She Has What It Takes
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Charles Barton
Jinx Falkenburg
Tom Neal
Constance Worth
Douglas Leavitt
Joe King
Film Details
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Synopsis
Somewhere in the Midwest, a second-rate comedy act is about to disband and hitchhike back to New York when they notice a newspaper article by syndicated columnist Roger Rutledge, eulogizing Mary Morris, a once-famous actress who died alone in dire poverty. When Fay Morris, one of the singers in the troupe, comes backstage after her performance, her colleagues ask her if Mary Morris was any relation, and when Fay turns pale and begins to cry, the troupe assumes that Mary was her mother. Although Fay is not related to Mary, the wily actress decides to hurry back to New York and tell Roger that Mary Morris was her mother but became separated from her after running off with an engineer. Roger believes Mary's story and soon finds himself falling in love with her. Presenting her with a list of all the Broadway producers who made millions of dollars on Mary Morris, Roger encourages her to lobby them about being included in one of their shows. Mary is rejected by everyone except Lee Shuleman, who wants to star her in a play about her mother's life, but is lacking the money to finance it. When Roger mentions this sad story to a Greek restaurateur, the man passes the word along to a dozen of Mary's old friends who are now successful because of her support and financial help. Together, they form a pool and raise enough money to produce Shuleman's play, and Fay, touched, is tempted to tell them that she is an impostor but cannot bear to disappoint them. Everything goes well until June Leslie, a publicist who is in love with Roger, discovers the truth about Fay. June is about to expose Fay's true identity when Roger and the backers of the show kidnap her and hold her until Fay becomes an overnight hit in Schuleman's play. With Fay's success, everyone forgives her for the hoax and June loses both Roger and her scoop.
Director
Charles Barton
Cast
Jinx Falkenburg
Tom Neal
Constance Worth
Douglas Leavitt
Joe King
Matt Willis
Daniel Ocko
George Mckay
George Lloyd
Robert Homans
Joseph Crehan
John H. Dilson
Barbara Brown
Harry Hayden
Curly Wright
The Radio Rogues
The Vagabonds
Jack Rice
Cy Ring
Michael Owen
David Mckim
Frank O'connor
Tyler Brooke
Ernie Adams
Jayne Hazard
Alma Carroll
Elizabeth Russell
Frank Hagney
Eddie Dunn
Dave Willock
Eddie Chandler
Jack Gardner
Ray Teal
William Haade
Harry Tyler
Dick Chandlee
Netta Packer
John Estes
Ann Evers
Eddie Kane
Milt Kibbee
Wilbur Mack
Crew
Rex Bailey
Lionel Banks
Irving Briskin
Saul Chaplin
Al Clark
Colbert Clark
Gene Depaul
Roy Jacobs
Robert Lee Johnson
Joseph Kish
Tom Lambert
Paul Murphy
Robert Peterson
Don Reid
M. W. Stoloff
Philip Tannura
Charlie Tobias
Elliott Tobias
Henry Tobias
Cindy Walker
Paul Yawitz
Paul Yawitz
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Notes
The working title of this film was Broadway Daddies.
