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Tin Pan Alley( 1940)

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THE MUSICAL of OUR EXCITING TIMES! The unbelievable street where songs are born, now tells its stirring story!

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Alice Faye

      Katie Blane

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      Betty Grable

      Lily Blane

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      Jack Oakie

      Harry Calhoun

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      John Payne

      Skeets Harrigan

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      Allen Jenkins

      Casey

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      Esther Ralston

      Nora Bayes

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      Harold Nicholas

      Dancer

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      Fayard Nicholas

      Dancer

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      Ben Carter

      Boy

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      Billy Gilbert

      Sheik

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      John Loder

      Reggie Carstairs

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      Elisha Cook Jr.

      Joe Codd

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      Fred Keating

      Harvey Raymond

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      Lillian Porter

      Telephone Operator

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      Princess Vanessa Ammon

      Dancer

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      Betty Brian

      Singer

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      Doris Brian

      Singer

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      Gwen Brian

      Singer

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      Roberts Brothers

      Specialty

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      Tyler Brooke

      Bert Melville

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      Hal K. Dawson

      Hotel Clerk

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      William B. Davidson

      Hotel Manager

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      Lionel Pape

      Lord Stanley

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      Billy Bevan

      Stage Doorman

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      Dewey Robinson

      Dumb Guy

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      Robert Emmett Keane

      Manager

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      John Sheehan

      Announcer

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      George Watts

      Mike Buckner

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      Ted Billings

      Recruit Poster Peddler in Montage (uncredited)

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      Bobby Callahan

      Newsboy (uncredited)

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      Maurice Costello

      (uncredited)

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      Franklyn Farnum

      Man in Audience (uncredited)

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      James Flavin

      Army Sergeant (uncredited)

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      Bess Flowers

      Nightclub Guest (uncredited)

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      Kit Guard

      Ringsider (uncredited)

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      Eddie Hall

      Man Reading Headline (uncredited)

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      John Indrisano

      Kid Skeets' Cornerman (uncredited)

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      Larry McGrath

      Referee (uncredited)

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      Pat McKee

      Two Punch Hogan (uncredited)

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      Bud Mercer

      Dancer (uncredited)

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      Jim Mercer

      Dancer (uncredited)

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      Louis Mercier

      (uncredited)

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      Charles R. Moore

      Porter at Railroad Station (uncredited)

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      Jack Roper

      Nick Palerno (uncredited)

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      Mary Stewart

      Dancer (uncredited)

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      Harry Strang

      Marching Doughboy (uncredited)

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      Dorothy Tuttle

      (uncredited)

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      Charles C. Wilson

      Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Tue Apr 26 2022
    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 is 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 ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • musical