George White's Scandals (1945)
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Synopsis of George White's Scandals
Like the same-named 1934 and 1935 films, RKO Radio's 1945 musical George White's Scandals uses the eponymous Broadway revue as a framework for a fabricated plotline. The main story concerns the romance between stage comedienne Joan Mason (Joan Davis) and back-bay Bostonite Jack Williams (Jack Haley), which is staunchly opposed by Jack's spinsterish sister Clarabelle (Margaret Hamilton, who of course had previously costarred with Haley in The Wizard of Oz) A secondary romance involves the hot-and-cold relationship between British socialite Jill Martin (Martha Holliday) and Tony McGrath (Philip Terry), the assistant to Broadway impresario George White (played not by the real White but by Glenn Tryon). Musical specialties are provided by Gene Krupa and his band, organ virtuoso Ethel Smith and pianist Rose Murphy. The film's highlight is "Who Killed Vaudeville?", a tour-de-force for Joan Davis and Jack Haley which was later excerpted in the RKO musical pastiche Make Mine Laughs (prompting a lawsuit from Haley!) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of George White's Scandals
- Joan Davis - Joan Mason
- Martha Holliday - Jill Martin
- Jane Greer - Billie Randall
- Margaret Hamilton - Clarabell
- Audrey Young - Maxine Manner
- Beverly Wills - Joan as a Child
- Effie Laird
- Susanne Rosser
- Edmund Glover - Production Man
- Nino Tempo - Drummer
- Harold Minjir - Hotel Clerk
- Nan Leslie
- Lyle Latell - Ladder Gag
- Florence Lake - Mother
- Allan Cooke
- Wesley Brent
- Diana Mumby
- Betty Farrington - Buxom Woman
- Marilyn Buford
- John Stanley
- Gene Krupa
- Crane Whitley - Father
- Minerva Urecal - Teacher
- Ruth Hall
- Virginia Belmont
- Rufe Davis - Impersonations
- Jack Haley - Jack Williams
- Phillip Terry - Tom McGrath
- Ethel Smith - Swing Organist
- Glenn Tryon - George White
- Fritz Feld - Montescu
- Virginia Cruzon
- Harry Monty
- Ed O'Neill - John the Baptist
- Holmes Herbert - Lord Asbury
- Carmel Myers - Leslie
- Sid Melton - Song-writer
- Ethelreda Leopold
- Hope Landin - Scrubwoman
- Eric Freeman
- Buster Brodie - Box Gag
- Joy Barlowe
- Vivian Mason
- Sammy Blum - Cafe Proprietor
- Tommy Noonan - Joe
- Frank Mitchell
- Chili Williams
- Lawrence Wheat - Pop
- Annelle Hayes
- Shelby Bacon
- Dorothy Christy - Lady Asbury
- Neely Edwards - Lord Quimby
- Director(s):
- Felix E. Feist
- Writer(s):
- Howard Snyder, Howard J. Green, Parke Levy
- Producer(s):
- George White, Nat Holt, Jack J. Gross
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