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The Doughgirls is a 1944 American comedy film directed by James V. Kern based on the 1942 hit Broadway play written by Joseph Fields.The film works around three newlywed couples, focusing on the Halstead couple, played by Jane Wyman and Jack Carson, and their misadventures trying to find some privacy and living space in the housing shortage of WWII era Washington, D.C. Eve Arden as a Russian ...
Broadway is a 1942 crime drama musical film directed by William A. Seiter and starring George Raft as himself and Pat O'Brien as a detective. [2] The supporting cast features Janet Blair and Broderick Crawford. [3] Another fictionalized biographical movie based on Raft's life, The George Raft Story (1961), featured a different actor playing Raft.
The Greeks Had a Word for Them (also known as Three Broadway Girls) is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Lowell Sherman, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and released by United Artists. It stars Ina Claire , Joan Blondell , and Madge Evans and is based on the play The Greeks Had a Word for It by Zoe Akins .
The Doughgirls is a three-act play written by Joseph Fields.Producer Max Gordon staged it on Broadway, where it debuted at the Lyceum Theatre on December 30, 1942. The play is a comedy about three unmarried women sharing a room in an overcrowded hotel in Washington, D.C. during World War II.
The Big Street is a 1942 American drama film starring Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball, based on the 1940 short story "Little Pinks" by Damon Runyon, who also produced it.It was directed by Irving Reis [2] [3] from a screenplay by Leonard Spigelgass.
December 7th: The Movie: John Ford, Gregg Toland: Walter Huston, Dana Andrews: Propaganda film: Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject: The News Parade of the Year 1942: Eugene W. Castle: Short documentary: Prelude to War: Frank Capra: Documentary: The first of Capra's Why We Fight film series Sex Hygiene: Otto Brower, John Ford: George ...
O'Brien primarily performed in comedic roles during the height of her formal film career. This was in part due to her intentionally humorous singing style, which involved her singing in a deadpan manner, with no facial expressions and very little movement– reportedly she stumbled upon this "gimmick" by accident during a stage show when she became virtually paralyzed with stage fright before ...
February 11, 1942 The Courtship of Andy Hardy: 12th entry in the Andy Hardy film series February 18, 1942 Born to Sing: March 1942 This Time for Keeps: March 11, 1942 Rio Rita: April 17, 1942 Kid Glove Killer: April 22, 1942 Fingers at the Window: April 30, 1942 We Were Dancing: April 1942 Mokey: May 8, 1942 Sunday Punch: May 21, 1942 Tortilla ...