Variety Girl (1947)
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This story of two young hopefuls who come to Hollywood is merely a thin device to feature almost every star working for Paramount Studios in 1947. Mary Hatcher plays Catherine Brown, a woman of humble origins who arrives in Hollywood, where she meets another wanna-be movie star, Amber La Vonne (Olga San Juan). They work their way through the Paramount studios, trying to impress every important person. Mostly, the film is a cavalcade of songs by various stars that take place at several studio and Hollywood locations, including the famous Brown Derby restaurant. Many of the film's songs were written by Frank Loesser. Dorothy Lamour and Alan Ladd sing "Tallahassee"; Bing Crosby and Bob Hope play golf and sing a duet, "Harmony"; the Original Dixieland Jazz Band plays "Tiger Rag"; and a host of other top performers of the era appear in brief cameos. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
- Starring:
- Mary Hatcher, Eric Alden, (more)
- Director(s):
- George Marshall
Synopsis of Variety Girl
This story of two young hopefuls who come to Hollywood is merely a thin device to feature almost every star working for Paramount Studios in 1947. Mary Hatcher plays Catherine Brown, a woman of humble origins who arrives in Hollywood, where she meets another wanna-be movie star, Amber La Vonne (Olga San Juan). They work their way through the Paramount studios, trying to impress every important person. Mostly, the film is a cavalcade of songs by various stars that take place at several studio and Hollywood locations, including the famous Brown Derby restaurant. Many of the film's songs were written by Frank Loesser. Dorothy Lamour and Alan Ladd sing "Tallahassee"; Bing Crosby and Bob Hope play golf and sing a duet, "Harmony"; the Original Dixieland Jazz Band plays "Tiger Rag"; and a host of other top performers of the era appear in brief cameos. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
Complete Cast of Variety Girl
- Mary Hatcher - Catherine Brown
- Olga San Juan - Amber LaVonne
- MacDonald Carey - Himself
- Joan Caulfield - Guest
- Stanley Clements - Himself
- Pinto Colvig - Special voice impersonation
- Gary Cooper - Guest
- Bing Crosby - Guest Star
- Howard Da Silva - Himself
- Billy De Wolfe - Himself
- Barry Fitzgerald - Guest
- Paulette Goddard - Herself
- Jerry James - Assistant Director
- Dick Keene - Dog Trainer
- Patric Knowles - Himself
- Veronica Lake - Guest
- Burt Lancaster - Guest
- Diana Lynn - Herself
- Torben Meyer - Andre, the Headwaiter at Brown Derby
- Jack Norton - Busboy at Brown Derby
- Elaine Riley - Cashier
- Lizabeth Scott - Herself
- Glenn Tryon - Bill Farris
- Charles Victor - Assistant to Mr. O'Connell
- Richard Webb - Himself
- Raymond Largay - Director of Variety Club
- Eddie Fetherstone - Man at steambath
- Roger Dann - Himself
- Catherine Craig - Secretary
- Carolyn Butler - Secretary
- Patricia Barry
- Pearl Bailey - Specialty
- June Harris - Herself
- John Stanley - Specialty dancer
- George Reeves - Himself
- Mitchell Leisen - Himself
- Cecil B. DeMille - Himself
- Len Hendry - Man at steambath
- Ray Saunders - One of the Six DeWaynes
- Renee Randall - Usherette
- Barney Dean
- Duke Johnson - Juggler
- Audrey Saunders - One of the Six DeWaynes
- Virginia Welles - Herself
- Spike Jones Orchestra
- Lorin Raker - Man at Steam Bath
- Eric Alden - Makeup man
- William Bendix - Himself
- DeForest Kelley - Bob Kirby
- William Demarest - Barker
- Frank Faylen - Stage Manager
- Frank Ferguson - J.R. O'Connell
- Johnny Coy - Himself
- Cass Daley - Herself
- Edgar Dearing - Cop
- Ann Doran - Hairdresser
- Mona Freeman - Herself
- Sterling Hayden - Himself
- Roberta Jonay - Girl
- Cecil Kellaway - Himself
- Alan Ladd - Himself
- Dorothy Lamour - Herself
- John Lund - Himself
- Frank Mayo - Director
- Ray Milland - Himself
- Nanette Parks - Herself
- Gail Russell - Guest
- Barbara Stanwyck - Guest
- Sonny Tufts - Himself
- Nella Walker - Mrs. Webster
- Arleen Whelan - Herself
- Joel Friend - Specialty dancer
- Hal K. Dawson - Man at steambath
- Willa Pearl Curtis - Sister Jenkins
- Charles Coleman - Man at steambath
- Mildred Boyd - Sister Jenkins' Daughter
- Lucille Barkley - Secretary
- Walter Abel - Himself
- Pat Moran - Drunken Tumbling Act
- William Snyder
- Alma Macrorie - Proprietress
- Spike Jones - Himself
- Russell Hicks - Man at steambath
- Wanda Hendrix - Herself
- Sally Rawlinson
- George Marshall
- Albert Ruiz - Specialty Dancer
- Bob Alden - Autograph Seeker
- Crane Whitley - Man at steambath
- Sammy Stein - Masseur
- Mikhail Rasumny - Himself
- Jim and Mildred Mulcay
- Director(s):
- George Marshall
- Writer(s):
- Frank Tashlin, Robert L. Welch, Monte Brice
- Producer(s):
- Daniel Dare
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