''I Love a Bandleader'' is a 1945 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
Del Lord
Delmer "Del" Lord (October 7, 1894March 23, 1970) was a Canadians, Canadian film director and actor best known as a director of Three Stooges films.
Career
Delmer Lord was born in the small town of Grimsby, Ontario, Canada. Interested in the the ...
and starring
Phil Harris
Wonga Philip Harris (June 24, 1904 – August 11, 1995) was an American actor, comedian, musician and songwriter. He was an orchestra leader and a pioneer in radio situation comedy, first with ''The Jack Benny Program'', then in '' The Phil Harr ...
,
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Eddie or Eddy may refer to:
Science and technology
*Eddy (fluid dynamics), the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid flows past an obstacle
* Eddie (text editor), a text editor originally for BeOS and now ported to Lin ...
and
Leslie Brooks
Leslie Brooks (born Virginia Leslie Gettman; July 13, 1922 – July 1, 2011) was an American film actress, model and dancer.
Early life
Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, her parents brought her to Southern California at an early age, where aroun ...
.
[Foster p.184]
Main cast
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Phil Harris
Wonga Philip Harris (June 24, 1904 – August 11, 1995) was an American actor, comedian, musician and songwriter. He was an orchestra leader and a pioneer in radio situation comedy, first with ''The Jack Benny Program'', then in '' The Phil Harr ...
as Phil Burton
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Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Eddie or Eddy may refer to:
Science and technology
*Eddy (fluid dynamics), the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid flows past an obstacle
* Eddie (text editor), a text editor originally for BeOS and now ported to Lin ...
as Newton H. Newton
*
Leslie Brooks
Leslie Brooks (born Virginia Leslie Gettman; July 13, 1922 – July 1, 2011) was an American film actress, model and dancer.
Early life
Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, her parents brought her to Southern California at an early age, where aroun ...
as Ann Stuart
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Walter Catlett
Walter Leland Catlett (February 4, 1889 – November 14, 1960) was an American actor and comedian. He made a career of playing excitable, meddlesome, temperamental, and officious blowhards.
Career
Catlett was born on February 4, 1889, in S ...
as B. Templeton James
*
Frank Sully
Francis Thomas Sullivan (June 17, 1908 December 17, 1975), known professionally as Frank Sully, was an American film actor. He appeared in over 240 films between 1934 and 1968. Today's audiences know him best as the dumb detective in the ''Bost ...
as Dan Benson
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James Burke as Charles Gibley
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Pierre Watkin
Pierre Frank Watkin (December 29, 1887 – February 3, 1960) was an American character actor best known for playing distinguished authority figures throughout the Golden Age of Hollywood. He is best remembered for his roles of Mr. Skinner the b ...
as Dr. Gardiner
* The Four Vees as The Jordan Sisters
References
Bibliography
* Foster, Charles. ''Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood''. Dundurn, 2000.
External links
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1945 films
1945 musical comedy films
1940s English-language films
American musical comedy films
Films directed by Del Lord
Columbia Pictures films
American black-and-white films
1940s American films
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