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Title:
Make Believe Ballroom
Category:
Musical
Format:
B/W
Run Time:
79 minutes
Released by:
Columbia Pictures Corp.
Year:
1949
Director:
Joseph Santley
Producer:
Ted Richmond
Screenplay:
Albert Duffy/Karen DeWolf
Notes:
Cast
Jerome Courtland
as
Gene Thomas
Ruth Warrick
as
Liza
Virginia Welles
as
Josie Marlowe
Ron Randell
as
Professor Leslie Todd
Al Jarvis
as
Himself
Paul Harvey
as
George Willcox
Sid Tomack
as
Joe
Louis Jean Heydt
as
“Jerk” Elliott
Adele Jergens
as
Herself
Frank Orth
as
“Pop”
Pierre Watkin
as
Radio station manager
Vernon Dent
as
Chef
Gene Krupa
as
Himself
Frankie Laine
as
Himself
The King Cole Trio
as
Himself
Toni Harper
as
Himself
Jack Smith
as
Himself
Kay Starr
as
Himself
The Sportsmen
as
Himself
Charlie Barnet
as
Himself
Jimmy Dorsey
as
Himself
Jan Garber
as
Himself
Pee Wee Hunt
as
Himself
Ray McKinley
as
Himself
Synopsis
Liza Lee, fast-talking press agent for Al Jarvis, persuades Jarvis to stage a Musical Mystery Contest, with a $5000 prize to the person who can first name the most musical numbers and their performers.
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