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Movie · 1946

People Are Funny

Released 11 January 1946 More from 1946 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to be on a national network from its humble beginning at a Nevada radio station. Jack Haley is a producer with only half-rights to the program while Ozzie Nelson and Helen Walker are the radio writers and supply the romance. Rudy Vallee, always able to burlesque himself intentional and, quite often, unintentional, is the owner of the sought-after sponsoring company. Frances Langford, as herself, sings "I'm in the Mood for Love" while the Vagabonds quartet (billed 12th and last) chimes in on "Angeline" and "The Old Square Dance is Back Again."

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Byron Foulger
as Mr. Button (uncredited)
47
Rudy Vallee
as Ormsby Jamison
44
Ozzie Nelson
as Leroy Brinker
39
Phillip Reed
as John Guedel
37
Art Linkletter
as Art Linkletter
33
Frances Langford
as Frances Langford - Guest
32
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
15years between the oldest and youngest billed
47Byron Foulger — oldest on the call sheet
32Frances Langford — youngest billed
39average age of the credited cast
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