Directed by:
Busby BerkeleyCinematography:
George BarnesCast:
Dick Powell, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Stuart, Alice Brady, Hugh Herbert, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh, Joseph Cawthorn, Grant Mitchell, Wini Shaw, George Brent (more)VOD (1)
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It's the summer season at a swanky resort, and none of the employees have any qualms about fleecing the rich guests for all they're worth in this madcap Busby Berkeley farce. Dick Curtis (Dick Powell) sings and romances Ann Prentiss (Gloria Stuart), but her shrill millionaire mom (Alice Brady) insists she marry eccentric T. Mosley Thorpe (Hugh Herbert) instead. Meanwhile, brilliant Russian theater director Nicoleff (Adolphe Menjou) prepares to put on the annual charity show. The show itself contains two of Berkeley's most hallucinatory numbers: "The Words are in My Heart," with its rows of twirling baby grand pianos, and the eerie "Lullaby of Broadway." (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Dick Powell
USA
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
The Tall Target (1951)
Adolphe Menjou
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
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Gloria Stuart
USA
Best movies:
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Alice Brady
USA
Best movies:
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Hugh Herbert
USA
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Glenda Farrell
USA
Best movies:
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The Talk of the Town (1942)
Johnny Eager (1941)
Frank McHugh
USA
Best movies:
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
The Front Page (1931)
Joseph Cawthorn
USA
Best movies:
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Naughty Marietta (1935)
Grant Mitchell
USA
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Wini Shaw
USA
Best movies:
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George Brent
Ireland
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Dennis O'Keefe
USA
Best movies:
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Virginia Grey
USA
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Walter Brennan
USA
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Fury (1936)
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Sam McDaniel
USA
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Captains Courageous (1937)
Union Pacific (1939)
Leo White
German Empire
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The Great Dictator (1940)
Casablanca (1942)
Beyond the Rocks (1922)
Helen Wood
USA
Best movies:
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Don Brodie
USA
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Little Big Man (1970)
William Newell
USA
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Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Franklyn Farnum
USA
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Sunset Boulevard (1950)
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