Something to Shout About (1943)

Cast

Credited cast:
	Don Ameche	...	Ken Douglas
	Janet Blair	...	Jeanie Maxwell
	Jack Oakie	...	Larry Martin
	William Gaxton	...	Willard Samson
	Cobina Wright	...	Donna Davis (as Cobina Wright Jr.)
	Veda Ann Borg	...	Flo Bentley
	Jaye Martin	...	Dan Howard
	Cyd Charisse	...	Lily (as Lily Norwood)
	The Bricklayers	...	Speciality Act
	Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra	...	Teddy Wilson's Orchestra
	Hazel Scott	...	Hazel Scott
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Charles Judels
	Teddy Wilson	...	Orchestra Leader

Storyline

Following three flops in a row, Broadway stage producer Willard Samson is told by wealthy divorcée Donna Davis that she will finance a show but only if she is the star. The fact she can neither sing, act nor dance does not deter Samson. His press agent, Ken Douglas, lives in a theatrical boarding house run by his friend from vaudeville, Larry Martin, where he meets Jeanie Maxwell, singing teacher and aspiring songwriter from, of course, Altoona, Pa., who has come to New York to sell her songs. Samson is not interested in her songs as much as he is her stage abilities, but he can't get rid of Donna. Ken is also plugging for Samson to use the vaudeville acts, living at the boarding house, who can't get work because there is no more vaudeville, despite the fact that some of the acts are examples of what killed vaudeville in the first place. The show appears to have potential... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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