''George White's Scandals'' is a 1934 American

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directed by George White and written by Jack Yellen. The film stars

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, Alice Faye,

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and Dixie Dunbar. The film was released on March 16, 1934, by

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. George White also produced ''

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'' for RKO in 1945. It was directed by Felix E. Feist and starred

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and

Jack Haley John Joseph Haley Jr. (August 10, 1898 – June 6, 1979) was an American actor, comedian, dancer, radio host, singer, drummer and vaudevillian. He was best known for his portrayal of the Tin Man and his farmhand counterpart Hickory in the 193 ...

Plot

Cast

as Jimmy Martin *

as Happy McGillicuddy * Alice Faye as Kitty Donnelly / Mona Vale *

as Barbara Loraine *

as Nicholas Mitwoch *

as Stew Hart * Dixie Dunbar as Patsy Day * George White as George White *

Gertrude Michael Lillian Gertrude Michael (June 1, 1911 – December 31, 1964), sometimes nicknamed Beck Michael, was an American film, stage and television actress. Biography Lillian Gertrude Michael was born in Talladega, Alabama to Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Mich ...

as Miss Lee * Warren Hymer as Pete Pandos * Thomas E. Jackson as Al Burke * Armand Kaliz as Count Dekker * Roger Gray as Sailor Brown * William Bailey as Harold Bestry * George Irving as John R. Loraine *

Edward LeSaint Edward LeSaint (January 1, 1871 – September 10, 1940) was an American stage and film actor and Film director, director whose career began in the silent film, silent era. He acted in over 300 films and directed more than 90. He was sometimes ...

as Judge O'Neill * Eunice Coleman as Wife in King Henry VIII sketch * Martha Merrill as Wife in King Henry VIII sketch * Lois Eckert as Wife in King Henry VIII sketch * Hilda Knight as Wife in King Henry VIII sketch * Peggy Moseley as Wife in King Henry VIII sketch * Lucile Walker as Wife in King Henry VIII sketch * Edna Mae Jones as Eleanor Sawyer * Marie Ormiston as Jean Moriston * Richard Alexander as Iceman * Richard Carle as Minister

Reception

The film was a box office disappointment for Fox.

References

External links

* * * 1934 films Fox Film films American musical films 1934 musical films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films English-language musical films {{musical-film-stub