Chatterbox (1942)
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Though it ain't Noel Coward, Chatterbox is the funniest of the two Judy Canova-Joe E. Brown vehicles for Republic. Brown is hilariously cast as Rex Vane, a pompous radio cowboy star who's never been any further west than his living room. When Rex is signed to appear in a film, it becomes painfully apparent that he can neither ride nor shoot. But rambunctious Judy Boggs (Judy Canova) can do both, and it is Judy who helps guide the vain Vane through his moviemaking experiences. Rex proves himself to be a genuine hero in a slapstick finale "borrowed" from Chaplin's The Gold Rush. Naturally, both Brown and Canova are given ample opportunity to sing, as are guest performers Spade Cooley and the Mills Brothers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Joe E. Brown - Rex Vane
- Rosemary Lane - Carol Forest
- Gus Schilling - Gillie
- Anne Jeffreys - Vivian Gale
- George Byron - Joe
- The Mills Brothers - Specialty
- Roberl Conway - Announcer on Train
- Matty Kemp
- Joe Phillips - Producer
- Ray Parsons - Reporter
- Marie Windsor - Hostess
- Ruth Robinson - Wardrobe Woman
- Nora Lane - Secretary
- Edward Earle
- Herbert Heyes
- Judy Canova - Judy Boggs
- John Hubbard - Sebastian Smart
- Chester Clute - Wilfred Peckinpaugh
- Emmett Vogan - Roger Grant
- Billy Bletcher - Black Jake
- Roy Barcroft - Laborer
- Spade Cooley - Singing Musician
- Pierce Lyden - Wrangler
- Gary Bruce
- Mary Armstrong - Guest at Dude Ranch
- Ben Taggart - Foreman
- Frank Melton
- Gordon de Main - Production Assistant
- Sam Flint
- Earl Hodgins - Wrangler
- Director(s):
- Joseph Santley
- Writer(s):
- Frank Gill, Jr., George Carleton Brown
- Producer(s):
- Albert J. Cohen
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