Chatterbox (1936)
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Stagestruck Vermont girl Jenny Yates (Anne Shirley) manages to land a job with a ragtag stock company. This she does over the objections of her grandfather (Edward Ellis), who'd disowned Jenny's mother when she became an actress. After a series of amusing and bemusing setbacks, Jenny is discovered by a big-time producer and cast in the Broadway production "Virtue's Reward." Both the girl and the show are flops, but she finds a happily-ever-after with handsome Phil Greene (Phillips Holmes). Based on a play by David Carb, Chatterbox contains some knowing insights about provincial theater and the vagaries of show business. Lucille Ball makes a brief but amusing appearance as a snobbish small-time leading lady. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Anne Shirley, Phillips Holmes, (more)
- Director(s):
- George Nichols, Jr.
Synopsis of Chatterbox
Stagestruck Vermont girl Jenny Yates (Anne Shirley) manages to land a job with a ragtag stock company. This she does over the objections of her grandfather (Edward Ellis), who'd disowned Jenny's mother when she became an actress. After a series of amusing and bemusing setbacks, Jenny is discovered by a big-time producer and cast in the Broadway production "Virtue's Reward." Both the girl and the show are flops, but she finds a happily-ever-after with handsome Phil Greene (Phillips Holmes). Based on a play by David Carb, Chatterbox contains some knowing insights about provincial theater and the vagaries of show business. Lucille Ball makes a brief but amusing appearance as a snobbish small-time leading lady. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Chatterbox
- Anne Shirley - Jenny Yates
- Edward Ellis - Uriah Lowell
- Margaret Hamilton - Emily Tipton
- Lucille Ball - Lillian Temple
- Ted Offenbecker - Michael Arbuckle
- Phillips Holmes - Philip Greene, Jr.
- Erik Rhodes - Archie Fisher
- Granville Bates - Philip Greene, Sr.
- Allen Vincent - Harrison
- George Offerman
- Director(s):
- George Nichols, Jr.
- Writer(s):
- Sam Mintz
- Producer(s):
- Robert Sisk
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