Swing Parade of 1946
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Phil Karlson
Gale Storm
Phil Regan
Larry Fine
Jerome Howard
Moe Howard
Film Details
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Synopsis
After Carol Lawrence is evicted from her boardinghouse, she tries for a singing job at Danny Warren's Embassy Club, but is mistaken for a process server and is forcibly ejected. The person behind the many process servers is Danny's father, a prominent businessman who disapproves of his son's nightclub and wants to prevent the club from opening. When Carol applies for a receptionist position at Warren's company, he offers her fifty dollars to serve papers on Danny, and angered by her earlier treatment at the club, Carol agrees. When she finally meets Danny, however, Carol inadvertently hands him her eviction notice. Danny feels sorry for Carol and, after hearing her sing, not only offers her a job, but a place to stay. On opening night, Danny tells Carol that he has fallen in love with her. Carol returns his feelings and surreptitiously tears up Warren's summons. Later, Marie Finch, a wealthy family friend with a crush on Danny's band leader, Will Osbourne, decides to reconcile father and son and brings Warren to the club. Despite his misgivings, Warren has a wonderful time and resolves to apologize to Danny. On his way backstage, however, Warren is waylaid by club employees Larry, Moe and Curly, who mistake him for a process server and toss him outside. A few days later, Warren's employee, Bascomb, finally manages to serve Danny with the summons and reveals that Carol had also been hired by Warren as a process server. Without listening to Carol's explanation, Danny angrily sends her away. After Warren, who has returned to the club with Marie, tears up the summons and tells his son that he approves of the club, Danny runs after Carol and brings her back.
Director
Phil Karlson
Cast
Gale Storm
Phil Regan
Larry Fine
Jerome Howard
Moe Howard
Connee Boswell
Louis Jordan
Will Osborne
Edward S. Brophy
Mary Treen
Russell Hicks
Windy Cook
John Eldredge
Leon Belasco
Jack Boyle
Hope Landin
Edna Holland
Dewey Robinson
Robert Homans
Tommy Riley
Edward Earle
Wilbur Mack
Emmett Vogan
Helene Dicks
Marie Icide
Beverly Anne Hawthorne
Alvina Tomin
Anne Chedister
Beverly Haney
Phylliss Henry
Alice Kersten
Miriam Vance
Rosemary Hagemeyer
Claire Dodson
Gloria Anderson
Dorothy Costello
Ruth Costello
Joanne Lybrook
Wanda Smith
Connie Mack
Wayne Kenworthy
Ronald Stanton
Harold Bell
Allen Ray
Brownie Dimit
Bettyjo Huston
Darlene Ottum
Mabel Boehlke
Ruth Lee
Nell Craig
Crew
Harold Arlen
Harry Bourne
Elton Box
Jack Boyle
Trem Carr
Glenn Cook
Desmond Cox
Richard Currier
William Davis
Paul Defur
Dorothy Fields
Doris Fisher
Mart Fryberg
Duke Groner
Ernest R. Hickson
Louis Ilda
Edward Kay
Edmond Kelso
Ted Koehler
Kathryn Kuhn
Tom Lambert
John M. Lee
Lorraine Maclean
Matty Malneck
Sol Marcus
Jimmy Mchugh
Dave Milton
Fleecie Moore
Harry Neumann
Lindsley Parsons
Nicholas Ray
Allan Roberts
Harry A. Romm
Harry A. Romm
Harry Ross
Tim Ryan
Eddie Seiler
Charles Stewart
Vin Taylor
Charles Thompson
Ken Thompson
Allie Wrubel
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Notes
The film's working title was Swing Parade. Writer and director Nicholas Ray received his first screen credit on this film.
