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, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Mary Hatcher - Catherine Brown
- William Bendix - Himself
- DeForest Kelley - Bob Kirby
- 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
- Spike Jones - Himself
- Len Hendry - Man at steambath
- 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
- Sally Rawlinson
- George Marshall
- Albert Ruiz - Specialty Dancer
- Bob Alden - Autograph Seeker
- June Harris - Herself
- John Stanley - Specialty dancer
- George Reeves - Himself
- Mitchell Leisen - Himself
- Virginia Welles - Herself
- Spike Jones Orchestra
- Mikhail Rasumny - Himself
- Eric Alden - Makeup man
- Olga San Juan - Amber LaVonne
- MacDonald Carey - Himself
- 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
- Crane Whitley - Man at steambath
- Russell Hicks - Man at steambath
- Wanda Hendrix - Herself
- Eddie Fetherstone - Man at steambath
- Roger Dann - Himself
- Catherine Craig - Secretary
- Carolyn Butler - Secretary
- Patricia Barry
- Pearl Bailey - Specialty
- Ray Saunders - One of the Six DeWaynes
- Renee Randall - Usherette
- Barney Dean
- Duke Johnson - Juggler
- Audrey Saunders - One of the Six DeWaynes
- Pat Moran - Drunken Tumbling Act
- William Snyder
- Alma Macrorie - Proprietress
- Cecil B. DeMille - Himself
- Lorin Raker - Man at Steam Bath
- Sammy Stein - Masseur
- Jim and Mildred Mulcay
- Director(s):
- George Marshall
- Writer(s):
- Robert L. Welch, Monte Brice, Frank Tashlin
- Producer(s):
- Daniel Dare
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