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And the Angels Sing
Diablillos con faldas (1944) (Spain) [es]
(USA, 1944)
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Musical, 96 min, B&W
Directed by:
George Marshall
Cast:
Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Lamour, Eddie Foy Jr, Betty Hutton, Raymond Walbum,
Diana Lynn and Mimi Chandler
The singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy (Dorothy Lamour), Bobby (Betty Hutton), Josie (Diana Lynn) and Patti (Mimi Chandler), aren't interested in performing together, and this plays havoc with the plans of Pop Angel (Raymond Walburn) to buy a soy bean farm. They do accept an offer of ten dollars to sing at a dubious night club on the edge of town where a band led by Happy Marshall (Fred MacMurray) is playing. Bobby takes the ten dollars and runs it up to $190 at the dice table. Happy hits on Nancy but she rebuffs him. He doesn't have the money to pay his band and borrows the gambling winnings from Bobby on the pretext that he will give her a job with his band. Bobby discovers the next day that Happy has hastily departed for New York. The girls follow to a night club where he is working and, after an audition, the manager
Fred MacMurray gives Dorothy Lamour a spanking. Eddie Foy Jr. gives Betty Hutton a spanking. Two additional purported spankees in scene; however, no swats for them are visible on screen.
Cast (in credits order)
Dorothy Lamour.... Nancy Angel
Fred MacMurray.... Happy Morgan
Betty Hutton.... Bobby Angel
Diana Lynn.... Josie Angel
Mimi Chandler.... Patti Angel
Raymond Walburn.... Pop Angel
Eddie Foy Jr..... Fuzzy Johnson
Frank Albertson.... Oliver
Mikhail Rasumny.... Schultz
Frank Faylen.... Holman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Erville Alderson.... Mr. Littlefield
Sig Arno.... Mr. Green
Harry Barris.... Saxy
Leon Belasco.... Waiter
Hillary Brooke.... Polish bride
Jimmy Conlin.... Messenger
William B. Davidson.... Theatrical agent
Edgar Dearing.... Man
Roland Dupree.... Boy
Douglas Fowley.... N.Y. cafe manager
Julie Gibson.... Cigarette girl
Buddy Gorman.... Messenger
Eddie Hall.... Dancer at Schultz's Copacabana
Tom Kennedy.... Potatoes
Donald Kerr.... Mickey
Louise La Planche.... Ticket taker
Perc Launders.... Miller
Arthur Loft.... Stage manager
Matt McHugh.... Doorman - 33 Club
George McKay.... House Man
Jack Norton.... Drunk
Buster Phelps.... Spud
Otto Reichow.... Polish groom
Tim Ryan.... Stage door man
Libby Taylor.... Powder room attendant
Drake Thornton.... Pageboy
Directed by
George Marshall
Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Claude Binyon story
Melvin Frank
Norman Panama
Produced by
E.D. Leshin.... associate producer (as Emanuel D. Leshin)
Original Music by
Johnny Burke (songs)
Jimmy Van Heusen (songs)
Victor Young
Cinematography by
Karl Struss
Film Editing by
Eda Warren
Art Direction by
Hans Dreier
Hal Pereira
Set Decoration by
Ray Moyer
Costume Design by
Edith Head
Makeup Department
Wally Westmore.... makeup artist
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Arthur S. Black Jr..... assistant director (as Art Black)
Sound Department
Gene Merritt.... sound recordist
Joel Moss.... sound recordist
Other crew
Johnny Burke.... lyricist
Daniel Dare.... choreographer
Arthur Franklin.... music associate
Lester Lee.... blackout sketches
Joseph J. Lilley.... music arranger: vocals
Jerry Seelen.... blackout sketches
Victor Young.... musical director
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Distributors
Paramount Pictures
Runtime: 96 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Black and White
