''Follies Girl'' is a 1943 American

musical comedy film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...

directed by William Rowland and starring

Wendy Barrie Wendy Barrie (born Marguerite Wendy Jenkins; 18 April 1912 – 2 February 1978) was a British-American film and television actress. Early life Barrie was born in London to English parents. Her father, Francis Charles John Graigoe Jenkin KC ...

Doris Nolan Doris Nolan (July 14, 1916 – July 29, 1998) was an American actress best known for her Broadway roles and her appearance in the 1938 movie ''Holiday''. She appeared in plays and films during the 1930s and 1940s. Later she moved to the UK, w ...

and

Gordon Oliver Gordon Oliver (April 27, 1910 – January 26, 1995) was an American actor and film producer. He appeared in more than 40 films and television shows between 1933 and 1972. Biography Oliver began working in films in 1936, eventually working ...

. It was made by the

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studio

Producers Releasing Corporation Producers Releasing Corporation was the smallest and least prestigious of the Hollywood film studios of the 1940s. It was considered a prime example of what was called "Poverty Row": a low-rent stretch of Gower Street in Hollywood where shoest ...

. Much of the film takes place in or around a

burlesque house A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects.

.Koszarski p.553 It was the final film appearance of Barrie apart from a

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in '' It Should Happen to You''.

Cast

as Anne Merriday *

as Francine La Rue *

as Pvt. Jerry Hamlin * Anne Barrett as Bunny * Arthur Pierson as Sgt. Bill Perkins * J.C. Nugent as J.B. Hamlin *

Cora Witherspoon Cora Witherspoon (January 5, 1890 – November 17, 1957) was an American stage and film character actress whose career spanned nearly half a century. She began in theatre where she remained rooted even after entering motion pictures in the ...

as Mrs. J.B. Hamlin *

William Harrigan William Harrigan (March 27, 1894 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor who performed in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s and on stage. Early years Harrigan was born in New York City and attended New York Military Academy. Harrigan was ...

as Jimmy Dobson * Jay Brennan as Andre Duval * Lew Hearn as Lew * Cliff Hall as Cliff * Marion McGuire as Trixie * Pat C. Flick as Patsy * Anthony Blair as Somers * Jerri Blanchard as Jerri * Sergei Badamsky as Scarini * G. Swayne Gordon as Doorman * Ray Heatherton as Bandleader Ray Heatherton * Johnny Long as Bandleader Johnny Long * Bobby Byrne as Bandleader Bobby Byrne * Ernie Holst as Bandleader Ernie Holst * Charles Weidman as Charles Weidman-Speciality *

Fritzi Scheff Fritzi Scheff (born Friederike Scheff; August 30, 1879 – April 8, 1954) was an American actress and singer. Biography Born Friederike Scheff in Vienna to Dr. Gottfried Scheff and Anna Yeager, she studied at the Hoch Conservatory in Fran ...

as Fritzi Scheff * Claire and Arene as Specialty Act * Lazare and Castellanos as Specialty Act * The Song Spinners as Singers * The Heat Waves as Specialty Act *

Virginia Mayo Virginia Mayo (born Virginia Clara Jones; November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005) was an American actress and dancer. She was in a series of comedy films with Danny Kaye and was Warner Brothers' biggest box-office money-maker in the late 1940s. ...

as Chorine

References

Bibliography

* Koszarski, Richard. ''Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff''. Rutgers University Press, 2008.

External links

* 1943 films 1943 musical comedy films American musical comedy films American black-and-white films Producers Releasing Corporation films 1940s English-language films Films directed by William Rowland 1940s American films English-language musical comedy films {{musical-comedy-film-stub