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''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, movement ...

film about women employed by John Robert Powers' 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 Ed ...

, 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 Norman Zenos McLeod (September 20, 1898 – January 27, 1964) was an American film director, screenwriter and cartoonist. McLeod's most acclaimed work was made in collaboration with major comic performers of the 1930s, and included such films as ...

and based upon the book by John Robert Powers (played by Alan Mowbray 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 ...

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

as Jerry Hendricks *

as Ellen Evans *

as Kay Evans * Dennis Day 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 conc ...

as Himself * Alan Mowbray as John Robert Powers *

as Herself (uncredited) *Jean Ames as Googie *Mary Treen as Nancy *Rafael Storm as Vandy Vandegrift * Helen MacKellar 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 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)

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* * * {{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