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Featuring three dozen stars, Variety Girl is a mammoth musical romance on how a movie star is born set amid the “reality” of a Hollywood studio! Playing himself, the incomparable Bob Hope reigns as top comic over one of the most star-studded casts ever assembled including Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Alan Ladd, Barbara Stanwyck, Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Lamour and many, many more. Starlet wannabe Amber LaVonne (Olga San Juan) is mistaken for her friend, the beautiful and talented Catherine Brown (Mary Hatcher). While the zany Amber flubs her way from audition to screen test to stage debut, Catherine cannot seem to keep her head above water in dealing with studio head R.J. O’Connell (Frank Ferguson). Along the way, the madness stops only long enough for musical numbers by Pearl Bailey, Spike Jones and His City Slickers, The Mulcays, and a rare puppetoon version of “Romeow and Juliacat.” Topped off by an A-list all-star variety revue, Variety Girl proves itself to be among the most entertaining and hilarious comedies ever filmed.
Original Release
08/29/1947
US Release
08/29/1947
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mary Hatcher | Juliet / Catherine Brown |
Olga San Juan | Amber La Vonne |
DeForest Kelley | Bob Kirby |
Frank Ferguson | R.J. O'Connell |
Glenn Tryon | Bill Farris |
Nella Walker | Mrs. Webster |
Torben Meyer | Andre - Brown Derby Headwaiter / Andre |
Jack Norton | Busboy at Brown Derby |
Elaine Riley | Cashier / Cashier (Brown Derby) |
Charles Victor | Mr. O'Connell's Assistant |
Directors
Writers
Monte Brice, William Cottrell, Edmund L. Hartmann, T. Hee, Frank Tashlin, Robert L. Welch
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mary Hatcher | Juliet / Catherine Brown |
Olga San Juan | Amber La Vonne |
DeForest Kelley | Bob Kirby |
Frank Ferguson | R.J. O'Connell |
Glenn Tryon | Bill Farris |
Nella Walker | Mrs. Webster |
Torben Meyer | Andre - Brown Derby Headwaiter / Andre |
Jack Norton | Busboy at Brown Derby |
Elaine Riley | Cashier / Cashier (Brown Derby) |
Charles Victor | Mr. O'Connell's Assistant |
Gus Taute | O'Connell's Assistant's Assistant / Assistant's Assistant |
Harry Hayden | Manager - Grauman's Chinese Theatre / Manager at Grauman's Chinese |
Bing Crosby | Bing Crosby |
Bob Hope | Bob Hope |
Gary Cooper | Gary Cooper |
Ray Milland | Ray Milland |
Alan Ladd | Alan Ladd |
Barbara Stanwyck | Barbara Stanwyck |
Paulette Goddard | Paulette Goddard |
Dorothy Lamour | Dorothy Lamour |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Daniel Dare | Producer |