''Stage Struck'' is 1936 American musical film directed by

Busby Berkeley Busby Berkeley (born Berkeley William Enos; November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976) was an American film director and musical choreographer. Berkeley devised elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns. Berke ...

and starring Dick Powell,

Joan Blondell Joan Blondell (born Rose Joan Bluestein; August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an American actress who performed in film and television for 50 years. Blondell began her career in vaudeville. After winning a beauty pageant, she embarked on ...

and

Warren William Warren William (born Warren William Krech; December 2, 1894 – September 24, 1948) was a Broadway and Hollywood actor, immensely popular during the early 1930s; he was later nicknamed the "King of Pre-Code". He was the first actor to play Pe ...

.Bubbeo p.7 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert M. Haas.

Plot summary

Cast

* Dick Powell as George Randall *

as Peggy Revere *

as Fred Harris *

Frank McHugh Francis Curry McHugh (May 23, 1898 – September 11, 1981) was an American stage, radio, film and television actor. Early years Born in Homestead, Pennsylvania, of Irish descent, McHugh came from a theatrical family. His parents, Edward A ...

as Sid * The Yacht Club Boys as Singing Quartette *

Jeanne Madden Jeanne Madden (born Jeanne Ethel Madden; November 10, 1917 – January 15, 1989), was an American singer known for her roles in musical theatre.Hischak p.404 She also appeared in a handful of films. Filmography * '' Stage Struck'' (1936) * ...

as Ruth Williams * Carol Hughes as Gracie * Craig Reynolds as Gilmore Frost *

Hobart Cavanaugh Hobart Cavanaugh (September 22, 1886 – April 26, 1950 ) was an American character actor in films and on stage. Biography He was born in Virginia City, Nevada on September 22, 1886. Cavanaugh attended the University of California. He worked in ...

as Wayne *

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 Oscar Freud *

Spring Byington Spring Dell Byington (October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971) was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of '' December Bride''. She was a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player who appeared in ...

as Mrs. Randall * Thomas Pogue as Dr. Stanley *

Andrew Tombes Andrew Tombes (29 June 1885 – 17 March 1976) was an American comedian and character actor. Biography The son of a grocer, originally from Ashtabula, Ohio, Tombes was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy. Early in his career, he worked as a v ...

as Burns Heywood *

Lulu McConnell Lulu McConnell (April 8, 1882 – October 9, 1962) was an American comic actress who performed in vaudeville, Broadway musicals, radio, and television. She was best known as a panelist on the comedic radio show ''It Pays to be Ignorant'', and for ...

as Toots O'Connor *

Val Stanton Val may refer to: Val-a Film * ''Val'' (film), an American documentary about Val Kilmer, directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo Military equipment * Aichi D3A, a Japanese World War II dive bomber codenamed "Val" by the Allies * AS Val, a Sov ...

as Cooper * Ernie Stanton as Marley *

Edward Gargan Edward Gargan (July 17, 1902 – February 19, 1964) was an American film and television actor. Career He was born of Irish parents in Brooklyn, New York. He was the elder brother of actor William Gargan. As soon as he had left college, he wen ...

as Rordan *

Eddy Chandler Eddy Chandler (March 12, 1894 – March 23, 1948) was an American actor who appeared, mostly uncredited, in more than 350 films. Three of these films won the Academy Award for Best Picture: ''It Happened One Night'' (1934), '' You Can't ...

as Heney *

Libby Taylor Libby Taylor (1902-1961) was an African American character actress of the stage and screen who was active in Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1950s. Biography In 1933, while working as a struggling actress in Harlem, she accepted Mae West's ...

as Yvonne * Mary Gordon as Mrs. Cassidy

References

Bibliography

* Daniel Bubbeo. ''The Women of Warner Brothers''. McFarland, 2001.

External links

* * * * 1936 films 1936 musical films American black-and-white films American musical films Films about musical theatre Films directed by Busby Berkeley Warner Bros. films Films scored by Heinz Roemheld Films with screenplays by Robert Lord (screenwriter) Films produced by Robert Lord (screenwriter) Films produced by Hal B. Wallis 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{musical-film-stub