Las Vegas Nights (1941)
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For his first feature-film appearance in two years, comedian Bert Wheeler (of Wheeler & Woolsey fame) teamed up with bandleader Phil Regan. The story gets under way when a quartet of vaudevillians-Bill Stevens (Regan), Stu Grant (Wheeler) and Norma and Mildred Jennings (Constance Moore, Lillian Cornell) show up in Vegas with nary a cent between them. Norma manages to win big at a gambling joint, whereupon the money is put in Stu's care. Alas, Stu makes a beeline to the gaming tables, where he manages to lose all. The winsome foursome is saved from utter ruin by a real estate operator who happens to be the father of one of the protagonists. Even Bert Wheeler admitted that Las Vegas Nights was a bomb, noting on "a picture like that can come back and haunt you." Still, it holds some historical value as the film that introduced Frank Sinatra, here appearing as the uncredited vocalist for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Phil Regan - Bill Stevens
- Constance Moore - Norma Jennings
- Lillian Cornell - Mildred Jennings
- Eddie Kane - Maitre D'
- Catherine Craig - Girl with Bill
- Jean Phillips - Girls with Bill
- Henry Kolker - William Stevens, Sr.
- Earl Douglas - Guitar Player
- Frank Sinatra - Chairman of the Board
- Bert Wheeler - Stu Grant
- Virginia Dale - Patsy Lynch
- Betty Brewer - Katy
- Eleanor Stewart - Hat Check Girl
- Ella Neal - Girl with Bill
- Wanda McKay - Cigarette Girl
- Nick Moro - Guitar and Violin Player
- Frank Yaconelli - Concertina Player
- Director(s):
- Ralph Murphy
- Writer(s):
- Eddie Welch, Ernest Pagano
- Producer(s):
- William Le Baron
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