Make Believe Ballroom (1949)
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Make Believe Ballroom is a feature-length derivation of the popular LA-based radio series of the same name. Hosted by Martin Block and then by Al Jarvis, the original Ballroom was a combination disc-jockey program and quiz show. Jarvis plays himself in the film version, introducing such musical artists as Frankie Laine, the King Cole Trio,Jack Smith, Kay Starr, Charlie Barnet, Jimmy Dorsey, Jan Garber, Gene Krupa and Pee Wee Hunt. The barely relevant plot concerns two carhops, Gene Thomas (Jerome Courtland) and Josie Marlow (Virginia Welles), who participate in the question-and-answer portion of the radio series. Though competitors on the air, Gene and Josie eventually fall in love. The supporting cast is filled with such stock Columbia players as Sid Tomack, Adele Jergens, and Vernon Dent. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Jerome Courtland - Gene Thomas
- Ron Randell - Leslie Todd
- Al Jarvis - Himself
- Paul Harvey - George Wilcox
- Frank Orth - Pop
- Vernon Dent - Chef
- Toni Harper
- Charlie Barnet
- The Sportsmen
- Ruth Warrick - Liza Lee
- Virginia Welles - Josie Marlow
- Adele Jergens - Herself
- Louis Jean Heydt - Jerskin Elliott
- Sid Tomack - Joe
- Frankie Laine - Specialty
- "Smiling" Jack Smith
- Ray McKinley
- Director(s):
- Joseph Santley
- Writer(s):
- Karen de Wolf, Albert Duffy
- Producer(s):
- Ted Richmond
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