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User Rating:
5.2/10   31 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Frank Gill Jr. (original screenplay) and
Frances Hyland (additional dialogue)
Contact:
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Release Date:
26 March 1943 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
THE PEAK OF SWING PLAYED BY THE RHYTHM KING! (original poster - all caps)
Plot:
One of the many films made at Republic with a year attached to the "Hit Parade" title, which came from... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. more
NewsDesk:
El Perro Del Mar: Love Is Not Pop
 (From PasteMagazine. 16 December 2009, 1:00 AM, PST)

User Reviews:
Limp musical with stunning black performers. more (4 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
John Carroll ... Rick Farrell

Susan Hayward ... Jill Wright
Gail Patrick ... Toni Jarrett
Eve Arden ... Belinda Wright
Melville Cooper ... Bradley Cole
Walter Catlett ... J. MacClellan Davis
Mary Treen ... Janie
Tom Kennedy ... Westinghouse
Astrid Allwyn ... Joyce Germaine
Tim Ryan ... Brownie May
Jack Williams ... The Harlem Sandman

Dorothy Dandridge ... Count Basie Band Singer
Albert Whitman ... Dancer, Pops (as Pops & Louie)
Louis Williams ... Dancer, Louie (as Pops and Louie)
The Music Maids ... Singing Group
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Change of Heart (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
82 min | USA:67 min (1949 re-release)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Featured in That's Action (1977) more
Soundtrack:
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1 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Limp musical with stunning black performers., 24 June 1999
5/10
Author: David Atfield (bits@alphalink.com.au) from Canberra, Australia

The plot is so tiny it almost falls off the screen. Of course it's just an excuse for Hayward to look gorgeous and for the performance of a number of wartime hits. But what is remarkable here are the black performers, including Count Basie and Dorothy Dandridge and a pair of amazing male dancers. The central Sandman of Harlem number is outstanding.

The rest is pretty dull with John Carroll trying to be Clark Gable - but Eve Arden provides a few laughs and she works very well with Hayward.

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