''The Hard-Boiled Canary'' is a 1941 American
musical comedy
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film directed by
Andrew L. Stone
Andrew L. Stone (July 16, 1902 – June 9, 1999) was an Americans, American screenwriter, film director and producer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film ''Julie (1956 film), Julie'' in 1957 and re ...
and written by
Robert Lively and Andrew L. Stone. It was later reissued as ''There's Magic in Music''.
The film stars
Allan Jones,
Susanna Foster,
Margaret Lindsay
Margaret Lindsay (born Margaret Kies; September 19, 1910 – May 9, 1981) was an American film actress. Her time as a Warner Bros. contract player during the 1930s was particularly productive. She was noted for her supporting work in successf ...
,
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* Lynne (surname)
* Lynne (given name)
* Lynne, Florida, an unincorporated community
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,
Grace Bradley
Grace Bradley (September 21, 1913 – September 21, 2010) was an American film actress who was active in Hollywood during the 1930s.
Early life
Bradley was born in Brooklyn and was an only child. As a child, she took piano lessons and, by the ...
,
William Collier Sr.
William Collier Sr. (November 12, 1864 – January 13, 1944), born William Morenus, was an American writer, director and actor.
Collier ran away from home when only 11 years old to join a touring company run by Eddie Foy and in 1879 he appeared ...
and
Heimo Haitto. It was released on June 8, 1941, by
Paramount Pictures.
Plot
Young and carefree Michael Maddy helps run
Interlochen Center for the Arts for his ill father. A burlesque performer in a skimpy costume, Toodles LaVerne, impresses him with her voice, enough so that Michael makes and wins a wager with opera-company publicist George Thomas that she's good enough to sing professionally.
The joint is raided and entertainer Madie Duvalle is arrested by the police, but Toodles gets away with Michael's help. He enrolls her in the music camp over the objections of Sylvia Worth, his efficiency expert, and other campers partly because of Toodles's appearance and also because she can't even read music. Michael and George scrub off the stage makeup over Toodles's objections, whereupon she sings a number that impresses everyone at camp. Michael wants her to audition for a New York City opera house.
Madie, out of jail now, does a magazine story about Toodles' past life. The music camp's appalled financial backers pull their funds and their students. In the end, though, Michael manages to get Toodles in front of the opera company, where she wins everyone's approval.
Cast
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Allan Jones as Michael Maddy
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Susanna Foster as Toodles LaVerne
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Margaret Lindsay
Margaret Lindsay (born Margaret Kies; September 19, 1910 – May 9, 1981) was an American film actress. Her time as a Warner Bros. contract player during the 1930s was particularly productive. She was noted for her supporting work in successf ...
as Sylvia Worth
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Lynne Overman Lynne may refer to:
* Lynne (surname)
* Lynne (given name)
* Lynne, Florida, an unincorporated community
* Lynne, Wisconsin, a town in Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States
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as George Thomas
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Grace Bradley
Grace Bradley (September 21, 1913 – September 21, 2010) was an American film actress who was active in Hollywood during the 1930s.
Early life
Bradley was born in Brooklyn and was an only child. As a child, she took piano lessons and, by the ...
as Madie Duvalie
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William Collier, Sr. as Dr. Joseph E. Maddy
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Heimo Haitto as Heimo Haitto
*Peter Meremblum as Peter Meremblum
*William Chapman as William Chapman
*Kaye Connor as Kaye Connor
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Diana Lynn
Diana Marie Lynn (born Dolores Eartha Loehr, July 5, 1926 – December 18, 1971) was an American actress.
Early years
Lynn was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father, Louis Loehr, was an oil supply executive, and her mother, Martha Loe ...
as Dolly Loehr
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Patricia Travers
Patricia Travers (December 5, 1927 – February 9, 2010) was an American violin child prodigy and actress who withdrew from public performances at age 23. She lived in Clifton, New Jersey, her entire life.
Career
Travers began violin lessons at ...
as Patricia Travers
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Richard Bonelli
Richard Bonelli (born George Richard Bunn; 6 February 1889 – 7 June 1980) was an American operatic baritone active from 1915 to the late 1970s. Although he sang predominantly on stage in both light and grand operas, he also performed at vario ...
as himself
*
Richard Hageman
Richard Hageman (9 July 1881 – 6 March 1966) was a Dutch-born American conductor, pianist, composer, and actor.
Biography
Hageman was born and raised in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands. He was the son of Maurits Hageman of Zutphen, a vio ...
as Richard Hegeman
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Irra Petina
Irra Petina (April 18, 1908 – January 19, 2000) was an actress and singer as well as a leading contralto with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. She was called the "floperetta queen" by critic Ken Mandelbaum.
Born in St. Petersburg, Russ ...
as Irra Petine
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Tandy MacKenzie as Tandy MacKenzie
*
Fay Helm
Fay Helm (April 9, 1909 – September 27, 2003) was an American film actress. Born in Bakersfield, California, she appeared in about 65 films between 1936 and 1946. She is perhaps better known for films like A Child is Born (1939), Phantom La ...
as Miss Wilson
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Esther Dale
Esther Dale (November 10, 1885 – July 23, 1961) was an American actress of the stage and screen.
Early years
Dale was born in Beaufort, South Carolina. She attended Leland and Gray Seminary in Townshend, Vermont. In Berlin, Germany, she stu ...
as Miss Clark
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Deems Taylor
Joseph Deems Taylor (December 22, 1885 – July 3, 1966) was an American music critic, composer, and promoter of classical music. Nat Benchley, co-editor of ''The Lost Algonquin Roundtable'', referred to him as "the dean of American music."
Earl ...
as Deems Taylor
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Bertram Marburgh as Mr. Myers
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Carol Holloway as Nurse
References
External links
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1941 films
American musical comedy films
1941 musical comedy films
Paramount Pictures films
Films directed by Andrew L. Stone
American black-and-white films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
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