Tell It to a Star (1945)
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In this musical, a humble cigarette girl dreams of auditioning for the handsome bandleader at the nightclub. Her many attempts keep failing until her uncle appears. To help her, he impersonates a colonel and uses his "influence" to get her singing with the band. Eventually their ruse is revealed, but by then the bandleader has fallen in love with her. Songs include: "Tell It to a Star" (Shirley Botwin), "Love Me or Leave Me" (Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson), "You're So Good to Me" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne), "A Batucada Corazon" (Ary Barroso). ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ruth Terry, Robert Livingston, (more)
- Director(s):
- Frank McDonald
Synopsis of Tell It to a Star
In this musical, a humble cigarette girl dreams of auditioning for the handsome bandleader at the nightclub. Her many attempts keep failing until her uncle appears. To help her, he impersonates a colonel and uses his "influence" to get her singing with the band. Eventually their ruse is revealed, but by then the bandleader has fallen in love with her. Songs include: "Tell It to a Star" (Shirley Botwin), "Love Me or Leave Me" (Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson), "You're So Good to Me" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne), "A Batucada Corazon" (Ary Barroso). ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Tell It to a Star
- Ruth Terry - Carol Lambert
- Alan Mowbray - Col. Ambrose Morgan
- Isabel Randolph - Mrs. Arnold Whitmore
- Adrian Booth - Mona St. Clair
- Tom Dugan - Ed Smith
- Mary McCarty - Miss Dobson
- William B. Davidson - Brannigan
- Robert Livingston - Gene Ritchie
- Franklin Pangborn - Horace Lovelace
- Eddie Marr - Billy Sheehan
- Frank Orth - Augustus T. Goodman
- George Chandler - Al Marx
- Aurora Miranda - Specialty
- Director(s):
- Frank McDonald
- Writer(s):
- John K. Butler
- Producer(s):
- Walter H. Goetz
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