Music in Manhattan
The Season’s Gayest Scandal!
1944 | 81m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | John H. Auer |
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| Writer: | Jack Scholl, Harold Jacob Smith, Maurice Tombragel, Lawrence Kimble |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 06, 1944 |
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| Director: | John H. Auer |
| Writer: | Jack Scholl, Harold Jacob Smith, Maurice Tombragel, Lawrence Kimble |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | hotel room, entertainer, world war ii, mother-in-law, war hero, war bride, hitchhiking, ruse, broadway show, housing shortage, secret marriage, publicity stunt, mother and son, jilted suitor |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Nilo Menendez | Himself - Rhumba Band Leader |
| Joan Barclay | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| Chester Carlisle | Businessman (uncredited) |
| Harry Clay | Backstage Photographer (uncredited) |
| Georgie Cooper | Judge's Wife (uncredited) |
| Italia DeNubila | Specialty Dancer (uncredited) |
| Don Dillaway | Major Hargrove (uncredited) |
| Chris Drake | Bellboy (uncredited) |
| Byron Foulger | Ticket Agent (uncredited) |
| Edmund Glover | Officer (uncredited) |
| Sherry Hall | Chauffeur (uncredited) |
| Mary Halsey | Hotel Switchboard Operator (uncredited) |
| John Hamilton | Mr. Bradley, the Banker (uncredited) |
| Robert Homans | Justice of the Peace (uncredited) |
| Coulter Irwin | Backstage Photographer (uncredited) |
| Carl Kent | Officer (uncredited) |
| Bob Mascagno | Specialty Dancer (uncredited) |
| Frank Mayo | Pop, the Stage Doorman (uncredited) |
| Bert Moorhouse | Backstage Photographer (uncredited) |
| Ralph Peters | Truck Driver (uncredited) |
| Gerald Pierce | Elevator Boy (uncredited) |
| Bert Roach | Fat Man in Ticket Line (uncredited) |
| Mike Road | Officer (uncredited) |
| Jason Robards Sr. | Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
| Jeffrey Sayre | Army Officer in Ticket Line (uncredited) |
| John Shaw | Officer (uncredited) |
| Margie Stewart | Airplane Hostess (uncredited) |
| David Thursby | Police Officer Patrick Throckmorton Clancy (uncredited) |
| Minerva Urecal | Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited) |
| Steve Winston | Officer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jack Scholl | Story |
| Harold Jacob Smith | Story |
| Maurice Tombragel | Story |
| Harry Marker | Editor |
| Alfred Herman | Art Direction |
| Emile Kuri | Set Decoration |
| Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| James E. Casey | Assistant Director |
| Bailey Fesler | Sound Recordist |
| Stephen Dunn | Sound Recordist |
| John H. Auer | Director |
| Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| Renié | Costume Design |
| Mel Berns | Makeup Artist |
| Russell Metty | Director of Photography |
| Leigh Harline | Original Music Composer |
| Lawrence Kimble | Screenplay |
| C. Bakaleinikoff | Music Director |
| Lew Pollack | Songs |
| Herb Magidson | Songs |
| Gene Rose | Orchestrator |
| Charles O'Curran | Choreographer |
| Terry Kellum | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| John H. Auer | Producer |
| Sid Rogell | Supervising Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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