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''The Powers Girl'', sometimes retitled ''Hello, Beautiful'', is a 1943
''The Powers Girl'', sometimes retitled ''Hello, Beautiful'', is a 1943 musical comedy
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movemen ...
film about women employed by John Robert Powers
John Robert Powers (September 14, 1892 – July 21, 1977) was an American actor and founder of a New York City modeling agency.
In 1923, Powers founded a modeling school. The John Robert Powers Agency represented models who aspired to success in ...
' modeling agency. Starring George Murphy
George Lloyd Murphy (July 4, 1902 – May 3, 1992) was an American dancer, actor, and politician. Murphy was a song-and-dance leading man in many big-budget Hollywood musicals from 1930 to 1952. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild fro ...
, Anne Shirley
Anne Shirley is a fictional character introduced in the 1908 novel '' Anne of Green Gables'' by L. M. Montgomery. Shirley is featured throughout the classic book series, which revolve around her life and family in 19th and 20th-century Prince Edw ...
, and Carole Landis
Carole Landis (born Frances Lillian Mary Ridste; January 1, 1919 – July 5, 1948) was an American actress and singer. She worked as a contract player for Twentieth Century-Fox in the 1940s. Her breakout role was as the female lead in the 1940 ...
, the film was directed by Norman Z. McLeod and based upon the book by John Robert Powers
John Robert Powers (September 14, 1892 – July 21, 1977) was an American actor and founder of a New York City modeling agency.
In 1923, Powers founded a modeling school. The John Robert Powers Agency represented models who aspired to success in ...
(played by Alan Mowbray
Alan Mowbray (born Alfred Ernest Allen; 18 August 1896 – 25 March 1969) was an English stage and film actor who found success in Hollywood.
Early life
Mowbray was born in London, England. He served with distinction in the British Army in W ...
in the film).
It was filmed during the height of the Big Band
A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Big bands originated during the early 1910s an ...
era and features Benny Goodman and His Orchestra. Vocalist Peggy Lee
Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalis ...
sings with the band in an unbilled appearance during one sequence.
Cast
*George Murphy
George Lloyd Murphy (July 4, 1902 – May 3, 1992) was an American dancer, actor, and politician. Murphy was a song-and-dance leading man in many big-budget Hollywood musicals from 1930 to 1952. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild fro ...
as Jerry Hendricks
*Anne Shirley
Anne Shirley is a fictional character introduced in the 1908 novel '' Anne of Green Gables'' by L. M. Montgomery. Shirley is featured throughout the classic book series, which revolve around her life and family in 19th and 20th-century Prince Edw ...
as Ellen Evans
*Carole Landis
Carole Landis (born Frances Lillian Mary Ridste; January 1, 1919 – July 5, 1948) was an American actress and singer. She worked as a contract player for Twentieth Century-Fox in the 1940s. Her breakout role was as the female lead in the 1940 ...
as Kay Evans
*Dennis Day
Dennis Day (born Owen Patrick Eugene McNulty; May 21, 1916 – June 22, 1988) was an American actor, comedian, and singer. He was of Irish descent.
Early life
Day was born and raised in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx, New York City, the ...
as Himself
*Benny Goodman
Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing".
From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States. His co ...
as Himself
*Alan Mowbray
Alan Mowbray (born Alfred Ernest Allen; 18 August 1896 – 25 March 1969) was an English stage and film actor who found success in Hollywood.
Early life
Mowbray was born in London, England. He served with distinction in the British Army in W ...
as John Robert Powers
John Robert Powers (September 14, 1892 – July 21, 1977) was an American actor and founder of a New York City modeling agency.
In 1923, Powers founded a modeling school. The John Robert Powers Agency represented models who aspired to success in ...
*Peggy Lee
Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalis ...
as Herself (uncredited)
*Jean Ames as Googie
*Mary Treen as Nancy
*Rafael Storm as Vandy Vandegrift
*Helen MacKellar
Helen MacKellar (February 13, 1895 – August 5, 1966) was an American actress.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, MacKeller's ancestry was Scottish and French-Canadian. She studied acting in Chicago and Spokane. Her stage debut came in Spokane in ''Th ...
as Mrs. Hendricks
*Harry Shannon as Mr. Hendricks
*Roseanne Murray as Edna Lambert
*Jayne Hazard as Model in Waiting Room
*Lillian Eggers as Model
*Linda Stirling
Linda Stirling (born Louise Schultz; October 11, 1921 – July 20, 1997) was an American showgirl, model, and actress. In her later years, she had a second career as a college English professor for more than two decades. She is most famous ...
as Model
*Evelyn Frey as Model
*Eloise Hart as Model
*Patricia Mace as Model
* Barbara Slater as Model
*Rosemary Coleman as Model
*Edna Johnson as Model
*Rebel Randall
Rebel Randall (born Alaine Charlotte Dorothy Brandes, January 22, 1922 – July 22, 2010), was an American film actress and radio personality. She appeared in approximately 50 films between 1940 and 1956.
Career
She was a popular G.I. pin-up ...
as Model
*Teala Loring
Teala Loring (born Marcia Eloise Griffin; October 6, 1922 – January 28, 2007) was an American actress who appeared in over 30 films during the 1940s.
Life and career
Born in Denver, Colorado, she was the sister of actors Debra Paget, Lis ...
as Model (billed as Judith Gibson)
References
External links
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Powers Girl 1943 films 1943 musical comedy films American black-and-white films American musical comedy films Films directed by Norman Z. McLeod Films scored by Louis Silvers Films set in New York City United Artists films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films