Music in Manhattan (1944)

6.0/10 81 min Music Romance

Overview

Frankie Foster and Stanley Benson are a pair of small-potatoes performers. Both try to make it to the big-time after winning an amateur talent contest. Though this leads them to a few professional gigs, something is missing from their act and they are not popular. Believing a little cash will boost their career, Frankie heads for Washington, D.C. to see if her wealthy father will help them. En route Frankie is mistaken for the wife of the well-known pilot Johnny Pearson and ends up in his suite having to pretend she is his spouse. When the pilot meets her, romantic sparks fly.

Cast

Anne Shirley

Frankie Foster

Dennis Day

Stanley Benson

Phillip Terry

Johnny Pearson

Raymond Walburn

Prof. Carl Roberti

Jane Darwell

Mrs. Pearson

Patti Brill

Gladys

Charlie Barnet

Himself - Orchestra Leader

Joan Barclay

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Don Dillaway

Major Hargrove (uncredited)

Chris Drake

Bellboy (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Edmund Glover

Officer (uncredited)

John Hamilton

Mr. Bradley, the Banker (uncredited)

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