(100 min) Released 1937-07-02
Director: Leigh Jason
Stars: Joe Penner, Milton Berle, Harry Parke, Harriet Hilliard Nelson.
Sammy Lee ... dances staged by
Genres: Comedy | Musical | Romance
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029303/
Not at all sure why I bought this. Most of these names and faces are still new to me, and I pay attention to names. I'm not going to look at all their filmographies to see who's really new. Harriet Hilliard we already enjoyed in Follow the Fleet ('36).
The premise here is the same as Mel Brooks' The Producers (1967 and 2005): oversell the financing of the show and deliberately produce a flop. (And this is NOT on the Connections page.)
Lots of singing and dancing here; unfortunately no scene selection menu on the dvd; these numbers are IN the named chapter, but not necessarily at its begining:
- Ch 4: The Widow in Lace, sung by Thelma Leeds and dozens of showgirls and boys at dress rehearsal, and played and danced by unidentified children, probably The Loria Brothers
- Ch 7: Our Penthouse on Third Avenue, played on piano by Harriet Nelson and sung by her and William Brady
- Ch 13: It Goes to Your Feet, at auditions, played and sung by Eddie Rio and Brothers, danced by Stanley Ross, Henry Hite and Freddy Hickey and Lorraine Krueger. She danced well, has 22 movie credits, 10 are tagged music/musical.
- Ch 15: If I Didn't Have You, sung by Harriet Nelson and William Brady
- Ch 19: Love Is Never Out of Season, sung by William Brady and danced by Harriet Nelson and male chorus
- Ch 23: New Faces, sung and danced by showgirls (including The Brian Sisters) and showboys to open the final show, leads to:
- Ch 24: New Faces, danced by Ann Miller (her 4th or 5th movie; 30 of 41 credits are music/musicals), leads to:
- Ch 25: New Faces, sung by Harriet Nelson and showgirls
- Ch 27: When the Berry Blossoms Bloom, sung and danced by Joe Penner in the show
- Ch 29: Peckin', sung and danced by The Three Chocolateers, The Four Playboys and chorus in the big finale in the show
RKO, dir. Jason; 6
