The Duke Is Tops (1938)

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Ralph Cooper	...	Duke Davis
	Lena Horne	...	Ethel Andrews
	Laurence Criner	...	Doc Dorando (as Lawrence Criner)
	Monte Hawley	...	George Marshall
	Willie Covan	...	Specialty Tap Dancer
	Neva Peoples	...	Ella
	Vernon McCalla	...	Mason (as Vernon McCallum)
	Edward Thompson	...	Ferdie Fenton
	Johnny Taylor	...	Dippy, 'Prince Alakazoo'
	Ray Martin	...	Joe
	Guernsey Morrow	...	Ed. Lake (as Guersney Morrow)
	Charles Hawkins	...	Sam, the Stage Manager (as Charlie Hawkins)
	Basin Street Boys	...	Speciality
	Rubberneck Holmes	...	Specialty (as Rubber Neck Holmes)
	Cats and the Fiddle	...	Speciality

Storyline

Duke Davis has invested all his savings to back his sweetheart, Ethel, in a road show over the old T.O.B.A. circuit, on which they have both been performers since childhood. Marshall, a New York talent scout, makes an offer to Ethel as a single and, to induce her to take it, Duke writes a fake check, made out to him, for $5000 pretending he has sold his contract with Ethel to Marshall. Resentful and heartbroken, she accepts and becomes a big hit in New York. Marshall then books her at the swanky Century Club, plans her show himself, and it flops miserably. Meanwhile, Duke has used his last resources to start a new show, but without Ethel it also fails. He joins the Doc Dorando medicine show, and with him as the speiler for the quack elixir sold by Dorando, it is successful. He becomes Doc's partner with an elaborate trailer and a company of entertainers, including Willie Covans, the Basin Street Boys... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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