''Meet Miss Bobby Socks'' is a 1944 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
Glenn Tryon and starring
Bob Crosby and
Lynn Merrick. The film was released by
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the mu ...
on October 12, 1944.
Cast
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Bob Crosby as Don Collins
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Lynn Merrick as Helen Tyler
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Louise Erickson as Susan Tyler
*Robert White as Howard Barnes
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Howard Freeman as Tom Tyler
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Kim Loo Sisters as Speciality Act
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Louis Jordan
Louis Thomas Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as " the King of the Jukebox", he earned his high ...
as Louis Jordan
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The Tympany Five as themselves
*Bob Alden as Bob (uncredited)
*Venna Archer as Jitterbug (uncredited)
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Carla Balenda
Carla Balenda (born Sally Bliss, November 22, 1925) is an American former film and television actress.
Early life
She was born on November 22, 1925, in Carthage, New York, U.S. She attended high school in Baldwin, Long Island, and participated ...
as Pillow (uncredited)
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Gladys Blake
Gladys Blake (born Gladys Timmons, May 12, 1910 – May 21, 1983) was an American character actress from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Biography
Blake was born on January 12, 1910 in Luray, Virginia. Her mother, Ada Timmons, died when Gladys was l ...
as Mrs. Loomis (uncredited)
*Marguerite Campbell as Bobby Sock Girl (uncredited)
*Bill Chaney as Jitterbug (uncredited)
*Mary Currier as Mrs. Tyler (uncredited)
*Daisy as Thirsty (uncredited)
*Pauline Drake as Receptionist (uncredited)
*Toni Eden as Bobby Sock Girl (uncredited)
*Raoul Freeman as Guard (uncredited)
*Helen Gerald as Bobby Sock Girl (uncredited)
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John Hamilton as R. N. Swanson (uncredited)
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Rex Lease as Guard (uncredited)
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Nelson Leigh
Nelson Leigh (born Sydney Talbot Christie; January 1, 1905 – July 3, 1985) was an American motion picture actor of the 1940s and 1950s.
Early years
Born in Mississippi, Leigh was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Christie. He was a graduate ...
as Henry Bricker (uncredited)
*Teddy Mangean as Messenger (uncredited)
*Alphonse Martell as Headwaiter (uncredited)
*Forbes Murray as Colonel (uncredited)
*Pat Parrish as Gloria (uncredited)
*Joey Ray as Announcer (uncredited)
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Syd Saylor as Harry Loomis (uncredited)
*Michel Silva as Michel (uncredited)
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John Tyrrell as Waiter Captain (uncredited)
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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 Quinlan (uncredited)
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Florence Wix as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Douglas Wood as Principal Whitaker (uncredited)
Production
Robert White was cast on the basis of his performance on
Broadway in ''
Kiss and Tell''. Filming took place in June 1944.
[Group Theater Pair Film Collaborators, Los Angeles Times 15 June 1944: A8.]
References
External links
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''Meet Miss Bobby Socks''at
TCMDB
1944 films
American musical comedy films
Columbia Pictures films
1944 musical comedy films
American black-and-white films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
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