Chatterbox (1942)
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, Rovi
- Starring:
- Joe E. Brown, Judy Canova, (more)
- Director(s):
- Joseph Santley
Synopsis of Chatterbox
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, Rovi
Complete Cast of Chatterbox
- Joe E. Brown - Rex Vane
- Rosemary Lane - Carol Forest
- Gus Schilling - Gillie
- Anne Jeffreys - Vivian Gale
- George Byron - Joe
- The Mills Brothers - Specialty
- Ray Parsons - Reporter
- Marie Windsor - Hostess
- Ruth Robinson - Wardrobe Woman
- Pierce Lyden - Wrangler
- Matty Kemp
- Gary Bruce
- Spade Cooley - Singing Musician
- 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
- Mary Armstrong - Guest at Dude Ranch
- Ben Taggart - Foreman
- Frank Melton
- Nora Lane - Secretary
- Joe Phillips - Producer
- Roberl Conway - Announcer on Train
- Gordon de Main - Production Assistant
- Sam Flint
- Earl Hodgins - Wrangler
- Director(s):
- Joseph Santley
- Writer(s):
- George Carleton Brown, Frank Gill, Jr.
- Producer(s):
- Albert J. Cohen
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