Star Spangled Rhythm
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| Star Spangled Rhythm | |
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| Directed by | George Marshall |
| Written by | Melvin Frank George S. Kaufman Arthur Ross Fred Saidy Harry Tugend |
| Music by | Harold Arlen Robert Emmett Dolan Johnny Mercer |
| Cinematography | Theodor Sparkuhl Leo Tover |
| Editing by | Paul Weatherwax |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 1943 |
| Running time | 99 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
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Star Spangled Rhythm is a 1943 all-star cast musical film made by Paramount Pictures during World War II as a morale booster. It premiered in New York City on December 30, 1942.
Many of the Hollywood studios produced such films during the war. They were generally musicals, frequently with flimsy storylines, and had the specific intent of entertaining both the troops overseas and the civilians back home, as well as to encourage fundraising and to show the studios' patriotism.
Star Spangled Rhythm was directed by George Marshall, produced by Joseph Sistrom and written by Melvin Frank, George S. Kaufman, Arthur Ross, Fred Saidy and Harry Tugend. The music was by Harold Arlen, Robert Emmett Dolan and Johnny Mercer, the cinematography by Theodor Sparkuhl and Leo Tover, the art direction by Hans Dreier and Ernst Fegté and the costume design by Edith Head.
The cast consisted of most of the stars on the Paramount roster.
[edit] Cast
- Bing Crosby as himself - "Old Glory" Number
- Bob Hope as himself - Master of Ceremonies
- Fred MacMurray as himself - Frank in Card Playing Skit
- Franchot Tone as himself - John in Card Playing Skit
- Ray Milland as himself - Joe in Card Playing Skit
- Victor Moore as William 'Bronco Billy' Webster
- Dorothy Lamour as herself - "Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang" Number
- Paulette Goddard as herself - "Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang" Number
- Veronica Lake as herself - "Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang" Number
- Vera Zorina as herself - "That Old Black Magic Number
- Mary Martin as herself - "Hit the Road to Dreamland" Number
- Dick Powell as himself - "Hit the Road to Dreamland" Number
- Betty Hutton as Polly Judson
- Eddie Bracken as Johnny Webster
- Alan Ladd as himself - Scarface Skit
- Eddie Anderson as himself - "Sharp as a Tack" Number (billed as Rochester)
- William Bendix as himself - Herman the Husband in Bob Hope Skit
- Jerry Colonna as himself - Bob Hope Skit
- Macdonald Carey as himself - Louie the Lug in a skit
- Walter Abel as B.G. DeSoto
- Susan Hayward as herself - Genevieve in Priorities Skit
- Marjorie Reynolds as herself - Swing Shift Skit
- Betty Jane Rhodes as herself - Swing Shift Skit (as Betty Rhodes)
- Dona Drake as herself - Swing Shift Skit
- Lynne Overman as himself - Mark in Card Playing Skit
- Gary Crosby as himself
- Johnny Johnston as himself - "Black Magic" Number (as Johnnie Johnston)
- Gil Lamb as High Pockets
- Cass Daley as Mimi
- Ernest Truex as himself - Murgatroyd in Priorities Skit
- Katherine Dunham as herself - "Smart as a Tack" Number
- Arthur Treacher as himself - "Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang" Number
- Walter Catlett as himself - "Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang" Number
- Sterling Holloway as himself - "Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang" Number
- The Golden Gate Quartette as themselves
- Walter Darewahl as himself - Specialty act (as Walter Dare Wahl and Company)
- Cecil B. DeMille as himself
- Preston Sturges as himself
- Ralph Murphy as himself
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