Make Believe Ballroom (1949)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Jerome Courtland	...	Gene Thomas
	Ruth Warrick	...	Liza Lee
	Ron Randell	...	Leslie Todd
	Virginia Welles	...	Josie Marlow
	Al Jarvis	...	Himself - Al Jarvis - Disc Jockey
	Frankie Laine	...	Himself - Singer Frankie Laine
	Nat 'King' Cole	...	Himself - Trio Leader (as King Cole Trio)
	The King Cole Trio	...	Themselves - King Cole Trio
	Toni Harper	...	Herself - Singer Toni Harper
	Jack Smith	...	Himself - Singer Jack Smith
	Kay Starr	...	Herself - Singer Kay Starr
	The Sportsmen Quartet	...	Themselves - The Sportsmen Quartet (as The Sportsmen)
	Charlie Barnet	...	Himself - Band Leader Charlie Barnet
	Jimmy Dorsey	...	Himself - Band Leader Jimmy Dorsey
	Jan Garber	...	Himself - Band Leader Jan Garber

Storyline

Liza Lee, fast-talking press agent for Al Jarvis, persuades Jarvis to stage a Musical Mystery Contest, with a $5000 prize to the person who can first name the most musical numbers and their performers. Drive-in carhops Gene Thomas ) and Josie Marlow run neck-and-neck in the contest, They are friendly rivals until college professor Leslie Todd begins courting Josie. Gene is thrown out of the contest on the grounds he tried to bribe sound engineer Jerskin Elliott into telling him the name and performer of the final, deciding mystery tune. Believing that Gene is innocent, Josie tricks a confession out of Elliott and clears Gene for the grand finale. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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