My Gal Sal (1942)
- Starring:
- Rita Hayworth, Victor Mature, (more)
- Director(s):
- Irving Cummings
Synopsis of My Gal Sal
A pregnant Alice Faye was forced to bow out of this colorful Fox musical, which instead went to Rita Hayworth, whom the studio borrowed from Columbia. Hayworth plays the highly fictitious Sally Elliott of the title, a musical star teaming up with Indiana boy Paul Dresser (Victor Mature), a runaway who after a brief stopover in a tank town medicine show arrives in Gay Nineties New York full of verve and vigor. There he composes the title tune for the fair lady and becomes the toast of Tin Pan Alley. There are the obligatory bumps on the road along the way, of course, but everything ends, as any Fox musical should, with a grand and glorious finale. Although Fox publicity claimed that My Gal Sal was based on a My Brother Paul, a biography by the composer's brother, Theodore Dreiser, it was actually concocted from an unpublished manuscript by Dreiser and his wife Helen Richardson. The film earned Oscars™ for art and set decoration and included such Dresser songs as "On the Banks of the Wabash", "I'se Your Honey, If You Wants Me, Liza", "Come Tell Me What's Your Answer (Yes or No)" and "Mr. Volunteer. House songwriters Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger contributed "Me and My Fella" and "On the Great White Way. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
Complete Cast of My Gal Sal
- Rita Hayworth - Sally Elliott
- Carole Landis - Mae Collins
- Phil Silvers - Wiley
- Walter Catlett - Col. Truckee
- Frank Orth - McGuinness
- Margaret Moffat - Mrs. Dreiser
- John Kelly - John L. Sullivan
- Hermes Pan - Dancing Partner
- Andrew Tombes - Corbin
- Charles Arnt - Tailor
- George Melford - Conductor
- Iron Eyes Cody - Indian
- Robert Lowery - Sally's Friend
- Rosina Galli - Maid
- Ernie S. Adams - Man
- Gene Ramey - Quartet
- Roseanne Murray - Sally's Friend
- Edgar Dearing - Policeman
- Joe Bernard - Man
- Eddy Waller - Buggy Driver
- John Miller - Man
- Paul E. Burns - Ferris Wheel Operator
- Milt Kibbee - Man
- Dorothy Dearing - Sally's Friend
- Victor Mature - Paul Dresser
- John Sutton - Fred Haviland
- James Gleason - Pat Hawley
- Mona Maris - Countess Rossini
- Stanley Andrews - Mr. Dreiser
- Libby Taylor - Ida
- Curt Bois - Monsieur De Rochemont
- Gregory Gaye - Monsieur Garnier
- Albert Conti - Henri
- Cyril Ring - Man
- Charles Tannen - Hotel Clerk
- Billy Curtis - Midget Driver
- Billy Wayne - Delivery Man
- Terry Moore - Carrie Dreiser
- Harry Strang - Bartender
- Ted North - Sally's Friend
- Edward McNamara - Policeman
- Chief Thundercloud - Murphy
- Lawrence Wheat - Stage Door Man
- Tom Seidel - Usher
- Luke Cosgrave - Man
- Joe Downing - Slip
- Frank Ferguson - Loud Customer
- Barry Downing - Theodore Dreiser
- Director(s):
- Irving Cummings
- Writer(s):
- Seton Miller, Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware
- Producer(s):
- Robert Bassler
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