Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)

Nancy Peterson and her friends want to get a spot on Bob Crosby's TV show, but their agent has linked them.

Director:

James V. Kern

Writers:

Sid Silvers (screenplay), Hal Kanter (screenplay)

Stars:

Tony Martin, Janet Leigh, Gloria DeHaven

Nominated for 1 Oscar.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Tony Martin	...	Dan Carter
Janet Leigh	...	Nancy Peterson
Gloria DeHaven	...	Hannah Holbrook (as Gloria De Haven)
Eddie Bracken	...	Lew Conway
Ann Miller	...	Joyce Campbell
Barbara Lawrence	...	S.F. (Foxy) Rogers
Charles Dale	...	Leo, Palace Deli (as Joe Smith & Charles Dale)
Joe Smith	...	Harry, Palace Deli (as Joe Smith & Charles Dale)
Taylor Holmes	...	Willard Glendon
Buddy Baer	...	Sailor on Bus
Bob Crosby	...	Orchestra Leader
The Charlivels	...	The Charlivels

Storyline

Young and inexperienced Nancy Peterson leaves her hometown of Pelican Falls, Vermont, to try to make it big on Broadway. Along the way, she meets Hannah Holbrook, Joyce Campbell and S.F. "Foxy" Rogers, three struggling and starving chorines who are heading back to New York after a disastrous run on a showboat in Vermont. In New York, Nancy also meets baritone Dan Carter, who is thinking about heading back to his hometown of Denver after two years of getting nowhere on Broadway. Beyond meeting Nancy, what Hannah, Joyce, Foxy and Dan also have in common is that they are each represented by Lou Conway, a somewhat shyster of an agent who relies on the good-natured if somewhat reluctant funding of local deli owners Leo and Harry to advance Hannah, Joyce, Foxy and Dan's careers. Regardless, Hannah loves Lou, the two who are engaged. To appease most specifically Dan, Lou comes up with his latest scheme to make his name known to the public: move to a new medium - television - by getting him a...

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Plot Keywords:

agent | singing | tv show | television | bingo crosby mannequin | 

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Taglines:

Get set for a Racy Romp up and down the Big Street!

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Genres:

Musical | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

20 November 1951 (USA)

Also Known As:

Luces de Broadway

Company Credits

Production Co:

RKO Radio Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Opening credits: The characters and events depicted in this photoplay are fictional. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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Goofs

When Janet Leigh takes the newspaper clipping from her mirror (after seeing Bob Crosby), you can see that the back of the clipping is unprinted.

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Connections

Referenced in M*A*S*H: Lt. Radar O'Reilly (1976)

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Soundtracks

The Worry Bird
by Jule Styne and Leo Robin
Performed by Janet Leigh, Ann Miller, Barbara Lawrence and Gloria DeHaven (uncredited)

User Reviews

Glossy musical with a young Janet Leigh looking for stardom.

A run-of-the-mill musical with Tony Martin and Janet Leigh in the lead roles. Eddie Bracken provides semi-comic relief. You can see the hand of producer Howard Hughes in this one, with its profusion of showgirls and, for 1951, a heaping helping of skin(albeit, G-rated by today's standards).