Music in Manhattan
“The Season’s Gayest Scandal!”
1944•NR•1h 21m•6.0•Released
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Frankie Foster and Stanley Benson are a pair of small-potatoes performers. Both try to make it to the big-time after winning an amateur talent contest. Though this leads them to a few professional gigs, something is missing from their act and they are not popular. Believing a little cash will boost their career, Frankie heads for Washington, D.C. to see if her wealthy father will help them. En route Frankie is mistaken for the wife of the well-known pilot Johnny Pearson and ends up in his suite having to pretend she is his spouse. When the pilot meets her, romantic sparks fly.
Director
John H. Auer
Writer
Lawrence Kimble
Languages
English
Studio
RKO Radio Pictures
Cast
Anne Shirley
Frankie Foster
Dennis Day
Stanley Benson
Phillip Terry
Johnny Pearson
Raymond Walburn
Prof. Carl Roberti
Jane Darwell
Mrs. Pearson
Patti Brill
Gladys
Charlie Barnet
Himself - Orchestra Leader
Nilo Menendez
Himself - Rhumba Band Leader
Joan Barclay
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Chester Carlisle
Businessman (uncredited)
Harry Clay
Backstage Photographer (uncredited)
Georgie Cooper
Judge's Wife (uncredited)
Italia DeNubila
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Don Dillaway
Major Hargrove (uncredited)
Chris Drake
Bellboy (uncredited)
Production
Company
RKO Radio Pictures
Producer
John H. Auer
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