''Nobody's Darling'' is a 1943 American

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directed by

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and written by Olive Cooper. The film stars Mary Lee, Louis Calhern, Gladys George, Jackie Moran, Lee Patrick and Benny Bartlett. The film was released on August 27, 1943, by Republic Pictures.

Plot

Husband-and-wife acting team Curtis and Eve Farnsworth have a daughter, Janie, who attends a very exclusive boarding school. Janie is frustrated because her parents pay more attention to acting than to her and because Chuck Grant, in charge of the school's upcoming musical production, tells Janie she can't act, can't dance and isn't glamorous enough to be in the show. Janie eventually becomes aware that her father's career is flourishing but her mother's is not. Rather than accept roles opposite a younger co-star, Curtis decides to retire without telling his wife why. Janie, meanwhile, ignored by her parents but encouraged by principal Miss Pennington, turns out to be a very good singer, so now Chuck does want her to perform. Confusion reigns when word is falsely spread that Janie and Chuck are also romantically involved. Their angry parents come to the school to withdraw them. Pennington persuades them to wait until the show, and when they finally see how talented Janie is, everybody ends up happy.

Cast

* Mary Lee as Janie Farnsworth * Louis Calhern as Curtis Farnsworth * Gladys George as Eve Hawthorne * Jackie Moran as Charles Grant Jr. * Lee Patrick as Miss Pennington * Benny Bartlett as Julius aka The Deacon *

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as Lois *Roberta Smith as Texas Gleason * Lloyd Corrigan as Charles Grant Sr. * Jonathan Hale as Jason Rhodes * Sylvia Field as Miss Campbell *Billy Dawson as Jerry Hoke *Beverly Boyd as Corabelle Fiefield * Syd Saylor as Reporter (uncredited)

References

External links

* 1943 films 1940s English-language films American musical films 1943 musical films Republic Pictures films Films directed by Anthony Mann American black-and-white films 1940s American films English-language musical films Films scored by Walter Scharf Films scored by Marlin Skiles {{musical-film-stub