Calendar Girl
Cast & Crew
Allan Dwan
Jane Frazee
William Marshall
Gail Patrick
Kenny Baker
Victor Mclaglen
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In turn-of-the-century Greenwich Village, New York, at a boarding house for artists, owner Lulu Varden needs to have her piano moved and so, sets off the fire alarm. When her sweetheart, Irish-American fire chief Matthew O'Neil, arrives with his men and realizes that there is no fire, he becomes angry, so Lulu placates him by inviting him to a party that evening. Before he leaves, Matt learns that the Fire Department's efficiency trophy, which he covets, may go to another fire company headed by Scandinavian Capt. Olsen. As she leaves the boarding house, Patricia O'Neil, Matt's daughter, meets new boarders Steve Davis and Johnny Bennett, who have just arrived from Boston. When artist Steve's sweetheart, Olivia Radford, phones, she reminds him that after three weeks in the Village, he must return to her. That evening at her party, Lulu introduces fledgling composer Johnny to the influential Mr. Dillingsworth, who promises to read Johnny's score when it is completed. Steve asks Pat to pose for a painting he is planning to enter into a calendar contest, offering her the first prize of $500 if they win. As Pat poses for Steve, Johnny and poet Byron Jones finish their score, which Johnny then takes to Dillingsworth. Meanwhile, Steve finishes his painting of Pat and asks her to go with him to the upcoming jamboree at the Swiss Gardens. That night, Steve alters his painting of Pat to reveal naked legs, and the painting wins first place. However, when Matt sees the painting of his daughter, he again loses his temper and Steve must hide to avoid him. Later, as Steve prepares to leave for the jamboree, Olivia arrives in town, so Steve asks Johnny to take Pat to the jamboree. Just as Johnny explains that Steve is unable to make it to the jamboree, Olivia and Steve arrive. Steve tells Pat that Olivia is his cousin, and she believes him and thinks that Johnny has lied. Impressed by Steve's score, Dillingsworth is negotiating to buy it, when the mayor arrives to officiate at the game of Tug O' War which will break a tie to award the efficiency trophy. Matt's fire company is about to lose, when one of Olsen's huge Scandinavians loses his grip on the rope. They all celebrate the victory, while Byron and his sweetheart, Tessie, get engaged.
Director
Allan Dwan
Cast
Jane Frazee
William Marshall
Gail Patrick
Kenny Baker
Victor Mclaglen
Irene Rich
James Ellison
Janet Martin
Franklin Pangborn
Gus Schilling
Charles Arnt
Lou Nova
Emory Parnell
Edward Keane
Vic Potel
Earle Hodgins
Keith Richards
Gordon Wynne
Arvon Dale
Helen Mcallister
Wanita Charles
Shelah Shutan
Roberta Stevenson
Ralph Montgomery
John S. Roberts
Burton Jones
Jack Shea
William Radovich
Lloyd Ford
Chuck Roberson
Wee Willie Davis
Victor Holbrook
Tex Mooney
Mickey Simpson
Gino Corrado
Spec O'donnell
Casey Macgregor
Bob Scott
Robert Cherry
Brad Slaven
James Menzies
Snub Pollard
E. L. Davenport
Tommy Ryan
Ralph Freeto
Charles Morton
Ethelreda Leopold
Edgar Caldwell
Crew
Harold Adamson
Fred Allen
Victor Appel
Leo Arnaud
Hilyard Brown
Allan Dwan
Fanchon
Cy Feuer
Peggy Gray
Reggie Lanning
Lee Loeb
Lee Loeb
Mary Loos
Howard Lydecker
Theodore Lydecker
Bob Mark
John Mccarthy Jr.
Jimmy Mchugh
George Milo
Richard Moder
Zoe Mozert
Adele Palmer
Richard Sale
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The CBCS for this film records the firemen's ethnicity as Swedish, while in the picture, they are called "Scandinavians." According to a November 21, 1953 ad in Motion Picture Herald, the film was re-edited and re-released in 1951 as Stardust and Sweet Music.
According to a April 10, 1949 New York Times article, Calendar Girl was the object of two plagiarism lawsuits. The first was filed by writers Horace Jackson and Irene Homer, who claimed that a scenario written by them had been used for the first half of the picture. According to their attorney, who is quoted in the article, Jackson and Homer received a "'substantial' out-of-court settlement." The second lawsuit, filed by writers Dick Irving Hyland and Charles O'Neal, accused Republic of appropriating their work for the second half of the film. The disposition of the second lawsuit is not known.
