Screen Snapshots: Laguna U.S.A. (1947)

Cast

Credited cast:
	Brian Aherne	...	Himself - rehearsing play of ' Of Mice and Men'
	Art Baker	...	Narrator
	Eddie Bracken	...	Himself - rehearsing role of 'George' in play of 'Of Mice and Men'
	Marian Carr	...	Herself
	Lon Chaney Jr.	...	Himself - rehearsing role of 'Lennie' in play of 'Off Mice and Men'
	Dane Clark	...	Himself - rehearsing role of 'Curly' in play of 'Of Mice and Men'
	Fred Clark	...	Himself
	Barbara Freking	...	Herself
	William Henry	...	Himself
	Ted North	...	Himself (as Michael North)
	Barbara Read	...	Herself
	Benay Venuta	...	Herself

Storyline

The correct and full name of this short is "Screen Snapshots: Laguna,U.S.A." (Columbia production number 9852), in which director/producer Ralph Staub is out touring Laguna Beach. While there, he drops in at the Griffin Theatre where actors Brian Aherne, Lon Chaney Jr., Dane Clark and Eddie Bracken are rehearsing, as members of the Griffin Theatre Players, their roles in an upcoming stage presentation of "Of Mice and Men." To be precise, Lon Chaney is not in this film as "Lennie", as some sources seem to think. He is in this film as himself, an actor, rehearsing the role of "Lennie" (which he played in the 1939 film) for a stage production of "Of Mice and Men." That makes a slight difference in identifying his role in this short. The Griffin Theatre Players was an orginization of (mainly) film players who liked to get back "to their roots" and "on the boards" once in a while. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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