Follies Girl (1943)
1h 12m
Running Time
June 26, 1943Release Date
Plot.
In PRC's Follies Girl, Wendy Barrie plays dress designer Anne Merriday, who becomes the object of middle-aged millionaire J. B. Hamlin's (J.C. Nugent) affections. To save his dad from throwing his life away on a supposed golddigger, Hamlin's son, Army private Jerry Hamlin (Gordon Oliver), begins courting Anne-and, of course, falls genuinely in love with her himself. Meanwhile, the rogueish J.B. tries to mount a Broadway burlesque show, with costumes designed by Our Heroine.
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Cast & Crew.
Wendy Barrie
Anne Merriday
Doris Nolan
Francine La Rue
Gordon Oliver
Pvt. Jerry Hamlin
Anne Barrett
Bunny
Arthur Pierson
Sgt. Bill Perkins
J. C. Nugent
J.B. Hamlin
J.C. Nugent
J.B. Hamlin
Cora Witherspoon
Mrs. J.B. Hamlin
William Harrigan
Jimmy Dobson
Jay Brennan
Andre Duval
Lew Hearn
Lew / Additional Dialogue
Cliff Hall
Cliff
Marion McGuire
Trixie
Pat C. Flick
Patsy / Additional Dialogue
Anthony Blair
Somers
Jerri Blanchard
Jerri
Sergei Badamsky
Scarini
G. Swayne Gordon
Doorman
Ray Heatherton
Bandleader Ray Heatherton
Johnny Long
Bandleader Johnny Long
Bobby Byrne
Bandleader Bobby Byrne
Ernie Holst
Bandleader Ernie Holst
Charles Weidman
Charles Weidman-Speciality
Fritzi Scheff
Fritzi Scheff
Claire and Arene
Specialty Act
Lazare and Castellanos
Specialty Act
Jack Lambert
Unconfirmed Bit Part
Virginia Mayo
Chorine
William Rowland
Director / Producer
Charles Robinson
Screenplay
Marcy Klauber
Screenplay / Story
Arthur L. Jarrett
Story
Stedman Coles
Story
David Rowland
Executive Producer
Irvin Shapp
Associate Producer
Samuel Datlowe
Editor
Jerome Schnur
Editor
C.E. Schwengeler
Editor
Mary Grant
Costume Design
George Webber
Director of Photography
Details.
This Movie Is About.
nostalgia
vaudeville
Wiki.
Follies Girl is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by William Rowland and starring Wendy Barrie, Doris Nolan and Gordon Oliver. It was made by the poverty row studio Producers Releasing Corporation. Much of the film takes place in or around a burlesque house. It was the final film appearance of Barrie apart from a cameo role in It Should Happen to You.