Margie (1940)
- Director(s):
- Paul Gerard Smith, Otis M. Garrett, (more)
Synopsis of Margie
Margie is one of the fast and funniest of Universal's pocket musicals, though its two-director dichotomy hardly seems necessary. Newlyweds Bret (Tom Brown) and Margie (Nan Grey) both aspire to show-biz careers: he wants to be a songwriter, while she is desirous of becoming a radio scripter. Inevitably, Bret and Margie quarrel and break up, only to be reunited by their efforts to snag "banana king" Gomez (Mischa Auer) for a lucrative radio contract. The old 1920s tune "Margie" is heard throughout the proceedings, frequently fitted out with ludicrous new lyrics ("Bananas! We're Always Thikin' of Bananas!" etc.) by a zany songwriting team (Eddie Quillan and Wally Vernon). And just in case anyone should take this thing seriously, Andy Devine bursts onto the set in full cowboy regalia, guns at the ready--only to withdraw apologetically a few seconds later, explaining that he's in the wrong movie. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Margie
- Tom Brown - Bret
- Mischa Auer - Gomez
- Allen Jenkins - Kenneth
- Wally Vernon - Al
- Richard Lane - Mr. Dixon
- Pauline Haddon - Miss Walters
- John Sheehan - Mr. Caldwell
- Ralph Peters - Detective
- Edward McWade - Pinwinkle
- Charles "Heinie" Conklin - Vendor
- Natalie Moorhead - Mrs. Dixon
- Horace McMahon
- Andy Devine
- Vinton Haworth - Young Man
- Nan Grey - Margie
- Edgar Kennedy - Chauncey
- Eddie Quillan - Joe
- Joy Hodges - Ruth
- Emmett Vogan - Mr. White
- David Oliver - Waiter
- Effie Parnell - Mrs. Horstenwalder
- Aileen Carlyle - Mrs. Gypsum-Weed
- Gene Collins - Ethridge
- Mary Kelly - Mme. Hogan
- Anne O'Neal - Maid
- Grace Stafford - Miss Bradley
- Frank Faylen - Mr. Leffingwell
- Director(s):
- Paul Gerard Smith, Otis M. Garrett
- Writer(s):
- Paul Gerard Smith, W. Scott Darling, Erna Lazarus
- Producer(s):
- Joseph G. Sanford
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