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Writers:
Pamela Harris (story)
Robert Ellis (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
29 November 1940 (USA) more
Plot:
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England... more | add synopsis
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Won Oscar. more
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The Sheik of Araby more (8 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Alice Faye | ... | Katie Blane |
 | Betty Grable | ... | Lily Blane |
| Jack Oakie | ... | Harry Aloysius Calhoun |
| John Payne | ... | Francis Aloysius 'Skeets' Harrigan |
| Allen Jenkins | ... | Casey (janitor) |
| Esther Ralston | ... | Nora Bayes |
| Fayard Nicholas | ... | Dance Specialty (as The Nicholas Brothers) |
| Harold Nicholas | ... | Dance Specialty (as The Nicholas Brothers) |
| Ben Carter | ... | Black man in Skeets' corner |
| John Loder | ... | Captain Reginald 'Reggie' Carstair |
| Elisha Cook Jr. | ... | Joe Codd, Composer |
| Fred Keating | ... | Harvey Raymond |
| Billy Gilbert | ... | The Sheik of Araby |
| Lillian Porter | ... | Telephone Operator |
| Princess Vanessa Ammon | ... | Specialty Dancer |
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94 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #6601)
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"He'd Have to Get Under - Get Out and Get Under (to Fix Up His Automobile)" (music by Maurice Abrahams, lyrics by Grant Clarke and Edgar Leslie), performed by Alice Faye, Betty Grable and Jack Oakie, was cut from this film. more
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Featured in Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults (1997) (TV) more
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The Darktown Strutters' Ball more
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"Tin Pan Alley" is a serviceable if slightly undernourished musical extravaganza starring Alice Faye, John Payne, Betty Grable, Jackie Oakie. I thought it would turn out to be as memorable and enchanting as Faye's greatest musicals like "That Night in Rio" or "Hello Frisco Hello" also co-starring John Payne, but it is nowhere near them. There is a sense that something is missing; the idea is there but somehow it doesn't quite coalesce, even despite the luminous presence of Faye. Nevertheless, it has one of the most spectacular dance and musical numbers ever staged: "The Sheik of Araby" - featuring Faye, Grable, and the Nicholas Brothers who also appeared in Grable's previous hit wonder, "Down Argentine Way". The dance number has a spark and excitement most of the movie lacks.