Music in Manhattan (1944)
The Season’s Gayest Scandal!
81 min
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.
- Release date
- October 6, 1944
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Leigh Harline
Cast
- Anne Shirley as Frankie Foster
- Dennis Day as Stanley Benson
- Phillip Terry as Johnny Pearson
- Raymond Walburn as Professor Carl Roberti
- Jane Darwell as Mrs. Pearson
- Patti Brill as Gladys
- Charlie Barnet as Orchestra Leader
- Nilo Menendez as Rhumba Band Leader
- Joan Barclay as Chorus Girl
- Chester Carlisle as Businessman
Crew
- John H. Auer · Director
- Lawrence Kimble · Writer
- Jack Scholl · Writer
- Harold Jacob Smith · Writer
- Maurice Tombragel · Writer
- John H. Auer · Producer
- Leigh Harline · Composer
- Russell Metty · Cinematographer
- Harry Marker · Editor