''Cheer Up and Smile'' is a 1930 American
pre-Code
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musical film
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directed by
Sidney Lanfield
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The one-time jazz musician and vaudevillian star started his first directing job ...
. The film starred
Arthur Lake,
Dixie Lee
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Biography
She was born Wilma Winifred Wyatt in Harriman, Tennessee, on No ...
and
Olga Baclanova
Olga Vladimirovna Baklanova (russian: О́льга Влади́мировна Бакла́нова; 19 August 1893 – 6 September 1974), known professionally as Olga Baclanova, was a Russian-born actress who found success in Hollywood film and ...
and a 23-year-old
John Wayne
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had a minor uncredited role.
Plot
Cast
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Arthur Lake as Eddie Fripp
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Dixie Lee
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She was born Wilma Winifred Wyatt in Harriman, Tennessee, on No ...
as Margie
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Olga Baclanova
Olga Vladimirovna Baklanova (russian: О́льга Влади́мировна Бакла́нова; 19 August 1893 – 6 September 1974), known professionally as Olga Baclanova, was a Russian-born actress who found success in Hollywood film and ...
as Yvonne
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"Whispering" Jack Smith as Himself
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Johnny Arthur
Johnny Arthur (born John Lennox Arthur Williams; May 20, 1883 – December 31, 1951) was an American stage and motion picture actor.
Early years
Born in Scottdale, Pennsylvania, Arthur was a veteran of twenty-five years on stage before he made ...
as Andy
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Charles Judels
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Early years
Judels was born on August 17, 1882, in Amsterdam as a third generation in a family of actors. His grandfather owned several theatres throughout th ...
as Pierre
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John Darrow
John Darrow (born Harry Simpson; 17 July 1907 – 24 February 1980) was an American actor of the late silent and early talking film eras.
Biography
Born in Leonia, New Jersey in 1907, Darrow began acting in theater with a stock company, right ...
as Tom
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Sumner Getchell
Sumner Getchell (October 20, 1906 – September 21, 1990) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1926 and 1953. He was born in Oakland, California, and died in Sebastopol, California.
Partial filmography
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as Paul
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Franklin Pangborn
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as Professor
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Buddy Messinger
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as Donald
Production notes
The role played by Arthur Lake had originally been written for
"Whispering" Jack Smith.
See also
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List of American films of 1930
A list of American feature films released in 1930.
'' All Quiet on the Western Front'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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D-F
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See also
* 1930 in American television
* 1930 in the United State ...
References
External links
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1930 films
1930 musical films
Fox Film films
American musical films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Sidney Lanfield
1930 directorial debut films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
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