Music in Manhattan
5.5
81 minutes
10/6/1944
Overview
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.
Cast List
Anne Shirley
as Frankie Foster
Dennis Day
as Stanley Benson
Phillip Terry
as Johnny Pearson
Raymond Walburn
as Prof. Carl Roberti
Jane Darwell
as Mrs. Pearson
Patti Brill
as Gladys
Charlie Barnet
as Himself - Orchestra Leader
Nilo Menendez
as Himself - Rhumba Band Leader
Joan Barclay
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Chester Carlisle
as Businessman (uncredited)
Harry Clay
as Backstage Photographer (uncredited)
Georgie Cooper
as Judge's Wife (uncredited)
Italia DeNubila
as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Don Dillaway
as Major Hargrove (uncredited)
Chris Drake
as Bellboy (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
as Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Edmund Glover
as Officer (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Mary Halsey
as Hotel Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
John Hamilton
as Mr. Bradley, the Banker (uncredited)
Robert Homans
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Coulter Irwin
as Backstage Photographer (uncredited)
Carl Kent
as Officer (uncredited)
Bob Mascagno
as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
as Pop, the Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
as Backstage Photographer (uncredited)
Ralph Peters
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
Gerald Pierce
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Bert Roach
as Fat Man in Ticket Line (uncredited)
Mike Road
as Officer (uncredited)
Jason Robards Sr.
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
as Army Officer in Ticket Line (uncredited)
John Shaw
as Officer (uncredited)
Margie Stewart
as Airplane Hostess (uncredited)
David Thursby
as Police Officer Patrick Throckmorton Clancy (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
as Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)
Steve Winston
as Officer (uncredited)