Hit Parade of 1941
Hit Parade of 1941
Release: 1940-10-14
·Runtime: 88m
·★ 5.5
Music
Comedy
Romance
In this musical, the second entry in a five-film series, a thrift shop owner sells his business and buys a small time radio station. He begins looking for sponsors. He finds one with a department store owner who will only lend him the money if he will allow his daughter, an aspiring tap-dancer and singer, to perform on the air. This is unfortunate as she is tone-deaf. To compensate, the owner hires a real singer to dub the daughter's voice. The singer and the owner's nephew fall in love and mayhem ensues. Songs include: the Oscar nominated "Who Am I?," "Swing Low Sweet Rhythm," "In The Cool of the Evening," "Make Yourself at Home," "The Swap Shop Song," "The Trading Post," "Sally," "Ramona," "Sweet Sue," "Dinah," "Margie," and "Mary Lou."
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Republic Pictures
Cast
Billy Bletcher
as Radio Actor
Sterling Holloway
as Elmer - Soda Clerk
William H. O'Brien
as Waiter
Kenny Baker
as David Farraday
Frances Langford
as Pat Abbott
Ann Miller
as Anabelle Potter
Hugh Herbert
as Ferdinand Farraday
Forbes Murray
as Undetermined Secondary Role
Johnny Puleo
as Member - Harmonica Rascals (uncredited)
Mary Boland
as Emily Potter
Patsy Kelly
as Judy Abbott
Phil Silvers
as Charlie Moore
Franklin Pangborn
as Carter
Borrah Minevitch
as Harmonica Rascals Leader
