Murph, the Cop (uncredited) RICHARD HAYMAN ... Member, the Solidaires (uncredited) CLAIRE JAMES ... Girl Friend (uncredited) DELOS JEWKES ... Member of quartettes, 'Irish' number and singing waiters (uncredited) JOHN KELLY ... Drunken Bricklayer (uncredited) PHYLLIS KENNEDY ... Dolly (uncredited) PAUL KRUGER ... Man at Harem Show (uncredited) ETHAN LAIDLAW ... Henchman (uncredited) MERRILL LONG ... Chorus Boy (uncredited) SALLY LOOMIS ... Drum Majorette (uncredited) JIMMIE LUCAS ... Heckler (uncredited) PETE MAGGIO ... Member, the Solidaires (uncredited) GEORGE MAGRILL ... Tough Guy at Harem Show (uncredited) TRUDY MARSHALL ... Girl Friend (uncredited) ALPHONSE MARTELL ... Jerry - Headwaiter (uncredited) THOMAS MARTIN ... Bartender (uncredited) HARRY MASTERS ... Chorus Boy (uncredited) PAT MCKEE ... Saloon Patron (uncredited) ED MCNAMARA ... Policeman (uncredited) JOHN 'SKINS' MILLER ...Drunken Bricklayer (uncredited) JAMES MITCHELL ... Chorus Boy (uncredited) JOE NIEMEYER ... Member of quartette, 'Irish' number (uncredited) FRANK ORTH ... Saloon Waiter / Member of quartette, 'Irish' number (uncredited) HERMES PAN ... Specialty Dancer (uncredited) GENE RAMEY ... Member of quartette, singing waiters (uncredited) GUS REED ... Member of quartette, singing waiters (uncredited) DEWEY ROBINSON ... Man in Carnival Crowd (uncredited) HARRY ROLLER ... Member, the Solidaires (uncredited) FRANCIS SAYLES ... Heckler (uncredited) HARRY SEYMOUR ... Piano Player (uncredited) MARY STEWART ... Harem Girl / Dancer (uncredited) AMZIE STRICKLAND ... Dancer (uncredited) LIBBY TAYLOR ... Libby, Kate's Maid (uncredited) ANDREW TOMBES ... Horace Carter (uncredited) JIM TONEY ... Drunken Bricklayer (uncredited) VANITA WADE ... Dancer (uncredited) WALTON WALKER ... Chorus Boy (uncredited) BUDDY WILLIAMS ... Singing Waiter (uncredited) |
Directed by: WALTER LANG ========= Writing Credits: GEORGE SEATON ... (original screen play by) ========= Produced by: WILLIAM PERLBERG ... producer ========= Music by: CYRIL J. MOCKRIDGE ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: ERNEST PALMER ========= Film Editing by: ROBERT L. SIMPSON (as ROBERT SIMPSON) ========= Art Direction by: RICHARD DAY JOSEPH C. WRIGHT ========= Set Decoration by: FRANK E. HUGHES THOMAS LITTLE ========= Costume Design by: HELEN ROSE ========= Makeup Department: GUY PEARCE ... makeup artist ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: SAUL WURTZEL ... assistant director ========= Sound Department: ROGER HEMAN Sr. (as ROGER HEMAN) ... sound MATT HOVLAND ... foley mixer (2009 Restoration) E. CLAYTON WARD ... sound ========= Visual Effects by: FRED SERSEN ... special photographic effects ========= Music Department: ALFRED NEWMAN ... musical director MAURICE DE PACKH ... orchestrator (uncredited) BEN GAGE ... singing voice: George Montgomery (uncredited) LEIGH HARLINE ... composer: additional music (uncredited) CHARLES HENDERSON ... composer: additional music (uncredited) ARTHUR LANGE ... composer: additional music (uncredited) ARTHUR MORTON ... orchestrator (uncredited) ALFRED NEWMAN ... composer: additional music (uncredited) GENE ROSE ... orchestrator (uncredited) HERBERT W. SPENCER ... orchestrator (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: ANGELA BLUE ... assistant choreographer RUTH FANCHON (as FANCHON) ... dance supervisor HENRI JAFFA ... associate technicolor director NATALIE KALMUS ... technicolor director HERMES PAN ... choreographer / specialty dancer (uncredited) |
Production Companies: Twentieth Century Fox ========= Distributors: Twentieth Century Fox (1943) [USA] Theatrical Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (1943) [UK] Theatrical 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (20th Century Fox Cinema Archives) (2013) [USA] DVD ========= Other Companies: MTI Film (restoration services) NovaStar Digital (post-production sound services) |
| 29 June 1943 (premiere) [New York City, New York, USA] 8 October 1943 [USA] 20 October 1944 [Mexico] 9 July 1945 [Sweden] 2 March 1946 [Portugal] |
 BEST FOOT FORWARD (Musical | Comedy) [1 hour 34 minutes] Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too. |
BUCKLE DOWN, WINSOCKI (1941) Music and Lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane Performed by the MGM Studio Orchestra and chorus during the opening credits Reprised at the prom Reprised at the graduation in the finale, and performed by Tommy Dix and chorus WISH I MAY (1941) Music and Lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane Performed by June Allyson, Kenny Bowers, Gloria DeHaven, Jack Jordan (dubbed by Ralph Blane), Sara Haden and Donald MacBride THREE MEN ON A DATE (1941) Music and Lyrics by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin Performed by Tommy Dix, Jack Jordan (dubbed by Ralph Blane) and Kenny Bowers TWO O'CLOCK JUMP (1939) Written by Harry James Variation of "One O'Clock Jump" (1933) Written by Count Basie Performed by Harry James and His Orchestra EV'RY TIME (1941) Music and Lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane Performed by Virginia Weidler (dubbed by Jeanne Darrell) Reprised as dance music at the prom THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE (1900) Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Arranged by Jack Matthias Performed by Harry James and His Orchestra at the prom THE THREE B'S (1941) Music and Lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane Performed at the prom by June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, Nancy Walker and the MGM Studio Chorus with Harry James and His Orchestra Arranged by Jack Matthias I KNOW YOU BY HEART (1941) Music and Lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane Performed by Harry James and His Orchestra as dance music at the prom Danced by William Gaxton and Nancy Walker and other couples Arranged by Lennie Hayton Orchestrated by Wally Heglin MY FIRST PROMISE (THE RING WALTZ) (1943) Music and Lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane Performed by Beverly Tyler and chorus With Harry James and His Orchestra ALIVE AND KICKIN' (1941) Music and Lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane Performed by Nancy Walker and Harry James and His Orchestra Arranged and orchestrated by Conrad Salinger YOU'RE LUCKY (1941) Music and Lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane Sung by Lucille Ball (dubbed by Gloria Grafton) |
LUCILLE BALL ... Lucille Ball WILLIAM GAXTON ... Jack O'Riley VIRGINIA WEIDLER ... Helen Schlesinger TOMMY DIX ... Bud Hooper NANCY WALKER ... Nancy - Blind Date JUNE ALLYSON ... Ethel KENNY BOWERS ... Dutch Miller GLORIA DEHAVEN ... Minerva JACK JORDAN ... Hunk BEVERLY TYLER ... Miss Delaware Water Gap, Vocalist CHILL WILLS ... Chester Short HENRY O'NEILL ... Maj. Reeber SARA HADEN ... Miss Talbert DONALD MACBRIDE ... Capt. Bradd BOB STEBBINS (as BOBBY STEBBINS) ... Greenie DARWOOD KAYE ... Killer MORRIS ANKRUM ... Col. Harkrider NANA BRYANT ... Mrs. Dalrymple HARRY JAMES AND HIS ORCHESTRA (as HARRY JAMES AND HIS MUSIC MAKERS) ... Harry James' Music Makers HARRY JAMES ... Harry James Rest of cast listed alphabetically: JOHN ALLBULE ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) BARBARA BEDFORD ... Chaperon at Dance (uncredited) BILLY BLETCHER ... Waxer (uncredited) LULU MAE BOHRMAN ... Elderly Woman (uncredited) CARL R. BOTEFUHR ... Cadet (uncredited) MARGUERITE CAMPBELL ... Woman (uncredited) JAMES CARLISLE ... Party Guest (uncredited) MILTON CHISHOLM ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) JACK COFFEY ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) RICHARD DICK ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) STANLEY DONEN ... Cadet (uncredited) HARRY DUFF ... Cadet (uncredited) NORRIS DURHAM ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) WARD ELLIS ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) JAMES ELLISON ... Cadet (uncredited) BESS FLOWERS ... Mrs. Bradd (uncredited) DON GALLAHER ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) MAC GARN ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) JOE GEIL ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) DICK GORDON ... Party Guest (uncredited) BRADLEY HAIL ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) HARRY HAYDEN ... Prof. Morton (uncredited) RALPH HOOPES ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) FRED JENEL ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) SAM KAMIE ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) COLIN KENNY ... Party Guest (uncredited) DALE LEFLER ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) JACK LINDQUIST ... Cadet (uncredited) GEORGE LOCKETT ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) SKIP E. LOWE ... Cadet (uncredited) HERB LURIE ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) CAREN MARSH ... Dancer (uncredited) JACK MCGEE ... Cadet (uncredited) ROBERT EMMETT O'CONNOR ... Train Conductor (uncredited) JAMES PILCHER ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) ISABEL RANDOLPH ... Mrs. Morton (uncredited) SHIRLEY JEAN RICKERT ... Dancer (uncredited) CAL ROTHENBERG ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) GEORGE ROWLAND ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) HUGH SHERIDAN ... Cadet (uncredited) GIL STRATTON ... Cadet (uncredited) ART THOMPSON ... Elderly Man (uncredited) RILEY THOMPSON ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) JOHN TREUL ... Cadet (uncredited) JACK WAGNER ... Cadet (uncredited) KEN WILSON ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) KENNETH WILSON ... Cadet (uncredited) (unconfirmed) |
Directed by: EDWARD BUZZELL ========= Writing Credits: IRVING BRECHER ... (screenplay) and FRED F. FINKLEHOFFE (as FRED FINKLEHOFFE) ... (screenplay) JOHN CECIL HOLM ... (book) DOROTHY KINGSLEY ... (contributing writer) (uncredited) ========= Produced by: ARTHUR FREED ... producer ========= Music by: LENNIE HAYTON ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: LEONARD SMITH ... director of photography ========= Film Editing by: BLANCHE SEWELL ========= Art Direction by: CEDRIC GIBBONS ========= Set Decoration by: EDWIN B. WILLIS ========= Costume Design by: GILE STEELE ... (costumes: men) ========= Makeup Department: JACK DAWN ... makeup designer ========= Production Management: BILL RYAN ... unit manager (uncredited) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: JULIAN SILBERSTEIN ... assistant director (uncredited) ========= Art Department: EDWARD C. CARFAGNO (as EDWARD CARFAGNO) ... associate art director MILDRED GRIFFITHS ... associate set decorator ========= Sound Department: DOUGLAS SHEARER ... recording director ========= Costume and Wardrobe Department: IRENE ... costume supervisor ========= Music Department: LEO ARNAUD ... orchestrator GEORGE BASSMAN ... orchestrator LENNIE HAYTON ... musical director LEROY HOLMES (as LEROY HOLMES) JACK MATTHIAS ... orchestrator CONRAD SALINGER ... orchestrator LENNIE HAYTON ... music arranger (uncredited) WALLY HEGLIN ... orchestrator (uncredited) LEROY HOLMES ... music arranger (uncredited) LIBERACE ... musician: piano (uncredited) JACK MATTHIAS ... music arranger (uncredited) CONRAD SALINGER ... music arranger (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: GEORGE ABBOTT ... producer: stage play HENRI JAFFA ... associate technicolor color director NATALIE KALMUS ... technicolor color director CHARLES WALTERS ... dance director STANLEY DONEN ... assistant: Jack Donohue (uncredited) JACK DONOHUE ... dance director (uncredited) |
Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated) ========= Distributors: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated) (1943) [USA] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1943) [UK] Theatrical Metro Goldwyn Mayer (1944) [MEXICO] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1945) [SWEDEN] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1946) [PORTUGAL] Theatrical Warner Home Video (2006) [USA] DVD |
| 16 July 1943 [USA] 21 July 1943 [New York City, New York, USA] 1 September 1943 [Mexico] 4 October 1943 [UK] 26 December 1943 [Sweden] 7 May 1945 [Madrid, Spain] 4 November 1945 [Finland] 16 November 1945 [Brussels, Belgium] 28 November 1945 [Portugal] 20 January 1947 [Denmark] 17 November 1950 [France] |
 HERS TO HOLD (Drama | Musical) [1 hour 34 minutes] The third film in the "3 Smart Girls" trilogy starring Deanna Durbin as Penny Craig, the youngest sister in the Craig Family. Now all grown up, she goes to work in a munitions factory during World War II determined to do her bit for America whilst wanting to be close to a young pilot, Bill Morley (Joseph Cotten). He gets posted overseas leaving Penny to worry for his safety. One of the film's songs was nominated for an Academy award. |
THE SEGUIDILLA (uncredited) from opera "Carmen" Music by Georges Bizet Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy Sung by Deanna Durbin BEGIN THE BEGUINE Written by Cole Porter Sung by Deanna Durbin SAY A PRAYER FOR THE BOYS OVER THERE Music by Jimmy McHugh Lyrics by Herb Magidson Sung by Deanna Durbin KASHMIRI LOVE SONG (uncredited) Music by Amy Woodford-Finden Lyrics by Lawrence Hope Sung by Deanna Durbin SAY A PRAYER FOR THE BOYS OVER THERE (Reprise) Music by Jimmy McHugh Lyrics by Herb Magidson Sung by Deanna Durbin HOME ON THE RANGE (uncredited) Music by Daniel E. Kelley Played as French Horn solo by Rosey (Gus Schilling) MANHATTAN SERENADE DEEP PURPLE Written by Mitchell Parish (uncredited) and Peter De Rose (uncredited) [Played on the jukebox in the lunchroom after Penny receives a goodbye note from Bill] |
DEANNA DURBIN ... Penny Craig JOSEPH COTTEN ... Bill Morley CHARLES WINNINGER ... Judson Craig LUDWIG STÖSSEL ... Binns NELLA WALKER ... Dorothy Craig GUS SCHILLING ... Rosey Blake SAMUEL S. HINDS ... Dr. Crane EVELYN ANKERS ... Flo Simpson FAY HELM ... Hannah Gordon IRIS ADRIAN ... Arlene MURRAY ALPER ... Smiley, the Foreman DOUGLAS WOOD ... Peter Cartwright MINNA PHILLIPS ... Mrs. Cartwright NYDIA WESTMAN ... Nurse Willing IRVING BACON ... Dr. Bacon Rest of cast listed alphabetically: EDDIE ACUFF ... Reporter (uncredited) ERNIE ADAMS ... Flier's Father (uncredited) POLLY BAILEY ... Grey Lady (uncredited) DORA BAKER ... Old Lady (uncredited) BOBBY BARBER ... Waiter (uncredited) VANGIE BEILBY ... Mrs. Sanderson (uncredited) LEON BELASCO ... Orchestra Leader (uncredited) BROOKS BENEDICT ... Guest (uncredited) JOSEPH E. BERNARD ... Mr. Kitnacker (uncredited) EDDIE BORDEN ... Guest Eating Sandwich (uncredited) CHET BRANDENBURG ... Club Patron (uncredited) BUSTER BRODIE ... Popcorn Man (uncredited) GARY BRUCE ... Crew Member (uncredited) JAMES BUSH ... Bomber Captain (uncredited) EDDY CHANDLER ... Reporter (uncredited) GEORGE CHANDLER ... Enlisted Man (uncredited) HEINIE CONKLIN ... Little Man (uncredited) WILLIAM B. DAVIDSON ... Al, a Guest (uncredited) EDDIE DUNN ... Reporter (uncredited) SARAH EDWARDS ... Graduate Nurse (uncredited) DOT FARLEY ... Wife of Soldier (uncredited) JACK GARDNER ... Photographer (uncredited) JODY GILBERT ... Babe (uncredited) MARIE HARMON ... Ella Mae (uncredited) FAY HOLDERNESS ... Mrs. Kitnacker (uncredited) HARRY HOLMAN ... Doctor (uncredited) JENNIFER HOLT ... Girl (uncredited) TEDDY INFUHR ... Joey (uncredited) MIKE LALLY ... Party Guest (uncredited) RUTH LEE ... Miss Crawford (uncredited) JERRY MANDY ... Waiter (uncredited) LARRY MCGRATH ... Bartender (uncredited) CHARLES R. MOORE ... Chauffeur (uncredited) JACK MULHALL ... Officer (uncredited) BILLY NELSON ... Aircraft Worker at Inn (uncredited) SPEC O'DONNELL ... William Morley (uncredited) GEORGE O'HANLON ... Coast Guardsman with Tommy Gun (uncredited) BOB PERRY ... Bartender (uncredited) CYRIL RING ... Photographer (uncredited) HENRY ROQUEMORE ... Guest (uncredited) VIRGINIA SALE ... Personnel Woman (uncredited) CHARLES SCHRADER ... Captain (uncredited) JANET SHAW ... Girl at Factory (uncredited) CHARLES SHERLOCK ... Reporter (uncredited) BILL SLOAN ... Crew Member (uncredited) ALIX TALTON ... Hazel (uncredited) HARRY TYLER ... Sailor Sam (uncredited) CARL VERNELL ... Pilot (uncredited) EVELYN WAHL ... Jeanne (uncredited) PHIL WARREN ... Reporter (uncredited) BILLY WAYNE ... Joe, Coast Guardsman (uncredited) BILLY YOUNG ... Photographer (uncredited) |
Directed by: FRANK RYAN ========= Writing Credits: LEWIS R. FOSTER ... (screenplay) JOHN D. KLORER ... (based on a story by) ========= Produced by: FELIX JACKSON ... producer FRANK SHAW ... associate producer ========= Music by: FRANK SKINNER ========= Cinematography by: ELWOOD BREDELL (as WOODY BREDELL) ... director of photography ========= Film Editing by: TED J. KENT (as TED KENT) ========= Art Direction by: JOHN B. GOODMAN RICHARD H. RIEDEL ========= Set Decoration by: RUSSELL A. GAUSMAN (as R.A. GAUSMAN) IRA WEBB ... (as IRA S. WEBB) ========= Costume Design by: VERA WEST ... (gowns) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: JOSEPH A. MCDONOUGH ... assistant director MACK V. WRIGHT ... assistant director (uncredited) ========= Sound Department: BERNARD B. BROWN ... sound director ROBERT PRITCHARD ... sound technician EDWIN WETZEL ... sound (uncredited) ========= Costume and Wardrobe Department: ADRIAN ... gowns: Miss Durbin ========= Music Department: ANDRÉS DE SEGUROLA (as ANDRES DE SEGUROLA) ... vocal coach CHARLES PREVIN ... musical director |
Production Companies: Universal Pictures (as Universal Pictures Corporation) ========= Distributors: Universal Pictures (as Universal Pictures Corporation) (1943) [USA] Theatrical Empire Universal Films (1943) [CANADA] Theatrical General Film Distributors (GFD) (1943) [UK] Theatrical Société Anonyme Universal-Film (as Universal Films S. A.) (1950) [FRANCE] Theatrical Screen Gems (1958) [USA] Theatrical Simply Home Entertainment (2011) [UK] DVD MCA/Universal Home Video (2012) [USA] DVD |
| 5 August 1943 [USA] 20 March 1944 [Sweden] 31 March 1944 [Portugal] 15 June 1944 [Mexico] 20 May 1945 [Finland] 21 April 1951 [Japan] |
 LET'S FACE IT (Musical) [1 hour 16 minutes] A soldier stationed on an army base and his fiancé, who runs a women's "fat farm" nearby, want to get married but don't have enough money. Three customers of the "fat farm" scheme to get back at their philandering husbands by hiring the soldier and two of his buddies as "escorts" for the weekend. Complications ensue when the husbands show up unexpectedly. |
THE MILK SONG Written by Cole Porter LET'S FACE IT Written by Cole Porter LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT LOVE Written by Cole Porter FARMING Written by Cole Porter PLAIN JANE DOE Music by Jule Styne Lyrics by Sammy Cahn WHO DID? I DID! YES, I DID Music by Jule Styne Lyrics by Sammy Cahn ALL THE WAY Lyrics by Kim Gannon Music by Jule Styne |
BOB HOPE ... Jerry Walker BETTY HUTTON ... Winnie Porter ZASU PITTS ... Cornelia Figeson PHYLLIS POVAH ... Nancy Collister DAVE WILLOCK ... Barney Hilliard EVE ARDEN ... Maggie Watson CULLY RICHARDS ... Frankie Burns MARJORIE WEAVER ... Jean Blanchard DONA DRAKE ... Muriel RAYMOND WALBURN ... Julian Watson ANDREW TOMBES ... Judge Henry Clay Pigeon ARTHUR LOFT ... George Collister JOE SAWYER ... Sergeant Wiggins GRACE HAYLE ... Mrs. Wigglesworth EVELYN DOCKSON ... Mrs. Taylor Rest of cast listed alphabetically: ABIGAIL ADAMS ... Tommye (uncredited) ANN ADAMS ... Ann (uncredited) ERIC ALDEN ... Soldier (uncredited) MORRIS ANKRUM ... Man in Sun Shell Cafe (uncredited) LENA BELLE ... Lena (uncredited) BROOKS BENEDICT ... Night Club Patron (uncredited) HELENA BRINTON ... Helena (uncredited) BARBARA BROOKS ... Barbara (uncredited) JOYCE COMPTON ... Wiggin's Girl (uncredited) WILLIAM B. DAVIDSON ... Man in Boat (uncredited) YVONNE DE CARLO ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) MARJORIE DEANNE ... Dancer (uncredited) EDDIE DEW ... Sergeant (uncredited) EDDIE DUNN ... Cop (uncredited) SARAH EDWARDS ... Woman in Court (uncredited) BROOKE EVANS ... Milkmaid (uncredited) JOEL FRIEND ... Waiter (uncredited) BUD GEARY ... Sergeant (uncredited) JULIE GIBSON ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) FREDERICK GIERMANN ... Submarine Officer (uncredited) EDDIE HALL ... Philip (uncredited) JAYNE HAZARD ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) JERRY JAMES ... Man in Sun Shell Cafe (uncredited) ELLEN JOHNSON ... Ellen (uncredited) DEBBRA KEITH ... Betty (uncredited) DONALD KERR ... Specialty Dancer (uncredited) LOUISE LA PLANCHE ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) KAY LINAKER ... Canteen Hostess (uncredited) PATTI MCCARTY ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) WANDA MCKAY ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) GEORGE MEADER ... Justice of the Peace (uncredited) ANDRIA MORELAND ... Milkmaid (uncredited) HARRY HAYS MORGAN ... Waiter / Nazi Officer (uncredited) FREDERIC NAY ... Walsh (uncredited) NOEL NEILL ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) MIRIAM NELSON ... Dancer (uncredited) NICCO ... Nicco - Dance Team Member (uncredited) EMORY PARNELL ... Colonel (uncredited) BARBARA PEPPER ... Daisy (uncredited) ELEANORE PRENTISS ... Woman in Court (uncredited) HAL RAND ... Man in Sun Shell Cafe (uncredited) ALLEN RAY ... Man in Sun Shell Cafe (uncredited) ROBIN RAYMOND ... Mimi (uncredited) CYRIL RING ... Headwaiter (uncredited) LIONEL ROYCE ... Submarine Commander (uncredited) PHYLLIS RUTH ... Lulu (uncredited) JANET SHAW ... Girl in Boat (uncredited) FLORENCE SHIRLEY ... Woman in Sun Shell Cafe (uncredited) ELINOR TROY ... Elinor (uncredited) AMELITA WARD ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) ANGELA WILSON ... Angela (uncredited) MARIE WINDSOR ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
Directed by: SIDNEY LANFIELD ========= Writing Credits: DOROTHY FIELDS ... (play) HERBERT FIELDS ... (play) RUSSELL G. MEDCRAFT ... (play) NORMA MITCHELL ... (play) HARRY TUGEND ... (writer) ========= Produced by: FRED KOHLMAR ... associate producer ========= Music by: ROBERT EMMETT DOLAN ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: LIONEL LINDON ========= Film Editing by: PAUL WEATHERWAX ========= Art Direction by: HANS DREIER A. EARL HEDRICK (as EARL HEDRICK) ========= Set Decoration by: RAY MOYER (as RAYMOND MOYER) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: LONNIE D'ORSA ... assistant director ========= Sound Department: HUGO GRENZBACH ... sound DON JOHNSON ... sound ========= Visual Effects by: FARCIOT EDOUART ... process photography GORDON JENNINGS ... special photographic effects ========= Music Department: ROBERT EMMETT DOLAN ... musical director ARTHUR FRANKLIN ... music advisor (uncredited) GIL GRAU ... composer: additional music (uncredited) JOSEPH J. LILLEY ... composer: additional music / vocal arranger (uncredited) LEO SHUKEN ... composer: additional music (uncredited) |
Production Companies: Paramount Pictures ========= Distributors: Paramount Pictures (1943) [USA] Theatrical Paramount British Pictures (1943) [UK] Theatrical Film AB Paramount (1944) [SWEDEN] Theatrical Paramount Pictures (1952) [NORWAY] Theatrical MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) [USA] TV |
| 13 September 1943 [New York City, New York, USA] 30 December 1943 [Los Angeles, California, USA] January 1944 [USA] 16 October 1944 [Sweden] 24 November 1944 [Mexico] 23 January 1945 [Portugal] 1 March 1946 [Turkey] 30 May 1946 [Finland] 1 August 1946 [France] 28 July 1947 [Denmark] 11 May 1949 (re-release) [France] 1954 [West Germany] |
 THOUSANDS CHEER (Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance) [2 hours 5 minutes] Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Eddie's also plagued by fear of having an accident during his family's trapeze act in the army variety show, which also features a gallery of MGM stars. |
DAYBREAK Music by Ferde Grofé Sr. (as Ferde Grofe) Lyrics by Harold Adamson Conducted by José Iturbi (uncredited) Sung by Kathryn Grayson (uncredited) I DUG A DITCH Lyrics by Lew Brown and Ralph Freed Music by Burton Lane Sung by Ben Lessy (uncredited) Sung by Kathryn Grayson (uncredited) and male chorus, including Ben Blue (uncredited), Frank Jenks (uncredited) and Frank Sully (uncredited) Performed by the Kay Kyser Band (uncredited) Sung by Georgia Carroll (uncredited), Harry Babbitt (uncredited), Sully Mason (uncredited), M.A. Bogue (uncredited) THREE LETTERS IN THE MAIL BOX Music by Walter Jurmann Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster Conducted by Frank Jenks (uncredited) Performed by Kathryn Grayson (uncredited) LET THERE BE MUSIC Music by Earl K. Brent (as Earl Brent) Lyrics E.Y. Harburg Sung by Kathryn Grayson UNITED NATIONS Music by Dmitri Shostakovich (as Dmitri Shostakovitch) Lyrics by Harold Rome & E.Y. Harburg Conducted by José Iturbi (uncredited) Sung by Kathryn Grayson (uncredited) ANCHORS AWEIGH (uncredited) Music by Charles A. Zimmerman Lyrics by Alfred Hart Miles and R. Lovell THE MARINE'S HYMN (uncredited) Music based on a melody by Jacques Offenbach from his opera "Geneviève de Brabant" Lyrics by unknown marine (ca 1874) and probably Henry C. Davis THE ARMY AIR CORPS SONG ('OFF WE GO INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER') (uncredited) Written by Robert Crawford COLORS Traditional CAPRICCIO ESPAGNOL (uncredited) Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Conducted by José Iturbi SEMPRE LIBERA (uncredited) from the "La traviata" Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Conducted by José Iturbi Sung by Kathryn Grayson DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE (uncredited) Music by Sam H. Stept THE DARING YOUNG MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE (uncredited) Music by Gaston Lyle Lyrics by George Leybourne SOBRE LAS OLAS (OVER THE WAVES) (uncredited) Music by Juventino Rosas HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY NO.2 (1847) Music by Franz Liszt Piano solo by José Iturbi RÉVEILLE Traditional YOU'RE IN THE ARMY NOW Music by Isham Jones Lyrics by Tell Taylor and Ole Olsen (I WISH I WAS IN) DIXIE'S LAND (uncredited) Written by Daniel Decatur Emmett LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART (uncredited) Music by Leo Friedman Lyrics by Beth Slater Whitson AMERICAN PATROL (uncredited) Music by F.W. Meacham Conducted by José Iturbi COLUMBIA, THE GEM OF THE OCEAN (uncredited) Music by Thomas A. Beckett YANKEE DOODLE (uncredited) Traditional music of English origin BOOGIE WOOGIE (uncredited) Music by Clarence 'Pine Top' Smith IN A LITTLE SPANISH TOWN (uncredited) Music by Mabel Wayne Lyrics by Sam Lewis and Joe Young Played by Bob Crosby Orchestra Sung Gloria DeHaven, June Allyson and Virginia O'Brien ROCK-A-BYE BABY (uncredited) Written by Effie I. Canning Sung by Virginia O'Brien THE OCEANA ROLL (uncredited) Music by Lucien Denni Lyrics by Roger Lewis (I'VE GROWN SO LONELY) THINKING OF YOU (uncredited) Music by Walter Donaldson Lyrics by Paul Ash SHOULD I (uncredited) Music by Nacio Herb Brown Lyrics by Arthur Freed Performed by the Kay Kyser Band with Georgia Carroll TICO TICO (uncredited) Music by Zequinha de Abreu English lyrics by Ervin Drake HONEYSUCKLE ROSE (uncredited) Music by Fats Waller Lyrics by Andy Razaf Played by Benny Carter and His Band Sung by Lena Horne THE JOINT IS REALLY JUMPIN' IN CARNEGIE HALL (uncredited) Written by Roger Edens, Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin Piano by José Iturbi Sung by Judy Garland RICA PULPA (uncredited) Music by Eliseo Grenet AULD LANG SYNE (uncredited) Traditional Scottish 17th century music |
KATHRYN GRAYSON ... Kathryn Jones GENE KELLY ... Pvt. Eddie Marsh MARY ASTOR ... Hyllary Jones JOHN BOLES ... Col. Bill Jones BEN BLUE ... Chuck Polansky FRANCES RAFFERTY ... Marie Corbino MARY ELLIOTT ... Helen Corbino FRANK JENKS ... Sgt. Koslack FRANK SULLY ... Alan DICK SIMMONS ... Capt. Fred Avery BEN LESSY ... Silent Monk MICKEY ROONEY ... Mickey Rooney - Emcee at the Show JUDY GARLAND ... Judy Garland RED SKELTON ... Red Skelton ELEANOR POWELL ... Eleanor Powell ANN SOTHERN ... Ann Sothern LUCILLE BALL ... Lucille Ball VIRGINIA O'BRIEN ... Virginia O'Brien FRANK MORGAN ... Dr. Frank Morgan LENA HORNE ... Lena Horne MARSHA HUNT ... Marsha Hunt MARILYN MAXWELL ... Drug Store Clerk in Red Skelton Skit DONNA REED ... Customer in Red Skelton Skit MARGARET O'BRIEN ... Customer in Red Skelton Skit JUNE ALLYSON ... June Allyson GLORIA DEHAVEN ... Gloria DeHaven JOHN CONTE ... Dr. Conte in Frank Morgan Skit SARA HADEN ... Second Nurse in Frank Morgan Skit DON LOPER ... Don Loper MAXINE BARRAT ... Maxine Barrat KAY KYSER ... Kay Kyser KAY KYSER BAND (as KAY KYSER AND HIS ORCHESTRA) ... Kay Kyser's Orchestra BOB CROSBY ... Bob Crosby BOB CROSBY ORCHESTRA (as BOB CROSBY AND HIS ORCHESTRA) ... Bob Crosby's Orchestra BENNY CARTER (as BENNY CARTER AND HIS BAND) ... Benny Carter JOSÉ ITURBI ... José Iturbi M-G-M DANCING GIRLS (as THE M-G-M DANCING GIRLS) ... Dancers Rest of cast listed alphabetically: SIG ARNO ... Uncle Algy (uncredited) HARRY BABBITT ... Singer in 'I Dug a Ditch' Number (uncredited) M.A. BOGUE ... Singer in 'I Dug a Ditch' Number (uncredited) GEORGIA CARROLL ... Singer in 'I Dug a Ditch' (uncredited) WALLY CASSELL ... Jack (uncredited) CYD CHARISSE ... Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited) EILEEN COGHLAN ... Girl at Train Station (uncredited) CHARLES COTA ... Singer in 'I Dug a Ditch' Number (uncredited) CLIFF DANIELSON ... Soldier at Train Station (uncredited) SAYRE DEARING ... Solder at Train Station (uncredited) NATALIE DRAPER ... Girl at Train Station (uncredited) FRANKLYN FARNUM ... Man in Audience (uncredited) DOROTHY FORD ... Dancer in Don Liper Number / Bathing Beauty in Red Skelton Skit (uncredited) JACK GARGAN ... Spectator at Iturbi Concert (uncredited) AILEEN HALEY ... Girl at Train Station (uncredited) SAM HARRIS ... Finale Chorus Member (uncredited) MYRON HEALEY ... Soldier at Train Station with Polish Girl (uncredited) GEORGE HOAGLAND ... Soldier (uncredited) BETTY JAYNES ... Girl at Train Station (uncredited) WILLY KAUFMAN ... Papa Corbino (uncredited) ROBERT KEITH ... Singer in 'I Dug a Ditch' (uncredited) KENNER G. KEMP ... Marine Spectator at Iturbi Concert (uncredited) LINDA LANDI ... Polish Girl at Train Station (uncredited) SYLVIA LIGGETT ... Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited) MARTA LINDEN ... First Nurse in Frank Morgan Skit (uncredited) BARBARA MACE ... Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited) WILBUR MACK ... Finale Chorus Member (uncredited) SULLY MASON ... Singer in 'I Dug a Ditch' Number (uncredited) TOM MCGUIRE ... Finale Chorus Member (uncredited) JAMES MILLICAN ... Captain at Eddie's Trial (uncredited) EDMUND MORTIMER ... Guest (uncredited) ODETTE MYRTIL ... Mama Corbino (uncredited) BEA NIGRO ... Dancer (uncredited) WILLIAM H. O'BRIEN ... Finale Chorus Member (uncredited) HELEN O'HARA ... Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited) HENRY O'NEILL ... Captain in Frank Morgan Skit (uncredited) SUSAN PALEY ... Dancer in Don Loper Number (uncredited) PEGGY REMINGTON ... Guest (uncredited) SAM SAVITSKY ... Finale Chorus Member (uncredited) CARL SAXE ... Sergeant Major (uncredited) PAUL SPEER ... Specialty Dancer (uncredited) HARRY STRANG ... Maj. Haines (uncredited) WILLIAM TANNEN ... Prison Sergeant (uncredited) DON TAYLOR ... Soldier at Train Station (uncredited) RAY TEAL ... Ringmaster at Circus (uncredited) FLORENCE TURNER ... Mother at Train Station (uncredited) JAMES WARREN ... Soldier at Train Station (uncredited) BRYANT WASHBURN ... Lt. Col. Brand (uncredited) BUNNY WATERS ... Bathing Beauty in Red Skelton Skit (uncredited) LARRY WHEAT ... Man in Circus Crowd (uncredited) EVE WHITNEY ... Girl at Train Station (uncredited) DICK WINSLOW ... Soldier (uncredited) |
Directed by: GEORGE SIDNEY ========= Writing Credits: PAUL JARRICO ... (story "Private Miss Jones") and RICHARD COLLINS ... (story "Private Miss Jones") PAUL JARRICO ... (screenplay) and RICHARD COLLINS ... (screenplay) ========= Produced by: JOE PASTERNAK (as JOSEPH PASTERNAK) ... producer ========= Music by: HERBERT STOTHART ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: GEORGE J. FOLSEY (as GEORGE FOLSEY) ========= Film Editing by: GEORGE BOEMLER ========= Art Direction by: CEDRIC GIBBONS ========= Set Decoration by: EDWIN B. WILLIS ========= Makeup Department: JACK DAWN ... makeup designer ========= Production Management: HUGH BOSWELL ... unit manager (uncredited) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: SANDY ROTH ... assistant director (uncredited) ========= Art Department: DANIEL B. CATHCART ... associate art director JACQUES MERSEREAU ... associate set decorator ========= Sound Department: DOUGLAS SHEARER ... recording director NORWOOD A. FENTON ... sound (uncredited) ========= Camera and Electrical Department: CLARENCE SINCLAIR BULL ... still photographer (uncredited) ========= Costume and Wardrobe Department: IRENE ... costume supervisor ========= Music Department: HERBERT STOTHART ... musical director GEORGE BASSMAN ... conductor: score (uncredited) MURRAY CUTTER ... orchestrator (uncredited) ROGER EDENS ... vocal arranger (uncredited) RICHARD HAYMAN ... additional orchestrator (uncredited) PAUL MARQUARDT ... orchestrator (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: HENRI JAFFA ... associate technicolor color director NATALIE KALMUS ... technicolor color director FRED KELLY ... additional choreographer (uncredited) |
Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated) ========= Distributors: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated.) (1943) [USA] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1943) [UK] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1944) [SWEDEN] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1946) [FRANCE] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1946) [NORWAY] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1949) [FRANCE] Theatrical - re-release MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1986) [USA] VHS MGM/UA Home Entertainment [USA] VHS ========= Other Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (VHS package design) |
| September 1943 [USA] 28 September 1944 [Mexico] 11 June 1945 [Sweden] 3 July 1945 [Portugal] 25 July 1947 [Finland] 21 March 1951 [France] 9 July 1991 (TV premiere) [Germany] |
 I DOOD IT (Romance | Comedy | Musical | Thriller) [1 hour 42 minutes] A bumbling pants presser at an upscale hotel's valet service nurses an unrequited crush on a Broadway star. He gets more than he bargained for when she agrees to marry him, to spite her womanizing fiance, and encounters Nazi saboteurs. ====== Constance Shaw is a dance star on Broadway, Joseph Rivington Renolds is a keen fan of her. After she is fed up with her fiance, she meets Joseph and marries him, because she thinks he is the owner of a mine. But that's a misunderstanding, he works at a cleaning shop. After disturbing rehearsals he is thrown out of the theater, but when he sneaks in again, he discovers an actor talking about a bomb he wants to set in the theater to blow up an ammunition store next door. |
STAR EYES (1943) Lyrics by Don Raye Music by Gene de Paul Played Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (uncredited) at a nightclub Sung by Bob Eberly (uncredited) and Helen O'Connell (uncredited) Danced by Red Skelton (uncredited) and Eleanor Powell (uncredited) Played as background music often SO LONG SARAH JANE (1943) Music by Sammy Fain Lyrics by Lew Brown and Ralph Freed Sung by Bob Eberly (uncredited) Danced by Eleanor Powell (uncredited) and chorus Played as background music often ONE O'CLOCK JUMP (1937) Music by Count Basie Performed by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (uncredited) SWINGIN' THE JINX AWAY (1936) Written by Cole Porter Danced by Eleanor Powell (uncredited) and chorus (Footage edited from Born to Dance (1936)) TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (1940) Music by Vernon Duke Lyrics by John La Touche and Ted Fetter Played on piano by Hazel Scott (uncredited), on bass by George 'Red' Callender (uncredited) with accompaniment JERICHO (1919) Music by Richard Myers Lyrics by Leo Robin Arranged by Kay Thompson Sung by Lena Horne (uncredited), Hazel Scott (uncredited) and chorus Played on piano by Hazel Scott (uncredited) HOLA E PAE (uncredited) Written by Johnny Noble Danced by Eleanor Powell and sung by a chorus (Footage edited from Honolulu (1939)) PETUNIA (uncredited) Music by Sammy Fain Excerpts played as part of the score SHORTER THAN ME (1943) (uncredited) Music by Gene de Paul Excerpts played as part of the score LORD AND LADY GATE (uncredited) Music by Gene de Paul Excerpts played as part of the score CONTRAST (uncredited) Music by Jimmy Dorsey Excerpts played as part of the score ANCHORS AWEIGH (1906) (uncredited) Music by Charles A. Zimmerman Played within the "Swingin' the Jinx Away" number Danced by Eleanor Powell and chorus (Footage edited from Born to Dance (1936)) LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN (uncredited) Traditional Strains played during the "Star Eyes Number" OH! SUSANNA (1848) (uncredited) Music by Stephen Foster Played before the start of the show "Dixie Lou" (I WISH I WAS IN) DIXIE'S LAND (1860) (uncredited) Music by Daniel Decatur Emmett Played before the start of the show "Dixie Lou" BRIDAL CHORUS (HERE COMES THE BRIDE) (1850) (uncredited) from "Lohengrin" Written by Richard Wagner (1850) Played as background music on the wedding night ROCK-A-BYE BABY (1886) (uncredited) Written by Effie I. Canning Played after the sleeping potion is ingested Hummed by Eleanor Powell OLD FOLKS AT HOME (SWANEE RIVER) (1851) (uncredited) Written by Stephen Foster Played before the start of the show "Dixie Lou" GWINE TO RUNE ALL NIGHT ("DE CAMPTOWN RACES") (1850) (uncredited) Written by Stephen Foster Played before the start of the show "Dixie Lou" MACNAMARA'S BAND (1917) (uncredited) Music by Shamus O'Connor Played before the start of the show "Dixie Lou" YANKEE DOODLE (ca. 1755) (uncredited) Traditional music of English origin Played before the start of the show "Dixie Lou" |
RED SKELTON ... Joseph Rivington Renolds ELEANOR POWELL ... Constance Shaw RICHARD AINLEY ... Larry West PATRICIA DANE ... Suretta Brenton SAM LEVENE ... Ed Jackson THURSTON HALL ... Kenneth Lawlor LENA HORNE ... Lena Horne HAZEL SCOTT ... Hazel Scott JIMMY DORSEY ... Jimmy Dorsey JIMMY DORSEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA ... Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra HELEN O'CONNELL ... Helen O'Connell BOB EBERLY ... Bob Eberly JOHN HODIAK ... Roy Hartwood BUTTERFLY MCQUEEN ... Annette MARJORIE GATESON ... Mrs. Spelvin ANDREW TOMBES ... Mr. Spelvin MORRIS ANKRUM ... Brinker CHARLES JUDELS ... Stage Manager Rest of cast listed alphabetically: MITCHELL LEWIS ... Greek Taffy Man SPEC O'DONNELL ... Autograph Seeker ANNE O'NEAL ... Clara DORIS AKE ... Part of Hazel Scott's Entourage / Singer in Jericho (uncredited) RAFAEL ALCAYDE ... Headwaiter (uncredited) ERNIE ALEXANDER ... Charlie, the Bellboy (uncredited) JEAN ASHTON ... Dancer (uncredited) WILLIAM BAILEY ... Audience Member (uncredited) JULIETTE BALL ... Part of Hazel Scott's Entourage / Singer in Jericho (uncredited) ELEANOR BAYLEY ... Dancer (uncredited) ARTHUR BELASCO ... Bartender (uncredited) WILLIAM BISHOP ... Detective (uncredited) JUDI BLACQUE ... Dancer (uncredited) LENNIE BLUETT ... Part of Hazel Scott's Entourage / Singer in Jericho (uncredited) SVEN HUGO BORG ... German Valet (uncredited) LIONEL BRAHAM ... Mr. Gillingham (uncredited) RALPH BROOKS ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited) JOHN W. BUBBLES ... Bubbles (uncredited) GEORGE 'RED' CALLENDER ... Acoustic double bassist with Hazel Scott (uncredited) JACK CARRINGTON ... Call Boy (uncredited) JACK CHEFE ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited) ALEX CHIVRA ... Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) MARILYN CHRISTINE ... Dancer (uncredited) RUSS CLARK ... Sailor (uncredited) CHESTER CLUTE ... Hotel Manager With Flowers (uncredited) TOM COLEMAN ... Union Trooper (uncredited) GINO CORRADO ... Waiter (uncredited) JULES COWLES ... Man at Kissing Booth (uncredited) VICTOR COX ... Union Soldier (uncredited) RUSSELL CUSTER ... Union Soldier (uncredited) JACK DALEY ... Pudgey Man (uncredited) RUBY DANDRIDGE ... Mammy, in the Show (uncredited) VIVIAN DANDRIDGE ... Part of Hazel Scott's Entourage / Singer in Jericho (uncredited) LARRY DANIELS ... Man in Audience / Man Outside Nightclub (uncredited) MARK DANIELS ... Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited) HARRY DEPP ... Kissing Man Yelling 'Yippee' (uncredited) TOMMY DORSEY ... Tommy Dorsey (cameo appearance) (uncredited) JIM FARLEY ... Police Sergeant (uncredited) CHARLES FERGUSON ... Audience Member (uncredited) JAMES FLAVIN ... Federal Agent (uncredited) JOEL FLUELLEN ... Member of Hazel Scott's Group (uncredited) JACK GARGAN ... Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) SAM GARRETT ... Roper in 'So Long Sarah Jane' Number (uncredited) ROBERT HAINES ... Audience Member (uncredited) SUZETTE HARBIN ... Part of Hazel Scott's Entourage / Singer in Jericho (uncredited) AVANELLE HARRIS ... Part of Hazel Scott's Entourage / Singer in Jericho (uncredited) SAM HARRIS ... Audience Member (uncredited) MAGGIE HATHAWAY ... Part of Hazel Scott's Entourage / Singer in Jericho (uncredited) MYRON HEALEY ... Page Boy (uncredited) PAYNE B. JOHNSON ... Boy with Red Skelton (uncredited) MARILYN KINSLEY ... Dancer (uncredited) FORD WASHINGTON LEE ... Buck (uncredited) VERA LEE ... Dancer (uncredited) CARL M. LEVINESS ... Audience Member (uncredited) JACK 'TINY' LIPSON ... Big Man at Bazaar (uncredited) HANK MANN ... Minor Role (uncredited) DONA MASSIN ... Dancer (uncredited) MERRILL MCCORMICK ... Union Soldier Applying Makeup (uncredited) FRANK MCLURE ... Audience Member (uncredited) MARGARET MCWADE ... Woman in Front Row (uncredited) HAROLD MILLER ... Man at Bazaar (uncredited) ROGER MOORE ... Man in Audience at 'Star Eyes' (uncredited) DOROTHY MORRIS ... Gracie, an Usherette (uncredited) EDMUND MORTIMER ... Prospective Backer (uncredited) JOYCE MURRAY ... Dancer (uncredited) JETSY PARKER ... Dancer (uncredited) SHEILA RAE ... Dancer (uncredited) JANE RAY ... Dancer (uncredited) BETH RENNER ... Dancer (uncredited) CLINTON ROSEMOND ... Actor in Play as Uncle Sig (uncredited) JEFFREY SAYRE ... Man in Kissing Line (uncredited) MARGARET SEDDON ... Woman Sitting Next to Joseph (uncredited) JESSIE TAI SING ... Chinese Girl (uncredited) WANDA STEVENSON ... Dancer (uncredited) CECIL STEWART ... Orchestra Leader (uncredited) MITZIE UEHLIEN ... Dancer (uncredited) HANS VON MORHART ... Erik (uncredited) BRYANT WASHBURN ... Prospective Buyer (uncredited) CONSTANCE WEILER ... Minor Role (uncredited) FLORENCE WIX ... Cafe Customer with Egg Shell in Drink (uncredited) LEE YOUNG ... Drummer with Hazel Scott (uncredited) JOE YULE ... Theatre Doorman (uncredited) |
Directed by: VINCENTE MINNELLI ========= Writing Credits: SIG HERZIG ... (screenplay) and FRED SAIDY ... (screenplay) ========= Produced by: JACK CUMMINGS ... producer ========= Music by: DANIELE AMFITHEATROF ... (uncredited) GEORGE BASSMAN ... (uncredited) DAVID RAKSIN ... (uncredited) GEORGE STOLL ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: RAY JUNE ... director of photography CHARLES ROSHER ... (uncredited) ========= Film Editing by: ROBERT KERN (as ROBERT J. KERN) ... film editor ========= Art Direction by: CEDRIC GIBBONS ========= Set Decoration by: EDWIN B. WILLIS ... (set decorations) ========= Costume Design by: GILE STEELE ... (costumes: men) ========= Makeup Department: JACK DAWN ... makeup designer (uncredited) ========= Production Management: GILBERT KURLAND ... unit manager (uncredited) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: AL SHENBERG ... assistant director (uncredited) ========= Art Department: HELEN CONWAY ... associate set decorator JACK MARTIN SMITH ... associate art director WILLIAM FERRARI ... associate art director (uncredited) FRANK WESSELHOFF ... painter (uncredited) ========= Sound Department: DOUGLAS SHEARER ... recording director ========= Camera and Electrical Department: BERT LYNCH ... still photographer (uncredited) ========= Costume and Wardrobe Department: IRENE ... costume supervisor IRENE SHARAFF (as SHARAFF) ... associate costume supervisor ========= Music Department: MERRILL PYE ... musical presentation GEORGE STOLL (as GEORGIE STOLL) ... musical director SIDNEY CUTNER ... orchestrator (uncredited) JOSEPH NUSSBAUM ... orchestrator (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: BOBBY CONNOLLY ... dance director SAM GARRETT ... roping instructor: Eleanor Powell (uncredited) BUSTER KEATON ... technical advisor: comedy (uncredited) ELEANOR POWELL ... choreographer (Lasso dance sequence) (uncredited) |
Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) (produced by: Loew's Incorporated) ========= Distributors: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1943) [USA] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1943) [UK] Theatrical Metro Goldwyn Mayer (1944) [MEXICO] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1945) [SWEDEN] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1945) [PORTUGAL] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1947) [FINLAND] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1951) [FRANCE] Theatrical Warner Home Video (1992) [USA] VHS |
| 8 October 1943 [USA] 22 May 1944 [Sweden] 11 October 1944 [Mexico] 2 March 1946 [Portugal] 30 April 1948 [Paris, France] 1 September 1948 (re-release) [USA] 31 July 1950 [Denmark] 31 August 2008 {Cinecon Film Festival} [USA] |
 CRAZY HOUSE (Comedy | Music) [1 hour 20 minutes] Olsen and Johnson, stage comedians turned film stars, produce a star-studded musical comedy with an eccentric "millionaire" who hasn't got a dime. ====== Olsen (Ole Olson) and Johnson (Chic Johnson) show up at Universal Pictures studios hot-to-go to make a second film with that studio and Univeral executives couldn't be less interested, so they decide to rent a movie lot and make their own films...financed by a "millionaire" who hasn't got two nickels he could rub together. |
HUMORESQUE (uncredited) Music by Antonín Dvorák Performed by uncredited harp and violin duet JEALOUS (uncredited) Lyrics by Tommie Malie and Dick Finch Music by Jack Little Sung by Martha O'Driscoll (dubbed by Martha Tilton) MY SONG WITHOUT WORDS (uncredited) Lyrics by John La Touche Music by Vernon Duke Performed by Leighton Noble and his Orchestra Also sung by Marion Hutton with The Modernaires MOONLIGHT SERENADE (uncredited) Music by Glenn Miller Lyrics by Mitchell Parish Sung by Marion Hutton with The Modernaires BABY, WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME? (uncredited) Written by Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams Sung by Marion Hutton with The Modernaires I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS (uncredited) Music by Isham Jones Lyrics by Gus Kahn Sung by Marion Hutton with The Modernaires MY RAINBOW SONG (uncredited) Written by Mitchell Parish, Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli Sung by Martha O'Driscoll Accompanied by Leighton Noble and his Orchestra and Marion Hutton with The Modernaires TROPICANA (uncredited) Lyrics by Don Raye Music by Gene de Paul Performed by Ramsay Ames and Her Tropicanans Also performed by Count Basie and His Orchestra, and uncredited dancers Also danced by Tony De Marco and Sally De Marco CRAZY HOUSE (uncredited) Music by Milton Rosen Played over the titles of the movie-within-the-movie SOMEDAY I'LL DREAM AGAIN (uncredited) Written by Irving Bibo and Al Piantadosi Sung by Martha O'Driscoll THE DONKEY SERENADE (uncredited) Music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart Lyrics by Bob Wright and Chet Forrest Sung by Allan Jones GET ON BOARD, LITTLE CHILDREN (uncredited) Lyrics by Don Raye Music by Gene de Paul Performed by the Delta Rhythm Boys POCKETFUL O' PENNIES (uncredited) Lyrics by Eddie Cherkose Music by Franz Steininger Performed by just about all the leads and guest stars LAMENT OF A LAUNDRY GIRL Music by Dan Shapiro and Lester Lee Lyrics by Jerry Seelen Performed by Cass Daley I OUGHTA DANCE (uncredited) Lyrics by Sammy Cahn Additional Lyrics by Eddie Cherkose Music by Saul Chaplin Danced by Tony De Marco and Sally De Marco THERE GOES THAT SONG AGAIN (uncredited) Written by Allie Wrubel RIGOLETTO BLUES (uncredited) Music based on the "Quartet" from "Rigoletto" Music by Giuseppe Verdi Performed by the Delta Rhythm Boys |
OLE OLSEN ... Ole Olsen CHIC JOHNSON ... Chic Johnson CASS DALEY ... Cass Daley / Sadie Silverfish PATRIC KNOWLES ... Edmund 'Mac' MacLean MARTHA O'DRISCOLL ... Marjorie Nelson alias Marjorie Wyndingham LEIGHTON NOBLE (as LEIGHTON NOBLE AND HIS ORCHESTRA) ... Johnny THOMAS GOMEZ ... N.G. Wagstaff PERCY KILBRIDE ... Col. Cornelius Merriweather HANS CONRIED ... Roco RICHARD LANE ... S. E. Hanley ANDREW TOMBES ... Horace L. Gregory BILLY GILBERT ... Sid Drake CHESTER CLUTE ... Fud EDGAR KENNEDY ... Judge FRANKLIN PANGBORN ... Hotel Clerk SHEMP HOWARD ... Mumbo FRED SANBORN ... Jumbo TONY AND SALLY DeMARCO: SALLY DE MARCO ... Sally DeMarco TONY DE MARCO ... Tony DeMarco MARION HUTTON AND THE GLENN MILLER SINGERS: MARION HUTTON ... Marion Hutton THE MODERNAIRES ... The Glenn Miller Singers CHANDRA KALY AND HIS DANCERS ... Chandra Kaly Dancers THE DELTA RHYTHM BOYS ... The Delta Rhythm Boys COUNT BASIE (as COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA) ... Count Basie NICK COCHRANE'S MUSICAL COWHANDS ... The Musical Cowhands RAMSAY AMES (as RAMSAY AMES AND HER TROPICANANS) ... Ramsay Ames ALLAN JONES ... Allan Jones JOHNNY MACK BROWN ... Johnny Mack Brown LEO CARRILLO ... Leo Carrillo NIGEL BRUCE ... Dr. Watson ALAN CURTIS ... Alan Curtis ANDY DEVINE ... Andy Devive ROBERT PAIGE ... Robert Paige BASIL RATHBONE ... Sherlock Holmes BOBBY BROOKS QUARTET ... Quartet Rest of cast listed alphabetically: THE DELTA RHYTHM BOYS: TRAVERSE CRAWFORD ... Traverse Crawford RENE DEKNIGHT ... Rene DeKnight LEE GAINES ... Lee Gaines CLINTON HOLLAND ... Clinton Holland KELSEY PHARR ... Kelsey Pharr LOUISE ALLBRITTON ... Louise Allbritton (uncredited) EVELYN ANKERS ... Evelyn Ankers (uncredited) JIMMY AUBREY ... Stooge (uncredited) BOBBY BARBER ... Bald Man / Director (uncredited) JACKIE BARNETT ... Dancer (uncredited) EDGAR BARRIER ... Studio Actor (uncredited) ROBERT BARRON ... Beachcomber (uncredited) GEORGE BEATTY ... Theater Manager (uncredited) BROOKS BENEDICT ... Photographer (uncredited) JOSEPH E. BERNARD ... Car Owner / Swiss Bellringer (uncredited) TURHAN BEY ... Turhan Bey (uncredited) BILLY BLETCHER ... Policeman (uncredited) THELMA CARPENTER ... Thelma (uncredited) LANE CHANDLER ... Policeman (uncredited) LON CHANEY JR. ... Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited) NICK COCKRANE ... Nick (uncredited) HEINIE CONKLIN ... Keystone Kop (uncredited) JOSEPH CREHAN ... Mogey (uncredited) JACQUELINE DALYA ... Grown-Up Sandy (uncredited) HAROLD DEGARRO ... Performer (uncredited) DIPPY DIERS ... Specialty (uncredited) JIMMY DIME ... Dead End Character (uncredited) CHARLES DORETY ... Duck Hunter (uncredited) EDDIE ENNIS ... Butcher (uncredited) BESS FLOWERS ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited) BEN FROMMER ... Impersonator (uncredited) MARY GAIL ... Girl (uncredited) VIRGINIA GARDNER ... Girl (uncredited) JON GILBREATH ... Policeman (uncredited) GEORGE GRAY ... Fireman / Stooge (uncredited) FRANK HAGNEY ... Studio Cop (uncredited) SAL HAINES ... Dancer (uncredited) JOHN HAMILTON ... Outraged Director (uncredited) BILL HEALY ... Makeup Man (uncredited) EARLE HODGINS ... Barker (uncredited) DOROTHY JARNAC ... Specialty Dancer (uncredited) EDDIE KANE ... Bixby (uncredited) ROBERT EMMETT KEANE ... Attorney Scatterby (uncredited) LEW KELLY ... Policeman (uncredited) PAULA KELLY ... Member - The Modernaires (uncredited) BUD LAWLER ... Dancer (uncredited) THE LAYSON BROTHERS ... The Layson Brothers (uncredited) ETHELREDA LEOPOLD ... Blonde Woman Watching Radio Talent Show (uncredited) ROBERT LOCKE LORRAINE ... Dancer (uncredited) JIMMIE LUCAS ... Stooge (uncredited) PATSY MACE ... Girl (uncredited) JERRY MANDY ... Bank Robber (uncredited) HANK MANN ... Keystone Kop (uncredited) ANDY MAYO ... Pansy the Dancing Horse (uncredited) FLORENCE MAYO ... Pansy the Dancing Horse (uncredited) GRACE MCDONALD ... Grace McDonald (uncredited) PAUL MCVEY ... Studio Executive (uncredited) CHARLES MIDDLETON ... Sheriff (uncredited) JOE MOLE ... Bicyclist (uncredited) EDMUND MORTIMER ... Studio Man (uncredited) CHARLES MORTON ... Doorman (uncredited) PAUL NEWLAN ... Strong Man (uncredited) FRED NIBLO ... Studio Executive (uncredited) JACK NORTON ... Drunk (uncredited) WILLIAM J. O'BRIEN ... Bald Man (uncredited) SPEC O'DONNELL ... Bellhop (uncredited) FRANK PENNY ... Fireman (uncredited) EDDIE POLO ... Stooge (uncredited) EZELLE POULE ... Impersonator (uncredited) HARRY POWERS ... Waiter Specialty (uncredited) JACK RICE ... Dentist (uncredited) GENE ROTH ... Dead End Character (uncredited) JIMMY RUSHING ... Jimmy (uncredited) FRANCIS SAYLES ... Stooge (uncredited) EMMETT SMITH ... Butler (uncredited) RED SMITH ... Musical Plumber (uncredited) GALE SONDERGAARD ... Gale Sondergaard (uncredited) SAMMY STEIN ... Dead End Character (uncredited) EMMETT VOGAN ... Col. Merriweather's Observer (uncredited) RAY WALKER ... Radio Host at Drive-in (uncredited) TINY WARD ... Dead End Character (uncredited) PIERRE WATKIN ... Prosecutor (uncredited) DOUGLAS WOOD ... Studio Bidder (uncredited) DUKE YORK ... Dead End Character (uncredited) |
Directed by: EDWARD F. CLINE ========= Writing Credits: ROBERT LEES ... (screenplay) and FREDERIC I. RINALDO ... (screenplay) CHIC JOHNSON ... (additional dialogue) (uncredited) OLE OLSEN ... (additional dialogue) (uncredited) ========= Produced by: ERLE C. KENTON ... associate producer ========= Cinematography by: CHARLES VAN ENGER ========= Film Editing by: ARTHUR HILTON ========= Art Direction by: JOHN B. GOODMAN HAROLD H. MACARTHUR ========= Set Decoration by: RUSSELL A. GAUSMAN (as R.A. GAUSMAN) A.J. GILMORE (as A. GILMORE) ========= Costume Design by: VERA WEST ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: HOWARD CHRISTIE ... assistant director ========= Sound Department: BERNARD B. BROWN ... sound PAUL NEAL ... sound ========= Visual Effects by: JOHN P. FULTON ... special photography ========= Stunts: DUKE YORK ... stunts (uncredited) ========= Camera and Electrical Department: VIRGIL SUMMERS ... grip (uncredited) ========= Music Department: TED CAIN ... music supervisor JIM MUNDY ... orchestrator CHARLES PREVIN ... musical director LARRY RUSSELL ... orchestrator FRANK SKINNER ... orchestrator ========= Additional Crew: GEORGE HALE ... choreographer |
Production Companies: Universal Pictures (as Universal Pictures Corporation) ========= Distributors: Universal Pictures (as Universal Pictures Corporation) (1943) [USA] Theatrical Empire Universal Films (1943) [CANADA] Theatrical General Film Distributors (GFD) (1943) [UK] Theatrical Universal Films (1943) [ (PANAMA) (Theatrical) Luis Martinez Producciones Cinematograficas (1943) [VENEZUELA] Theatrical Jaime Puig Arosemena (1943) [COLOMBIA] Theatrical Universal Pictures Corporation of Puerto Rico (1943) [PUERTO RICO] Theatrical Universal Pictures Corporation of Mexico (1943) [MEXICO] Theatrical La Universal (Cis Distribuidora de Peliculas) (1943) [CUBA] Theatrical Universal Pictures Corporation of Peru (1943) [PERU] Theatrical Universal Pictures Corporation of Chile (1943) [CHILE] Theatrical Universal Pictures do Brazil (1943) [BRAZIL] Theatrical Universal Films Argentina (1943) [ARGENTINA] Theatrical Realart Pictures (1948) [USA] Theatrical - re-release National Telefilm Associates (NTA) (1956) [USA] TV Koch Media (2019) [GERMANY] Blu-ray Koch Media (2019) [GERMANY] DVD |
| 1 November 1943 [USA] 27 January 1944 [New York City, New York, USA] 30 September 1944 [Mexico] 2 December 1946 [Sweden] 27 June 2015 {Munich International Film Festival} [Germany] |
 SWING FEVER (Comedy | Musical | Romance) [1 hour 19 minutes] Lowell Blackford (Kay Kyser) is blessed with a gift of music, but also cursed with a hereditary "evil eye" which hypnotizes people,and he is virtually a recluse. He goes in search of a Broadway publisher for a symphonietta he has written, and ends up crashing an audition at the Swing Publishing Company, where he meets torch singer Ginger Gray (Marilyn Maxwell) and her fiance and promoter, Waltzy Malone (William Gargan). Ginger accidently walks off with his music and he follows her to a gym where Waltzy's fighter, "Killer" Kennedy (Nat Pendleton), has just been kayoed by his sparring partner. Waltzy learns of Lowell's hypnotic power and believes that Kennedy can win the championship if Lowell uses his power against the champ. He arranges for Lowell to lead the band at the club where Ginger sings. The latter objects to the role she is to play in getting Lowell to use his "evil eye" but Waltzy persuades her to go along by telling Lowell that Kennedy is her brother and it means everything to her if he wins the fight. Lowell, after having Ginger turn down his marriage proposal, joins the Tank Corps. Waltzy is frantic and he has a phoney doctor tell Lowell he needs rest followed by attending a prize fight, and also tells him Ginger has accepted his proposal. |
SH-! DON'T MAKE A SOUND Written by Sunny Skylar Sung by Marilyn Maxwell Played by Kay Kyser and His Band MISSISSIPPI DREAMBOAT Music by Sammy Fain Lyrics by Lew Brown and Ralph Freed Sung by Marilyn Maxwell Played by Kay Kyser and His Band I PLANTED A ROSE Music by Nacio Herb Brown Lyrics by Lew Brown and Ralph Freed Sung by Harry Babbitt Played by Kay Kyser and His Band ONE GIRL AND TWO BOYS Music by Nacio Herb Brown Lyrics by Lew Brown and Ralph Freed Sung by Marilyn Maxwell Played by Kay Kyser and His Band (I'VE GROWN SO LONELY) THINKING OF YOU Music by Walter Donaldson Played by Kay Kyser and His Band YOU'RE SO INDIFFERENT Music by Sammy Fain Lyrics by Mitchell Parish Sung by Lena Horne |
KAY KYSER ... Lowell Blackford MARILYN MAXWELL ... Ginger Gray WILLIAM GARGAN ... 'Waltzy' Malone NAT PENDLETON ... 'Killer' Kennedy LENA HORNE ... Lena Horne CURT BOIS ... Nick Sirocco MORRIS ANKRUM ... Dan Conlon ANDREW TOMBES ... Dr. Clyde L. Star MAXIE ROSENBLOOM ... 'Rags' CLYDE FILLMORE ... Mr. Nagen PAMELA BLAKE ... Lois LOU NOVA ... Kid Mandell JACK ROPER ... 'Sledgehammer' HARRY BABBITT ... Vocalist with Kay Kyser's Orchestra SULLY MASON ... Sully M.A. BOGUE (as ISH KABIBBLE) ... Ish Kabibble JULIE CONWAY ... Julie TRUDY ERWIN ... Trudy KAY KYSER BAND ... Kay Kyser's Band MERRIEL ABBOTT DANCERS ... Dance Troupe Rest of cast listed alphabetically: ERNIE ALEXANDER ... Concessionaire (uncredited) MURRAY ALPER ... Burly Attentant (uncredited) KING BAGGOT ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited) BOBBY BARBER ... Soft Drink Vendor (uncredited) WILLIAM BISHOP ... Soldier with Autograph Book (uncredited) KARIN BOOTH ... Girl (uncredited) JACK BYRON ... Fight Spectator (uncredited) WALLY CASSELL ... Cassidy - Soldier (uncredited) GEORGE CHANDLER ... Hamburger Vendor (uncredited) JACK CHEFE ... Headwaiter (uncredited) CHESTER CLUTE ... Mr. Milbane, Manager of Telephone Company (uncredited) BILLY COE ... Boxing Timekeeper (uncredited) DONALD CURTIS ... Reporter (uncredited) SAYRE DEARING ... Fight Spectator (uncredited) HENRI DESOTO ... Waiter (uncredited) EARLE S. DEWEY ... Rotund Man (uncredited) TOMMY DORSEY ... Tommy Dorsey (uncredited) ORMON DOWNES ... Drummer (uncredited) JOHNNY DUNCAN ... Dancer, USO Sailor (uncredited) JAY EATON ... Dancer (uncredited) MARY ELLIOTT ... Mrs. Cassidy (uncredited) VIRGINIA ENGELS ... Blonde (uncredited) HARRY FLEISCHMANN ... Spectator (uncredited) ART FOSTER ... Fighter (uncredited) DON GALLAHER ... Dancer, One Girl and Two Boys Number (uncredited) AVA GARDNER ... Receptionist (uncredited) RUSSELL GLEASON ... Sergeant (uncredited) HENRY GOLDEN ... Fighter (uncredited) FRANK HAGNEY ... Bag Puncher (uncredited) TOM HANLON ... Radio Announcer (uncredited) OSCAR 'DUTCH' HENDRIAN ... Killer's Second (uncredited) JAMES HORNE Jr. ... USO Soldier (uncredited) HARRY JAMES ... Harry James (uncredited) DUKE JOHNSON ... Juggler (uncredited) HENRY JORDAN ... Rope Jumper (uncredited) JACK LAMBERT ... Jack (Conlon's Henchman) (uncredited) GEORGE LEVINE ... Second (uncredited) GEORGE MAGRILL ... Taxi Driver (uncredited) LAURA MASON ... Singer (uncredited) MIKE MAZURKI ... Wrestler (uncredited) PAT MCKEE ... Fight Spectator (uncredited) MARY MCLEOD ... Chief Operator, Supervisor (uncredited) HAROLD MILLER ... Man in Music Publisher's Office (uncredited) MANTAN MORELAND ... Woody, Nick's Valet (uncredited) EDMUND MORTIMER ... Man in Gym (uncredited) ERNEST NEWTON ... Singer, Mississippi Dream Boat Number (uncredited) ANNE O'NEAL ... Miss Malcott (uncredited) TOM QUINN ... Trainer (uncredited) LORIN RAKER ... Man in Gym (uncredited) VIRGINIA REES ... Singer (uncredited) CYRIL RING ... Man Entering Club (uncredited) ABE ROTH ... Referee (uncredited) CHARLES SCHAEFFER ... Man on Bar (uncredited) WARD SHATTUCK ... Juggler (uncredited) LENNIE SMITH ... Dancer, One Girl and Two Boys Number (uncredited) FREDDIE STEELE ... Fighter (uncredited) SAMMY STEIN ... Wrestler (uncredited) CHARLES SULLIVAN ... Cop at Ringside (uncredited) DAN TOBEY ... Announcer (uncredited) CELIA TRAVERS ... Telephone Operator (uncredited) JEAN VELOZ ... Girl Dancer, One Girl and Two Boys Number (uncredited) JACK WEST ... Fighter (uncredited) DON WHITTAKER ... Bass Fiddler (uncredited) KAY WILLIAMS ... First Receptionist, Music Publisher (uncredited) HARRY WILSON ... Killer's Second (uncredited) |
Directed by: TIM WHELAN ========= Writing Credits: MATT BROOKS ... (story) and JOSEPH HOFFMAN ... (story) NAT PERRIN ... (screenplay) and WARREN WILSON ... (screenplay) ========= Produced by: IRVING STARR ... producer HARRY RAPF ... executive producer (uncredited) ========= Music by: GEORGE STOLL ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: CHARLES ROSHER ========= Film Editing by: FERRIS WEBSTER ========= Art Direction by: CEDRIC GIBBONS STEPHEN GOOSSON ========= Set Decoration by: EDWIN B. WILLIS ========= Production Management: DAVE FRIEDMAN ... production manager (uncredited) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: MARVIN STUART ... assistant director ROLAND ASHER ... assistant director (uncredited) CHARLES REISNER ... director: additional scenes (uncredited) ========= Art Department: MCLEAN NISBET ... associate set decorator MERRILL PYE ... associate art director (uncredited) ========= Sound Department: FRANK MCKENZIE (as FRANK B. MacKENZIE) ... sound DOUGLAS SHEARER ... recording supervisor ========= Costume and Wardrobe Department: IRENE ... costume supervisor IRENE SHARAFF (as SHARAFF) ... associate costume supervisor ========= Music Department: EARL K. BRENT (as EARL BRENT) ... music arranger GEORGE DUNING (as GEORGE DUNNING) ... orchestrator WALLY HEGLIN ... orchestrator PHIL MOORE ... orchestrator DAVID SNELL ... musical director GEORGE STOLL (as GEORGIE STOLL) ... musical director JOSEPH NUSSBAUM ... orchestrator (uncredited) CONRAD SALINGER ... orchestrator (uncredited) HERBERT TAYLOR ... orchestrator (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: ERNST MATRAY ... choreographer MARIA MATRAY ... choreographer |
Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) ========= Distributors: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1943) [USA] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1944) [UK] Theatrical Metro Goldwyn Mayer (1944) [MEXICO] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1946) [SWEDEN] Theatrical Warner Home Video (2012) [USA] DVD - (dvdr) |
| 11 November 1943 [USA] 22 December 1943 [New York City, New York, USA] 27 January 1944 [London, UK] 29 May 1944 [UK] 9 November 1944 [Mexico] 13 August 1945 [Sweden] 26 April 1946 [Finland] 19 October 1948 [Portugal] |
 RIDING HIGH (Comedy | Music) [1 hour 28 minutes] In order to help her father get his silver mine running, a burlesque queen returns home to Arizona and gets a job as an enterainer at a dude ranch and runs into a romantic mining engineer and a counterfeiter. |
WHISTLING IN THE LIGHT (uncredited) Words by Leo Robin Music by Ralph Rainger Sung by Dorothy Lamour and Cass Daley YOU'RE THE RAINBOW (uncredited) Words by Leo Robin Music by Ralph Rainger Sung by Dorothy Lamour and Dick Powell |
DOROTHY LAMOUR ... Ann Castle DICK POWELL ... Steve Baird VICTOR MOORE ... Mortimer J. Slocum GIL LAMB ... Bob 'Foggy' Day CASS DALEY ... Tess Connors BILL GOODWIN ... Chuck Steuart ROD CAMERON ... Sam Welch GLENN LANGAN ... Jack Holbrook MILT BRITTON ... Milt Britton MILT BRITTON'S BAND ... Milt Britton's Band THE CAMERON TROUPE ... The Cameron Troupe Rest of cast listed alphabetically: STANLEY ANDREWS ... Reynolds (uncredited) WADE BOTELER ... Mailman (uncredited) JAMES BURKE ... Pete Brown (uncredited) DWIGHT BUTCHER ... Cowboy (uncredited) BRUCE CAMERON ... Head of Cameron Troupe (uncredited) GEORGE M. CARLETON ... Dad Castle (uncredited) LANE CHANDLER ... Cowboy (uncredited) HAL K. DAWSON ... Master of Ceremonies (uncredited) MARJORIE DEANNE ... Dancer (uncredited) BILL EDWARDS ... Cowboy (uncredited) JAMES FLAVIN ... Train Conductor (uncredited) DOUGLAS FOWLEY ... Brown (uncredited) FLASH GORDON ... Member of the Cameron Troupe (uncredited) RICHARD GOTTLIEB ... Member of the Cameron Troupe (uncredited) JOHN HIESTAND ... Commentator (uncredited) ROBERTA JONAY ... Dancer (uncredited) ROSCOE KARNS ... Shorty (uncredited) FRED KELSEY ... Honest John Kelsey (uncredited) TOM KENNEDY ... Wilson (uncredited) GWEN KENYON ... Ginger (uncredited) LOUISE LA PLANCHE ... Showgirl (uncredited) CY LANDRY ... Specialty Dancer (uncredited) PATRICIA MACE ... Jean Holbrook (uncredited) MARIE MCDONALD ... Showgirl (uncredited) MATT MCHUGH ... Murphy (uncredited) LORRAINE MILLER ... Blanche (uncredited) JAMES MILLICAN ... Photographer (uncredited) CHARLES R. MOORE ... Porter (uncredited) MARCELLA PHILLIPS ... Dancer (uncredited) WALTER PIETILA ... Member of the Cameron Troupe (uncredited) 'SNUB' POLLARD ... Waiter (uncredited) STANLEY PRICE ... Train Conductor (uncredited) TIM RYAN ... Jones (uncredited) RAMON SCHALLER ... Member of the Cameron Troupe (uncredited) RUSSELL SIMPSON ... Frenchy McQuire (uncredited) CHARLES SOLDANI ... Indian Chief (uncredited) RAY SPIKER ... Member of the Cameron Troupe (uncredited) LEONARD ST. LEO ... Member of the Cameron Troupe (uncredited) ANDREW TOMBES ... P.D. Smith (uncredited) PAUL UNGER ... Member of the Cameron Troupe (uncredited) PIERRE WATKIN ... Masters (uncredited) NAPOLEON WHITING ... Redcap (uncredited) BONNADENE WOLFE ... Member of the Cameron Troupe (uncredited) |
Directed by: GEORGE MARSHALL ========= Writing Credits: WALTER DELEON ... (screenplay) and ARTHUR PHILLIPS ... (screenplay) and ART ARTHUR ... (screenplay) JAMES MONTGOMERY ... (play) JOSEPH SCHRANK ... (contributor to treatment) (uncredited) ========= Produced by: FRED KOHLMAR ... associate producer BUDDY G. DESYLVA ... executive producer (uncredited) ========= Music by: CHARLES BRADSHAW ... (uncredited) LEO SHUKEN ... (uncredited) VICTOR YOUNG ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: HARRY HALLENBERGER KARL STRUSS ========= Film Editing by: LEROY STONE ========= Art Direction by: HANS DREIER ERNST FEGTÉ ========= Set Decoration by: STEPHEN SEYMOUR ========= Costume Design by: EDITH HEAD ========= Makeup Department: WALLY WESTMORE ... makeup artist ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: ARTHUR S. BLACK Jr. (as ART BLACK) ... assistant director ========= Art Department: P.T. BLACKBURN ... painter: scenic backdrop paintings of Arizona (uncredited) ========= Sound Department: GENE MERRITT ... sound JOEL MOSS ... sound LOREN L. RYDER ... sound recordist (uncredited) ========= Visual Effects by: FARCIOT EDOUART ... process photography ========= Music Department: HAROLD ARLEN ... additional songs by JOSEPH J. LILLEY ... additional songs by / vocal arranger JOHNNY MERCER ... additional songs by RALPH RAINGER ... songs by LEO ROBIN ... songs by TROY SANDERS ... music advisor VICTOR YOUNG ... musical director ========= Additional Crew: DANIEL DARE ... choreographer NATALIE KALMUS ... technicolor color consultant MORGAN PADELFORD ... associate technicolor color consultant |
Production Companies: Paramount Pictures ========= Distributors: Paramount Pictures (1943) [USA] Theatrical Paramount British Pictures (1944) [UK] Theatrical Film AB Paramount (1945) [SWEDEN] Theatrical MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) [USA] TV ========= Other Companies: Milt Britton's Band (group cast members) |
| 26 November 1943 [USA] 2 December 1943 [New York City, New York, USA] 31 July 1944 [Sweden] 7 September 1944 [Mexico] 10 February 1945 [Portugal] 4 November 1945 [Finland] |
 GIRL CRAZY (Comedy | Musical | Romance) [1 hour 39 minutes] A young philandering playboy is sent to a College, somewhere in the American West, and organizes a show, together with his sweetheart, to save the college from closure due to falling enrollments. ====== Rich kid Danny Churchill (Rooney) has a taste for wine, women and song, but not for higher education. So his father ships him to an all-male college out West where there's not supposed to be a female for miles. But before Danny arrives, he spies a pair of legs extending out from under a stalled roadster. They belong to the Dean's granddaughter, Ginger Gray (Garland), who is more interested in keeping the financially strapped college open than falling for Danny's romantic line. At least at first... |
I GOT RHYTHM (1930) (uncredited) Music by George Gershwin Lyrics by Ira Gershwin Played during the opening credits Performed in the finale by Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Six Hits and a Miss, The Music Maids, Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra and chorus TREAT ME ROUGH (1930) (uncredited) Music by George Gershwin Lyrics by Ira Gershwin Performed by June Allyson, Mickey Rooney, The Music Maids, The Stafford Sisters and Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra COULD YOU USE ME? (1930) (uncredited) Music by George Gershwin Lyrics by Ira Gershwin Performed by Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney BIDIN' MY TIME (1930) (uncredited) Music by George Gershwin Lyrics by Ira Gershwin Performed by Judy Garland, The King's Men and chorus EMBRACEABLE YOU (1930) (uncredited) Music by George Gershwin Lyrics by Ira Gershwin Played during the opening credits Performed by Judy Garland and chorus Danced by Judy Garland and Charles Walters Played as dance music at the rodeo dance, and as background music BUT NOT FOR ME (1930) (uncredited) Music by George Gershwin Lyrics by Ira Gershwin Performed by Judy Garland Played also as background music FASCINATING RHYTHM (1924) (uncredited) From the stage musical "Lady, Be Good!" Music by George Gershwin Lyrics by Ira Gershwin Performed by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, with Tommy Dorsey on trombone and Mickey Rooney on piano (dubbed by Arthur Schutt) SAM AND DELILAH (1930) (uncredited) Music by George Gershwin Lyrics by Ira Gershwin Performed by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU (1893) (uncredited) Music by Mildred J. Hill Lyrics by Patty S. Hill Performed Rags Ragland and chorus BARBARY COAST (1930) (uncredited) Music by George Gershwin Lyrics by Ira Gershwin Performed by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra BOY! WHAT LOVE HAS DONE TO ME! (1930) (uncredited) Music by George Gershwin Lyrics by Ira Gershwin Performed by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra WHEN IT'S CACTUS TIME IN ARIZONA (1930) (uncredited) Music by George Gershwin Played as background music HOME ON THE RANGE (1904) (uncredited) Music by Daniel E. Kelley (1904) Variations often in the score after Danny gets out west |
MICKEY ROONEY ... Danny Churchill Jr. JUDY GARLAND ... Ginger Gray GIL STRATTON ... Bud Livermore ROBERT E. STRICKLAND ... Henry Lathrop RAGS RAGLAND (as 'RAGS' RAGLAND) ... 'Rags' JUNE ALLYSON ... Specialty NANCY WALKER ... Polly Williams GUY KIBBEE ... Dean Phineas Armour FRANCES RAFFERTY ... Marjorie Tait HENRY O'NEILL ... Mr. Churchill Sr. HOWARD FREEMAN ... Governor Tait TOMMY DORSEY ... Tommy Dorsey TOMMY DORSEY & HIS ORCHESTRA (as TOMMY DORSEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA) ... Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra SIX HITS AND A MISS ... Vocalists THE MUSIC MAIDS ... The Music Maids Rest of cast listed alphabetically: ED AGRESTI ... Club Patron (uncredited) DON ANDERSON ... Student (uncredited) IRVING BACON ... John (uncredited) KING BAGGOT ... Man with Newspaper (uncredited) ELEANOR BAYLEY ... Dancer (uncredited) WILLIAM BEAUDINE JR. ... Tom (uncredited) VANGIE BEILBY ... Committee Woman (uncredited) WILLIAM BISHOP ... Radio Man (uncredited) KARIN BOOTH ... Showgirl (uncredited) HARRY C. BRADLEY ... Governor's Crony (uncredited) HAZEL BROOKS ... Showgirl (uncredited) JESS LEE BROOKS ... Buckets (uncredited) JIMMY BUTLER ... Student (uncredited) SALLY CAIRNS ... Checkroom Girl (uncredited) GEORGIA CARROLL ... Showgirl (uncredited) FRED COBY ... Radio Man (uncredited) CHARLES COLEMAN ... Maitre d'Hotel (uncredited) INEZ COOPER ... Showgirl (uncredited) JEANNE DARRELL ... Music Maids Member (uncredited) LINDA DEANE ... Showgirl (uncredited) HARRY DEPP ... Short Nervous Man in Nightclub (uncredited) HELEN DICKSON ... Committee Woman (uncredited) NATALIE DRAPER ... Showgirl (uncredited) MARY ELLIOTT ... Southern Girl (uncredited) JOHN ESTES ... Student (uncredited) MARY JANE FRENCH ... Showgirl (uncredited) CAROLE GALLAGHER ... Showgirl (uncredited) KAREN X. GAYLORD ... Showgirl (uncredited) JOE GEIL ... Student (uncredited) JULIA GRIFFITH ...Committee Woman (uncredited) AILEEN HALEY ... Showgirl (uncredited) MAHLON HAMILTON ... Night Club Patron (uncredited) DICK HAYMES ... Member of The Pied Pipers (uncredited) ROSE HIGGINS ... Indian Squaw (uncredited) JOHN HUDDLESTON ... Member of The Pied Pipers (uncredited) VIRGINIA HUNTER ... Showgirl (uncredited) PATT HYATT ... Music Maids member (uncredited) LOIS JAMES ... Showgirl (uncredited) FRANK JAQUET ... Roly-Poly Man in Nightclub (uncredited) RICHARD KIPLING ... Dignified Man in Nightclub (uncredited) PETER LAWFORD ... Student (uncredited) PEGGY LEON ... Committee Woman (uncredited) BOB LOWELL ... Student (uncredited) CHUCK LOWRY ... Member of The Pied Pipers (uncredited) ALICE LUDES ... Music Maids Member (uncredited) BEVERLY LUFF ... Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) FRANCES MACINERNEY ... Checkroom Girl (uncredited) CHIEF MANY TREATIES ... Indian Chief (uncredited) MAURICE MARKS ... Dancer (uncredited) ROGER MOORE ... Cameraman (uncredited) SANDRA MORGAN ... Committee Woman (uncredited) EVELYN MORIARTY ... Showgirl (uncredited) AILEEN MORRIS ... Showgirl (uncredited) BUDDY MORROW ... Musician with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra (uncredited) NOREEN NASH ... Showgirl (uncredited) SPEC O'DONNELL ... Fiddler (uncredited) GEORGE OFFERMAN JR. ... Governor's Messenger (uncredited) THE PIED PIPERS ... Vocalists (uncredited) VICTOR POTEL ... Station Master (uncredited) HENRY RACKIN ... Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) HENRY ROQUEMORE ... Fat Man in Nightclub (uncredited) BLANCHE ROSE ... Committee Woman (uncredited) BERNARD SELL ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited) THE STAFFORD SISTERS ... Vocalists (uncredited) CHRISTINE STAFFORD ... Christine Stafford - one of the Stafford Sisters (uncredited) JO STAFFORD ... Jo Stafford - one of the Stafford Sisters (uncredited) PAULINE STAFFORD ... Pauline Stafford - one of the Stafford Sisters (uncredited) KEN STEWART ... Student (uncredited) DON TAYLOR ... Student (uncredited) MELISSA TEN EYCK ... Committee Woman (uncredited) MITZIE UEHLIEN ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) CHARLES WALTERS ... Student / Ginger's Dancing Partner (uncredited) FRANCES WARD ... Showgirl (uncredited) JAMES WARREN ... Radio Man (uncredited) LILLIAN WEST ... Committee Woman (uncredited) EVE WHITNEY ... Showgirl (uncredited) KAY WILLIAMS ... Showgirl (uncredited) DENNY WILSON ... Denny Wilson (uncredited) CLARK YOCUM ... Clark Yocum (uncredited) |
Directed by: NORMAN TAUROG BUSBY BERKELEY ... ("I Got Rhythm" number) ========= Writing Credits: FRED F. FINKLEHOFFE ... (screenplay) GUY BOLTON ... (musical play) and JACK MCGOWAN ... (musical play) DOROTHY KINGSLEY ... (contributing writer) (uncredited) WILLIAM LUDWIG ... (contributing writer) (uncredited) SID SILVERS ... (uncredited) ========= Produced by: ARTHUR FREED ... producer ========= Music by: CONRAD SALINGER ... (uncredited) GEORGE STOLL ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: WILLIAM H. DANIELS (as WILLIAM DANIELS) ... director of photography ROBERT H. PLANCK (as ROBERT PLANCK) ... director of photography ========= Film Editing by: ALBERT AKST ========= Art Direction by: CEDRIC GIBBONS ========= Set Decoration by: EDWIN B. WILLIS ========= Makeup Department: JOHN TRUWE ... makeup artist ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: JOSEPH BOYLE ... assistant director (uncredited) ========= Art Department: MAC ALPER ... associate set decorator HARRY MCAFEE ... associate art director (uncredited) ========= Sound Department: DOUGLAS SHEARER ... recording director WILLIAM STEINKAMP ... sound (uncredited) ========= Costume and Wardrobe Department: IRENE ... costume supervisor IRENE SHARAFF (as SHARAFF) ... associate costume supervisor ========= Music Department: RALPH BLANE ... vocal arranger ROGER EDENS ... music adaptor HUGH MARTIN ... vocal arranger SY OLIVER ... orchestrator MERRILL PYE ... musical presentation CONRAD SALINGER ... orchestrator GEORGE STOLL (as GEORGIE STOLL) ... musical director AXEL STORDAHL ... orchestrator GEORGE BASSMAN ... composer: title music / music arranger (uncredited) SIDNEY CUTNER ... orchestrator (uncredited) TED DUNCAN ... orchestrator (uncredited) RICHARD HAYMAN ... additional orchestrator (uncredited) FLETCHER HENDERSON ... music arranger (uncredited) OSCAR MOORE ... musician: guitar dubbing for Mickey Rooney (uncredited) ARTHUR MORTON ... orchestrator (uncredited) JOSEPH NUSSBAUM ... orchestrator (uncredited) DAVID RAKSIN ... composer: additional music / orchestrator (uncredited) BUDDY RICH ... musician: drums (uncredited) MICKEY ROONEY ... musician: piano (uncredited) ARTHUR SCHUTT ... musician: piano dubbing for Mickey Rooney / musician: piano (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: CHARLES WALTERS ... dance director JACK DONOHUE ... dance director (uncredited) SHEILA RAE ... assistant dance director (uncredited) |
Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated) ========= Distributors: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1943) [USA] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1944) [UK] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1944) [SWEDEN] Theatrical Metro Goldwyn Mayer (1944) [MEXICO] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1945) [PORTUGAL] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1945) [FINLAND] Theatrical MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1986) [USA] VHS Warner Home Video (2007) [USA] DVD MGM/UA Home Entertainment [USA] VHS ========= Other Companies: MGM/UA Home Entertainment (VHS package design) (1986 release) |
| 24 December 1943 [USA] 17 February 1944 [Portugal] 15 May 1944 [Sweden] 21 September 1944 [Australia] 27 October 1944 [Mexico] 1 April 1945 [Finland] 9 March 1962 [West Germany] 31 December 1974 [France] 25 September 2005 {Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival} [Brazil] 2 April 2006 {Wisconsin Film Festival} [USA] |
 THE GANG'S ALL HERE (Comedy | Musical | Romance) [1 hour 43 minutes] Playboy Andy Mason, on leave from the army, romances showgirl Eadie Allen overnight to such effect that she's starry-eyed when he leaves next morning for active duty in the Pacific. Only trouble is, he gave her the assumed name of Casey. Andy's eventual return with a medal is celebrated by his rich father with a benefit show featuring Eadie's show troupe, at which she's sure to learn his true identity...and meet Vivian, his 'family-arrangement' fiancée. Mostly song and dance. |
HAIL! HAIL! THE GANG'S ALL HERE! (uncredited) Music by Theodore Morse and Arthur Sullivan Lyrics by Dolly Morse (as D.A. Esrom) Sung by a chorus during the opening credits BRAZIL (AQUARELA DO BRASIL) (uncredited) Music by Ary Barroso English lyrics by Bob Russell Sung by Aloysio de Oliveira, Carmen Miranda and chorus YOU DISCOVER YOU'RE IN NEW YORK (uncredited) Music by Harry Warren Lyrics by Leo Robin Performed by Carmen Miranda, Alice Faye, Phil Baker and chorus MINNIE'S IN THE MONEY (uncredited) Music by Harry Warren Lyrics by Leo Robin Arranged by Eddie Sauter Sung by Benny Goodman with his band and a jitterbug chorus SOFT WINDS (uncredited) Written by Benny Goodman (instrumental) Played by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra Danced by Alice Faye and James Ellison THE LADY IN THE TUTTI FRUTTI HAT (uncredited) Music by Harry Warren Lyrics by Leo Robin Performed by Carmen Miranda and chorus A JOURNEY TO A STAR (uncredited) Music by Harry Warren Lyrics by Leo Robin Sung by Alice Faye (and reprised by cast) Danced by Tony De Marco and Sheila Ryan THE JITTERS (uncredited) Music by Gene Rose Played by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra Danced by Charlotte Greenwood and Charles Saggau NO LOVE, NO NOTHIN' (uncredited) Music by Harry Warren Lyrics by Leo Robin Arranged by Benny Carter Sung by Alice Faye Danced by Tony De Marco and Sheila Ryan (I'VE GOT A GAL IN) KALAMAZOO (uncredited) Music by Harry Warren Lyrics by Mack Gordon Played by Benny Goodman and his band PADUCAH (uncredited) Music by Harry Warren Lyrics by Leo Robin Played by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra Sung by Benny Goodman and Carmen Miranda Danced by Carmen Miranda and Tony De Marco THE POLKA DOT POLKA (uncredited) Music by Harry Warren Lyrics by Leo Robin Sung by Alice Faye with dancers THE POLKA DOT BALLET (uncredited) Music by Harry Warren Performed by Busby Berkeley dancers A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN (uncredited) Music by Theodore A. Metz Played as the car pulls up after the "Brazil" number SILENT SEÑORITA (uncredited) Music by Harry Warren Lyrics by Leo Robin Sung by the chorus toward the end of the "Lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat" number 'VALSE DES RAYONS' FROM 'LE PAPILLON' (uncredited) aka "Valse chaloupée" Music by Jacques Offenbach The "Apache Dance" referred to and sung by Charlotte Greenwood and Phil Baker P'RA QUE DISCUTIR (uncredited) Written by Nestor Amaral DIGA O ELLA (uncredited) Written by Nestor Amaral LET'S DANCE (uncredited) Written by Gregory Stone, Josef Bonime and Fanny Baldridge THE FLOWER SONG (uncredited) Music by Gustav Lange CARNIVAL (uncredited) Written by Russell and Warren Played behind dancing in the "Lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat" sequence. |
ALICE FAYE ... Edie Allen CARMEN MIRANDA ... Dorita PHIL BAKER ... Phil Baker BENNY GOODMAN ... Benny Goodman BENNY GOODMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA (as BENNY GOODMAN ORCHESTRA) ... Benny Goodman's Orchestra EUGENE PALLETTE ... Andrew Mason Sr. CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD ... Mrs. Peyton Potter EDWARD EVERETT HORTON ... Peyton Potter TONY DE MARCO ... Tony JAMES ELLISON ... Andy Mason SHEILA RYAN ... Vivian Potter DAVE WILLOCK ... Sgt. Pat Casey BANDO DA LUA ... Dorita's Orchestra Rest of cast listed alphabetically: LEON BELASCO ... Waiter (uncredited) BROOKS BENEDICT ... Club New Yorker Patron (uncredited) LEE BENNETT ... Club New Yorker Patron (uncredited) RUTH BRADY ... Dancer (uncredited) LORRAINE BREACHER ... Dancer (uncredited) GABRIEL CANZONA ... Organ Grinder (uncredited) BROOKE CHAPIN ... Little Girl (uncredited) JEANNE CRAIN ... Chorus Girl / Pool Party Guest (uncredited) FRANK DARIEN ... Stage Doorman (uncredited) FRANKIE DAYE ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) JO-CARROLL DENNISON ... Minor Role (uncredited) GEORGE DOBBS ... Benson (uncredited) JOHNNY DUNCAN ... Jitterbug Dancer (uncredited) HERBERT EVANS ... Club New Yorker Patron (uncredited) FRANK FAYLEN ... Marine Sergeant (uncredited) DEIDRE GALE ... Jitterbug Dancer (uncredited) JUNE HAVER ... Chorus Girl / Hat-Check Girl (uncredited) HALLENE HILL ... Old Lady (uncredited) LEYLAND HODGSON ... Butler (uncredited) RUSSELL HOYT ... Sailor (uncredited) ADELE JERGENS ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) MIRIAM LAVELLE ... Specialty Dancer (uncredited) AL MURPHY ... Stage Manager (uncredited) JEAN O'DONNELL ... Dancer (uncredited) ALOYSIO DE OLIVEIRA ... Specialty Performer (uncredited) DONNA MAE ROBERTS ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) MARION ROSAMOND ... Dancer (uncredited) CHARLES SAGGAU ... Beezy - Jitterbug Dancer (uncredited) VIRGINIA SALE ... Miss Custer, Secretary (uncredited) BILLIE SEWARD ... Dancer (uncredited) MARY STEWART ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) BLANCHE TAYLOR ... Dancer (uncredited) FRED WALBURN ... Newsboy (uncredited) VIRGINIA WILSON ... De Marco's Dancing Partner (uncredited) LILLIAN YARBO ... Maid (uncredited) |
Directed by: BUSBY BERKELEY ========= Writing Credits: WALTER BULLOCK ... (screenplay) NANCY WINTNER ... (story) & GEORGE ROOT Jr. ... (story) and TOM BRIDGES ... (story) ========= Produced by: WILLIAM GOETZ ... executive producer WILLIAM LEBARON (as WILLIAM LE BARON) ... producer ========= Music by: HUGO FRIEDHOFER ... (uncredited) ARTHUR LANGE ... (uncredited) CYRIL J. MOCKRIDGE ... (uncredited) ALFRED NEWMAN ... (uncredited) GENE ROSE ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: EDWARD CRONJAGER ... director of photography ========= Film Editing by: RAY CURTISS ========= Art Direction by: JAMES BASEVI JOSEPH C. WRIGHT ========= Set Decoration by: THOMAS LITTLE ========= Costume Design by: YVONNE WOOD ========= Makeup Department: GUY PEARCE ... makeup artist ========= Production Management: WILLIAM GOETZ ... in charge of production ========= Art Department: PAUL S. FOX ... associate set decorator ========= Sound Department: ROGER HEMAN Sr. (as ROGER HEMAN) ... sound GEORGE LEVERETT ... sound ========= Special Effects by: FRED SERSEN ... special photographic effects ========= Visual Effects by: FRED SERSEN ... special photographic effects ========= Music Department: CHARLES HENDERSON ... musical director ALFRED NEWMAN ... musical director FLETCHER HENDERSON ... music arranger (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: BUSBY BERKELEY ... dance director NATALIE KALMUS ... technicolor director TONY DE MARCO ... dancer: "A Journey to a Star", "No Love, No Nothin" and "Paducah" (uncredited) CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD ... dancer: The Jitters (uncredited) BOBBY SOMERS ... dancer: "Polka Dot Polka" (uncredited) |
Production Companies: Twentieth Century Fox ========= Distributors: Twentieth Century Fox (1943) [USA] Theatrical Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (1943) [UK] Theatrical 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) [CANADA] DVD 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) [USA] DVD Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) [NETHERLANDS] DVD Twilight Time (2016) [WORLD-WIDE] Blu-ray |
| December 1943 [USA] 8 April 1944 [Mexico] 7 August 1944 [Portugal] 9 October 1944 [Sweden] 1944 [UK] 29 January 1947 [Paris, France] 2 June 1947 [Denmark] 30 April 1948 [Finland] |
 HIGHER AND HIGHER (Comedy | Musical | Romance) [1 hour 30 minutes] With their employer bankrupt, servants scheme to marry maid Millie to a rich husband. But Frank Sinatra lives across the street... ====== Formerly rich Mr. Drake is broke...with his household staff's wages seven months in arrears. Conniving valet Mike O'Brien hatches a scheme to pass off scullery maid Millie as Drake's debutante daughter and net a rich husband for the benefit of all. But all kinds of complications, romantic and otherwise, intervene... |
IT'S A MOST IMPORTANT AFFAIR (1943) (uncredited) Written by Jimmy McHugh Lyrics Harold Adamson Sung by Mel Tormé, Marcy McGuire, Paul Hartman, Grace Hartman, Michèle Morgan, Dooley Wilson, and Ivy Scott Michèle Morgan dubbed by Martha Mears TODAY I'M A DEBUTANTE (1943) (uncredited) Written by Jimmy McHugh Lyrics Harold Adamson Sung by Michèle Morgan, Jack Haley, Mary Wickes, Leon Errol, and chorus Michèle Morgan dubbed by Martha Mears DISGUSTINGLY RICH (1940) Written by Richard Rodgers Lyrics Lorenz Hart Sung by Mary Wickes, Paul Hartman, Grace Hartman, Ivy Scott, Leon Errol, Marcy McGuire, and Mel Tormé I COULDN'T SLEEP A WINK LAST NIGHT (1943) (uncredited) Written by Jimmy McHugh Lyrics Harold Adamson Sung by Frank Sinatra with Dooley Wilson at piano Reprised by Sinatra on a radio and played often in the score THE MUSIC STOPPED (1943) (uncredited) Written by Jimmy McHugh Lyrics Harold Adamson Played during the opening credits and often in the score Sung by Frank Sinatra Danced by Frank Sinatra with Michèle Morgan and Barbara Hale Danced later by Jack Haley with Michèle Morgan, Victor Borge with Barbara Hale and other couples I SAW YOU FIRST (1943) (uncredited) Written by Jimmy McHugh Lyrics Harold Adamson Sung by Marcy McGuire and Frank Sinatra Reprised by McGuire, Sinatra and Barbara Hale LOVELY WAY TO SPEND AN EVENING (1943) (uncredited) Written by Jimmy McHugh Lyrics Harold Adamson Played during the opening credits and often in the score Played on piano and sung by Frank Sinatra Reprised by Sinatra while "Symphony No. 6" written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is played in the score Also reprised by Sinatra at the tavern YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN (1943) (uncredited) Written by Jimmy McHugh Lyrics Harold Adamson Sung by Dooley Wilson, Mel Tormé, Marcy McGuire, Frank Sinatra, Barbara Hale, Victor Borge, Michèle Morgan, Mary Wickes and chorus Played also as background music Michèle Morgan dubbed by Martha Mears MINUET IN BOOGIE (1943) (uncredited) Written by Jimmy McHugh Based on "Minuet in G" by Ignacy Jan Paderewski Lyrics Harold Adamson Sung by Marcy McGuire, Mel Tormé, Mary Wickes, Leon Errol, Michèle Morgan, Ivy Scott, and chorus Michèle Morgan dubbed by Martha Mears MINUET IN G, OP.14, NO.1 (1887) (uncredited) Written by Ignacy Jan Paderewski Played on a harpsichord by Mel Tormé, but it morphs into "Minuet in Boogie" SYMPHONY NO.5 IN C MINOR, OP.67 (1809) (uncredited) Written by Ludwig van Beethoven The first four notes played on piano by Victor Borge twice SYMPHONY NO.6 IN B MINOR (PATHÉTIQUE), OP.74 (1893) (uncredited) Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky First movement played on piano by Victor Borge with an orchestra joining as background music Then played while Frank Sinatra sings "Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" BRIDAL CHORUS (HERE COMES THE BRIDE) (1850) (uncredited) from "Lohengrin" Written by Richard Wagner Played as backround music during the wedding |
MICHÈLE MORGAN (as MICHELE MORGAN) ... Millie Pico JACK HALEY ... Mike O'Brien FRANK SINATRA ... Frank LEON ERROL ... Cyrus Drake MARCY MCGUIRE ... Mickey VICTOR BORGE ... Sir Victor Fitzroy Victor MARY WICKES ... Sandy Brooks ELISABETH RISDON ... Mrs. Georgia Keating BARBARA HALE ... Katherine Keating MEL TORMÉ (as MEL TORME) ... Marty PAUL AND GRACE HARTMAN: PAUL HARTMAN ... Byngham GRACE HARTMAN ... Hilda DOOLEY WILSON ... Oscar IVY SCOTT ... Mrs. Whiffin Rest of cast listed alphabetically: ROBERT ANDERSEN ... Announcer at Butler's Ball (uncredited) PAUL BRADLEY ... Wedding Guest (uncredited) RALPH BROOKS ... Restaurant Customer (uncredited) TANIS CHANDLER ... Debutante (uncredited) JACK CHEFE ... Night Club Patron / Wedding Guest (uncredited) JAY EATON ... Night Club Patron / Wedding Guest (uncredited) REX EVANS ... Mr. Green (uncredited) EDWARD FIELDING ... Minister (uncredited) GEORGE FORD ... Night Club Patron (uncredited) JACK GARGAN ... Wedding Guest (uncredited) DICK GORDON ... Wedding Guest (uncredited) BUDDY GORMAN ... Page Boy (uncredited) RITA GOULD ... Rita (uncredited) LOUIS HIGHTOWER ... Specialty Dancer (uncredited) DAUN KENNEDY ... Bridesmaid (uncredited) KING KENNEDY ... Mr. Duval (uncredited) PERC LAUNDERS ... Wedding Guest (uncredited) STANLEY LOGAN ... Mr. Henry (uncredited) OLA LORRAINE ... Sarah (uncredited) WILBUR MACK ... Night Club Patron / Wedding Guest (uncredited) DOROTHY MALONE ... Bridesmaid (uncredited) HAROLD MILLER ... Patron of Tavern (uncredited) HANS MOEBUS ... Night Club Patron (uncredited) BERT MOORHOUSE ... Wedding Guest (uncredited) EDMUND MORTIMER ... Guest (uncredited) SHIRLEY O'HARA ... Bridesmaid (uncredited) FRED RAPPORT ... Wedding Guest (uncredited) ELAINE RILEY ... Bridesmaid (uncredited) CYRIL RING ... Night Club Patron (uncredited) COSMO SARDO ... Night Club Patron (uncredited) JEFFREY SAYRE ... Night Club Patron (uncredited) LARRY STEERS ... Wedding Guest (uncredited) DRAKE THORNTON ... Bellboy (uncredited) RUSSELL WADE ... Night Club Patron (uncredited) |
Directed by: TIM WHELAN ========= Writing Credits: JAY DRATLER ... (screen play) and RALPH SPENCE ... (screen play) WILLIAM BOWERS ... (additional dialogue) and HOWARD HARRIS ... (additional dialogue) GLADYS HURLBUT ... (based on the musical play "Higher And Higher": book by) and JOSHUA LOGAN ... (based on the musical play "Higher And Higher": book by) ========= Produced by: GEORGE M. ARTHUR (as GEORGE ARTHUR) ... associate producer TIM WHELAN ... producer ========= Cinematography by: ROBERT DE GRASSE (as ROBERT DE GRASSE) ... director of photography ========= Film Editing by: GENE MILFORD ========= Art Direction by: ALBERT S. D'AGOSTINO JACK OKEY ========= Set Decoration by: CLAUDE E. CARPENTER (as CLAUDE CARPENTER) ... (set decorations) DARRELL SILVERA ... (set decorations) ========= Costume Design by: EDWARD STEVENSON ... (gowns) ========= Makeup Department: MEL BERNS ... makeup artist (uncredited) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: CLEM BEAUCHAMP ... assistant director ========= Sound Department: JEAN L. SPEAK ... recorded by JAMES G. STEWART ... rerecorded by ========= Music Department: HAROLD ADAMSON ... songs: lyrics by C. BAKALEINIKOFF ... musical director KEN DARBY ... vocal director ERNST MATRAY ... musical numbers staged by JIMMY MCHUGH ... songs: music by GENE ROSE ... orchestra arrangements AXEL STORDAHL ... orchestra arrangements MARTHA MEARS ... singing voice: Michele Morgan (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: DWIGHT WIMAN (as DWIGHT DEERE WIMAN) ... producer: musical play |
Production Companies: RKO Radio Pictures (presents) (as R K O Radio Pictures, Inc.) ========= Distributors: RKO Radio Pictures (as An R K O Radio Picture) (1943) [USA] Theatrical RKO Radio Pictures (1943) [UK] Theatrical C&C Television Corporation (1955) [USA] TV Warner Home Video (2008) [USA] DVD BBC Two (2017) [UK] TV RKO Home Video [USA] VHS ========= Other Companies: International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (this picture made under the jurisdiction of) (as I.A.T.S.E.) RCA Sound System (sound recording system) Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) (approval certificate: no. 9545) (as MPAA) |
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