Meet the People (1944) |
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Other InformationPlot SummaryMGM`s musical extravaganza Meet the People top-bills two future powerful TV executives: Dick Powell and Lucille Ball. Ball plays a popular but stuck-up Broadway star who leaves the bright lights to become a welder in a shipyard. Here she meets and fa... DiscographySinglesIt`s Smart to Be People [1944] Say That We`re Sweethearts Again [1944] Heave Ho [1944] Shicklegruber [1944] In Times Like These [1944] Thank You, Columbus [1942] Der Fuehrer`s Face [1942] Meet the People [1940] I Like To Recognize the Tune [1939] I Can`t Dance (I Got Ants in My Pants) [1934] Song of the Bayou [1928] A Life on the Ocean Wave [1838] Oriental Music Piano Instrumental Acrobatic Dance Music |
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Trivia and QuotesQuotes William `Swanee` Swanson: But it’s not just me alone; its John too, its like a couple of fellas in a partnership in the corner grocery store.
Julie Hampton: You know, maybe you should be in the grocery business! William `Swanee` Swanson: Yeah, I know where to reach you - back in 1912, under a ton a stale ideas. Monte Rowland: Then just what is it you want, Mr. Swanson?
William `Swanee` Swanson: The show I wrote. It has a point of view, not just a view of points.
The Commander: You must come up and launch with me sometime.
Trivia Daws Butler, the voice actor for Hanna Barbera cartoon characters, patterned the voice of the lion Snagglepuss after Bert Lahr, who played the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz. Butler took Snagglepuss`s catchphrase "Heavens to Mergatroid" from Bert Lahr`s having said it in the movie Meet the People. This movie was shown overseas to servicemen before it was released in the United States. Some cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): George Lloyd (Heckler), Creighton Hale (Hotel Clerk), Kay Deslys (Landlady) and Lee Phelps (Workman). Several actors announced as cast members in contemporary news items also did not appear in the movie: Victor Borge, Lena Horne, Nancy Walker and Dewey Robinson. The play initially was performed in Los Angeles. It opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 25 December 1940, and closed on 10 May 1941 after 160 performances (considered a moderate hit). The opening night cast included Jack Albertson, Nanette Fabray, Jack Gilford, Peggy Ryan and Doodles Weaver. In a radio interview, Spike Jones stated that the ape that plays Hitler is the same ape that appears in the Tarzan movies. Sources mistakenly list Edward Dmytrk as the director of this film.
Virginia O`Brien was in the stage version of Meet the People | ||
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