Patrick the Great (1945)
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Donald Cook plays a fading actor whose son, Donald O'Connor, has just started his own theatrical career. It transpires that both Cook and O'Connor are up for the same part in a Broadway show, and the son is the winner. This results in jealousy from the father--and confusion from the audience, in that the stolid Cook and the loose-limbed O'Connor would never be considered the same "type" in any real-life situation. All is eventually forgiven, and as a bonus both father and son find the loves of their lives: Cook is paired with Frances Dee, and O'Connor gets Peggy Ryan. While Donald O'Connor is virtually the whole show in Patrick the Great, he is given formidable scene-hogging competition from supporting actress Eve Arden. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Donald O'Connor - Pat Donahue, Jr.
- Frances Dee - Lynn Andrews
- Eve Arden - Jean Mathews
- Gavin Muir - Prentis Johns
- Irving Bacon - Mr. Merney
- William Benedict - Joey
- Neely Edwards - Waiter
- Patsy O'Connor - Jivin' Jill
- Robert Coleman
- Sidney Miller - Tony
- Ray Walker - Orchestra Leader
- Helene Stanley
- John Treul
- Grace Costello
- George Lloyd - Fisherman
- Joe "Corky" Geil
- George Chandler - Bellhop
- Peggy Ryan - Judy Watkin
- Donald Cook - Pat Donahue, Sr.
- Thomas Gomez - Max Wilson
- Andrew Tombes - Sam Bassett
- Ernie S. Adams - Constable
- Jean Davis
- Robert Emmett Keane - Henry Ames
- Buster Brodie - Bellboy
- Robert Scheerer - Jivin' Jack
- Douglas Wood - Sir Orville Armstrong
- Emmett Vogan - Alsop
- Lee Phelps - Prop Man
- Isabelle La Mal - Grand Dame
- Shirley Mills
- Harry Harvey
- Eddie Dunn - Plumber
- Joel Allen - Actor
- Director(s):
- Frank Ryan
- Writer(s):
- Dorothy Bennett, Bertram Millhauser
- Producer(s):
- Howard Benedict
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