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Star Spangled Rhythm

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Original title

Year

1942

Running time

99 min.

Country

United States

Director

George Marshall

Screenwriter

Melvin Frank, George S. Kaufman, Norman Panama, Arthur A. Ross, Fred Saidy, Harry Tugend

Cast

Music

Robert Emmett Dolan

Cinematography

Theodor Sparkuhl, Leo Tover (B&W)

Producer

Paramount Pictures

Genre

Comedy. Musical

Synopsis

Pop Webster (Victor Moore) is a former silent movie star once known as "Bronco Billy" who now works as the guard on the main gate at Paramount Pictures. However, he's told his son Johnny (Eddie Bracken), who's in the Navy, that he's the studio's Executive Vice President in Charge of Production. When Johnny shows up in Hollywood on shore leave, Pop and the studio's switchboard operator Polly Judson (Betty Hutton) go all-out to maintain the illusion for Johnny and his sailor friends that Pop's a studio big-wig. Things get a bit complicated when Pop offers to put on a variety show for the Navy, featuring all of Paramount's stars, but Polly convinces Bob Hope and Bing Crosby to do the show, and they convince the rest of the stars on the lot.

Awards: 1943: 2 Nominations for Oscar: Best Song, OST (Musical)

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Star Spangled Rhythm

1942

George Marshall