Movie · 1944
Music in Manhattan
“The Season’s Gayest Scandal!”
Released 6 October 1944 81 min Music / Romance More from 1944 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Jane Darwell
as Mrs. Pearson
Raymond Walburn
as Prof. Carl Roberti
Bert Roach
as Fat Man in Ticket Line (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
as Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
as Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Don Dillaway
as Major Hargrove (uncredited)
Phillip Terry
as Johnny Pearson
Charlie Barnet
as Himself - Orchestra Leader
Joan Barclay
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Dennis Day
as Stanley Benson
Anne Shirley
as Frankie Foster
Patti Brill
as Gladys
Chris Drake
as Bellboy (uncredited)
Nilo Menendez
as Himself - Rhumba Band Leader
Chester Carlisle
as Businessman (uncredited)
Harry Clay
as Backstage Photographer (uncredited)
Georgie Cooper
as Judge's Wife (uncredited)
Italia DeNubila
as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
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The numbers
44years between the oldest and youngest billed
64Jane Darwell — oldest on the call sheet
20Chris Drake — youngest billed
39average age of the credited cast