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6.9/10   79 votes
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Director:
Edwin L. Marin
Writers:
Dorothy Bennett (writer)
Irving Elinson (additional dialogue)
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Release Date:
8 December 1944 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical
Plot:
Can four young hopefuls cope with Show Business? full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Good old fashioned fun... more (4 total)

Cast

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Eddie Cantor ... Eddie Martin
George Murphy ... George Doane
Joan Davis ... Joan Mason
Nancy Kelly ... Nancy Gay
Constance Moore ... Constance Ford
Donald Douglas ... Charles Lucas (as Don Douglas)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard ... Harold (scenes deleted)
Billy Bester ... Call Boy (scenes deleted)
Marietta Canty ... Maid (scenes deleted)
Don Dillaway ... Gambler (scenes deleted)
Ralph Dunn ... Taxi driver (scenes deleted)
Edmund Glover ... Gambler (scenes deleted)
Bert Gordon ... Himself (scenes deleted)
Harry Harvey Jr. ... Page Boy (scenes deleted)
Russell Hopton ... Gambler (scenes deleted)

George Jessel ... Himself (scenes deleted)
Sam Lufkin ... Waiter on Stage (scenes deleted)
Jerry Maren ... Midget (scenes deleted)
Charles Marsh ... Man Eating Peanuts (scenes deleted)
Chef Milani ... Head waiter (scenes deleted)
Bert Moorhouse ... Desk clerk (scenes deleted)
Forbes Murray ... Director (scenes deleted)
William J. O'Brien ... Peanut Gag Man (scenes deleted)
Pat Rooney ... Himself (scenes deleted)
Gene Sheldon ... Himself (scenes deleted)
Joseph Vitale ... Caesar (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Sweden:Btl

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Cleopatra: Do-eth thou-eth loveth me-eth?
Marc Anthony: Yeth!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in If You Knew Susie (1948) more
Soundtrack:
It Had to Be You more

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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Good old fashioned fun..., 18 March 2006
8/10
Author: Esther from Sydney, Australia

And wit like you would never see nowadays.

The story of a four person act, two men Eddie Martin (Eddie Cantor) and George Doane (George Murphy) and two women Joan Mason (Joan Davis) and Constance Ford (Constance Moore) (lot of thought evidently went into those names), their lives, their loves, their highs, their lows and some very entertaining performances. Particularly from Joan Davis who gets all the fabulous one-liners.

There a some classic songs in there too, "Making Whoopee" and "It Had To Be You." All in all, a very entertaining way to spend a slow Saturday afternoon.

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