Variety Girl (1947)

Variety Girl (1947) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1947 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
George Marshall

Written By:
Monte Brice
Edmund L. Hartmann

Actors:
Mary Hatcher ..... Catherine Brown / Juliet
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)
Jack Norton ..... Busboy at Brown Derby
Elaine Riley ..... Cashier (Brown Derby)
Charles Victor ..... Mr. O'Connell's assistant
Gus Taute ..... Assistant's assistant
Harry Hayden ..... Manager, Grauman's Chinese
Bing Crosby ..... Himself
Bob Hope ..... Himself
Gary Cooper ..... Himself

Synopsis:

All Star Cast in this Classic 1947 Comedy: Playing himself, the incomparable Bob Hope reigns as top comic banana over one of the most star-studded casts ever assembled. Joining him are Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper, Alan Ladd, Barbara Stanwyck, and many, many more, in a comedy classic set amid the 'reality' of a Hollywood studio in the 1940s. Starlet wannabe, Amber LaVonne is mistake for her friend, the beautiful and talented Catherine Brown. While the zany Amber flubs her way from audition to screen test to stage debut, Catherine can't seem to keep her head above water. 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, this is one of the most madcap and hilarious comedies ever filmed.

Variety Girl (1947) is an all-star movie musical produced by Paramount Pictures. Numerous Paramount contract players and directors make cameos or perform songs, with particularly large amounts of screen time featuring Bing Crosby. The story revolves around two young girls who exchange identities, causing confusion at the Variety Club (show-business charity) and the Paramount studio. The elaborate closing song, "Harmony," begins with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope singing and dancing on stage in matching checkered suits and straw hats, eventually moves to a merry-go-round with Gary Cooper in cowboy regalia seated on a plastic horse while talking through a couple of stanzas with Barry Fitzgerald, then gradually incorporates the entire cast, which includes almost everyone under contract to Paramount at the time, in a rousing finale launched by William Holden and Ray Milland chasing a scantily-clad woman across a soundstage.

Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.

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