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The Big Street (1942)Little Pinks is in love with a nightclub singer named Gloria. But it is a unrequited love as she does not know that he exists. Pinks is a shy busboy and Gloria only goes out with men who ... See full summary » Director:Irving Reis |
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Title: The Big Street (1942)
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Agustus 'Little Pinks' Pinkerton, II
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| Lucille Ball | ... |
Gloria Lyons
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Case Ables
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| Agnes Moorehead | ... |
Violette Shumberg
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Sam Levene | ... |
Horsethief
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Professor B
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Marion Martin | ... |
Mimi Venus
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Decatur Reed
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George Cleveland | ... |
Colonel Samuel Venus
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Vera Gordon | ... |
Mrs. Lefkowitz
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Ozzie Nelson and Orchestra | ... |
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Little Pinks is in love with a nightclub singer named Gloria. But it is a unrequited love as she does not know that he exists. Pinks is a shy busboy and Gloria only goes out with men who are loaded. When she tries to dump Case for richer Reed, Case dumps her down the stairs. After months of treatment, she will never walk, but Pinks is the only one who takes care of her. He pays all her bills and sends her flowers with unsigned cards. But to Gloria, he is nothing in her eyes. When she wants to leave New York for Florida, to be with the money set, he takes her. Written by Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
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"I LOVE LUCILLE"...That's what everybody says! (re-release print ad) See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
4 September 1942 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Damon Runyon's The Big Street See more »Company Credits
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(1942)
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Mort Greene
Performed by Lucille Ball at the New York nightclub
Reprised by her with Ozzie Nelson and Orchestra at the Florida nightclub (Vocals for Miss Ball by Martha Mears)
Played often in the score
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Lucille Ball's favorite of her films. She felt her performance was unjustly ignored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). See more »Soundtracks
"Who Knows?"(1942)
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Mort Greene
Performed by Lucille Ball at the New York nightclub
Reprised by her with Ozzie Nelson and Orchestra at the Florida nightclub (Vocals for Miss Ball by Martha Mears)
Played often in the score
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A busboy (busman, really) so adores a nightclub singer that he devotes his life to caring for her after she becomes paralyzed; she treats him like dirt. It sounds like a good premise for a romantic comedy except that this is a serious drama. Ball plays such a self-centered, ungrateful jerk that it defies logic that anyone would voluntarily cater to her. Fonda loves her so much that he pushes her in a wheelchair from New York to Florida! And remember, this is not played for laughs. The finale is so utterly ridiculous that one figures it must be a comedy. No - still serious. The fine supporting cast features the likes of Palette, Moorehead, and Levene, but the script is lame.