Tin Pan Alley
THE MUSICAL of OUR EXCITING TIMES! The unbelievable street where songs are born, now tells its stirring story!
1940 | 94m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Walter Lang |
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| Writer: | Robert Ellis, Helen Logan |
| Staring: |
| Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in England. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 29, 1940 |
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| Director: | Walter Lang |
| Writer: | Robert Ellis, Helen Logan |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Music |
| Keywords | musical |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Alice Faye | Katie Blane |
| Betty Grable | Lily Blane |
| Jack Oakie | Harry Calhoun |
| John Payne | Skeets Harrigan |
| Allen Jenkins | Casey |
| Esther Ralston | Nora Bayes |
| Harold Nicholas | Dancer |
| Fayard Nicholas | Dancer |
| Ben Carter | Boy |
| John Loder | Reggie Carstairs |
| Elisha Cook Jr. | Joe Codd |
| Fred Keating | Harvey Raymond |
| Billy Gilbert | Sheik |
| Lillian Porter | Telephone Operator |
| Princess Vanessa Ammon | Specialty |
| Betty Brian | Singer |
| Doris Brian | Singer |
| Gwen Brian | Singer |
| Roberts Brothers | Specialty |
| Tyler Brooke | Bert Melville |
| Hal K. Dawson | Hotel Clerk |
| William B. Davidson | Hotel Manager |
| Lionel Pape | Lord Stanley |
| Billy Bevan | Stage Doorman |
| Dewey Robinson | Dumb Guy |
| Robert Emmett Keane | Manager |
| John Sheehan | Announcer |
| George Watts | Mike Buckner |
| Ted Billings | Recruit Poster Peddler in Montage (uncredited) |
| Bobby Callahan | Newsboy (uncredited) |
| Maurice Costello | (uncredited) |
| Franklyn Farnum | Man in Audience (uncredited) |
| James Flavin | Army Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | Nightclub Guest (uncredited) |
| Kit Guard | Ringsider (uncredited) |
| Eddie Hall | Man Reading Headline (uncredited) |
| John Indrisano | Kid Skeets' Cornerman (uncredited) |
| Larry McGrath | Referee (uncredited) |
| Pat McKee | Two Punch Hogan (uncredited) |
| Bud Mercer | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Jim Mercer | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Louis Mercier | (uncredited) |
| Charles R. Moore | Porter at Railroad Station (uncredited) |
| Jack Roper | Nick Palerno (uncredited) |
| Mary Stewart | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Harry Strang | Marching Doughboy (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Tuttle | (uncredited) |
| Charles C. Wilson | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Walter Lang | Director |
| Robert Ellis | Screenplay |
| Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Travis Banton | Costume Design |
| Helen Logan | Screenplay |
| Cyril J. Mockridge | Original Music Composer |
| Leon Shamroy | Director of Photography |
| Walter Thompson | Editor |
| Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Joseph C. Wright | Art Direction |
| Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Eugene Grossman | Sound |
| Roger Heman Sr. | Sound |
| Gene Bryant | Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Kenneth Macgowan | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Trending Position
Songwriters "Calhoun" (Jack Oakie) and his pal "Harrigan" (John Payne) meet up on the theatre circuit with the "Blane" sisters - "Katie" (Alice Faye) and "Lily" (Betty Grable) and they embark on some escapades as the lyricists try to find success. That happens, believe it or not, but as ever there i ... s collateral damage and that comes in the form of the relationship between "Harrigan" and his devoted "Katie" - the former too obsessed with success to appreciate what is right in front of his eyes! Will the romance sort itself out? Well, oddly enough the plot doesn't really matter. It's really just a vehicle for Alice Faye (and her lovely voice) to shine. For Oakie to throw some one-liners around and see where they stick and for charming ditties "You Say the Sweetest Things" and "America, I Love You" from the pens of Mack Gordon and Harry Warren that show a distinct chemistry between Payne and Faye (and Oakie on the former song, too). It's quite fun for the most part, it jogs along well marrying comedy and romance with a little wartime spirit and it does give us an enjoyable insight into just how variety theatre worked. I could have done with a bit more from an underused Grable, and maybe a few more numbers and a bit less chatter, but it's held up well and is still quite entertaining.