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1941'S BIGGEST, GAYEST MUSICAL TRIUMPH!
New York chorus girl Cindy Lou Bethany becomes frustrated when she prepares for an audition for a Broadway musical, but the auditions close and her roommate, Gwen Abbott, is hired to be secretary to Top Rumson, the show's financial backer. Gwen tells Cindy that the director, Lloyd Lloyd, and composer, Dick Rayburn, have been sent to the South on a talent search for a classic Southern belle type to star in the show, although their shows usually feature Myra Stanhope, an actress whose style is hopelessly inappropriate for this show. Desperate for work, Cindy returns to her aunt Lily Lou and uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany's home in the South and schemes to get Lloyd and Rayburn to audition her.Read moreLess
New York chorus girl Cindy Lou Bethany becomes frustrated when she prepares for an audition for a Broadway musical, but the auditions close and her roommate, Gwen Abbott, is hired to be secretary to Top Rumson, the show's financial backer. Gwen tells Cindy that the director, Lloyd Lloyd, and composer, Dick Rayburn, have been sent to the South on a talent search for a classic Southern belle type to star in the show, although their shows usually feature Myra Stanhope, an actress whose style is hopelessly inappropriate for this show. Desperate for work, Cindy returns to her aunt Lily Lou and uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany's home in the South and schemes to get Lloyd and Rayburn to audition her.
The story
New York chorus girl Cindy Lou Bethany becomes frustrated when she prepares for an audition for a Broadway musical, but the auditions close and her roommate, Gwen Abbott, is hired to be secretary to Top Rumson, the show's financial backer. Gwen tells Cindy that the director, Lloyd Lloyd, and composer, Dick Rayburn, have been sent to the South on a talent search for a classic Southern belle type to star in the show, although their shows usually feature Myra Stanhope, an actress whose style is hopelessly inappropriate for this show. Desperate for work, Cindy returns to her aunt Lily Lou and uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany's home in the South and schemes to get Lloyd and Rayburn to audition her.
Cast & crew
Don AmecheLloyd Lloyd
Mary MartinCindy Lou Bethany
Oscar LevantDick Rayburn
Virginia DaleGwendolyn Abbott
Barbara Jo AllenMyra Stanhope
Raymond WalburnTop Rumson
Elizabeth PattersonAunt Lily Lou Bethany
Jerome CowanBert Fisher
Connee BoswellPolly
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Minor WatsonUncle Jefferson Davis Bethany
Jean PorterGirl Going to Audition (uncredited)Explore the crew
- Screenplay
- Harry Tugend
- Original Music Composer
- Victor Young
- Producer
- Paul Jones
- Producer
- William LeBaron
- Director
- Victor Schertzinger
- Editor
- Paul Weatherwax
- Screenplay
- Dwight Taylor
- Director of Photography
- Ted Tetzlaff