Delightfully Dangerous
Cast & Crew
Arthur Lubin
Jane Powell
Ralph Bellamy
Constance Moore
Morton Gould
Arthur Treacher
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Synopsis
Teenager Cheryl "Sherry" Williams, a student at the Fernridge School of Music, daydreams of singing with Morton Gould and his orchestra, to whose Carnegie Hall radio show she raptly listens. The next morning, Sherry receives a telegram from her older sister Josephine, who lives in New York. Jo, a Broadway entertainer, states that she will be attending the opening night of Sherry's school musical, of which Sherry is the star. Broadway producer Arthur Hale also attends the show, in hopes of finding a new leading lady for a planned Johann Strauss musical, but Professor Bremond, the dean of the school, warns him that Sherry is only fifteen years old. Backstage, Sherry lies to her sister that Hale praised Jo's work on Broadway, unaware that the producer has never seen nor heard of Jo before. Later, Sherry sneaks to New York with her roommate Molly and discovers that Jo is actually Bubbles Barton, the noted burlesque queen of 42nd Street. Unable to return to Fernridge until the next morning, Sherry goes to Hale for help, and she learns that both Hale and Jeffers, his butler, are fans of Bubbles. Jo is then called to Hale's apartment, and she tells the producer that she works in burlesque in order to pay for Sherry's education. As Jo has a performance in New Jersey that evening, Hale agrees to take care of Sherry until her train leaves for Fernridge. Sherry, however, plots with Molly to attain the starring role in Hale's new show, hoping that this would allow Jo to give up burlesque. Sherry manages to miss her train and instead attends a benefit with Hale. Having dressed up significantly beyond her years, she soon attracts the attention of numerous servicemen, and ends up performing a song with Gould and his orchestra. The orchestra leader is so impressed by Sherry's singing that he offers her a job on his radio show. Jo then arrives at the benefit and accuses Hale of deceiving her about his intentions toward Sherry. Learning that Jo is Sherry's sister, Gould's sponsor rescinds his offer to Sherry, afraid that being associated with a burlesque performer will injure his company. Later, Sherry calls Hale to tell him that she is still in New York, having come down with the measles, and that Jo has quit burlesque. Knowing that Hale is having problems with his new show, Sherry and Molly secretly record Jo singing Strauss in an upbeat style. Sherry then goes to Hale and forces the producer to listen to the phonograph recording. He is so impressed that both Sherry and Jo end up starring in the producer's musical, "Mr. Strauss Goes to Town." At the end of the show's opening night, Jo tells Sherry that Hale has proposed to her and she has decided to accept.
Director
Arthur Lubin
Cast
Jane Powell
Ralph Bellamy
Constance Moore
Morton Gould
Arthur Treacher
Louise Beavers
Ruth Tobey
Ruth Robinson
Andre Charlot
Shirley Hunter Williams
Nicodemus Stewart
Earle Hodgins
Robert Homans
Chris Drake
Crew
Howard Anderson
Duncan Cramer
Harry Davis
Walter Deleon
Maria Donovan
Morton Gould
Morton Gould
Joan Hathaway
Edward Heyman
Edward Heyman
Max Hutchinson
Joseph I. Kane
Milton Krasner
Harvey Manger
Jacque Mapes
Ernst Matray
Joseph H. Nadel
Sam Nelson
Arthur Phillips
Irving Phillips
Charles Previn
Charles R. Rogers
Charles R. Rogers
Johann Strauss Ii
Frank Tashlin
Joseph S. Tushinsky
Edward Verdier
Stu Westmore
William Wilmarth
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Notes
The working titles of this film were Cinderella Goes to War, Reaching for the Stars and High Among the Stars. According to Hollywood Reporter news items, producer Charles Rogers had originally cast Brian Aherne and Susan Hayward as the film's romantic leads. When Hayward refused the loan-out role, she was suspended by her home studio, Paramount, and replaced by Constance Moore. David Butler was also considered at that time as the film's director. An September 8, 1944 Hollywood Reporter news item states that when actress Hattie McDaniel became pregnant she was replaced in the role of "Hannah" by Louise Beavers. Hollywood Reporter also reported that the film was financed jointly by the Ideal Factory Corp. of New York and the Walter Heller Corp. of Chicago. Hollywood Reporter news items include Ann Sterling, Maurice Costello, Pat Moran and Helen McAllister in the cast, but their appearance in the released film has not been confirmed.
