Always Leave Them Laughing
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| Directed by | Roy Del Ruth |
| Starring | Milton Berle |
| Release date(s) | November 26, 1949 |
| Running time | 116 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Always Leave Them Laughing is a 1949 film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Milton Berle and Virginia Mayo.[1]
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[edit] Plot
A nobody, comic Kip Cooper does his act on stage in Asbury Park, New Jersey to more snores than roars. He asks out one of the performing Washburn sisters for a date, and finds that Fay's parents once did a vaudeville act that Kip still knows by heart.
Kip convinces Fay to do the old act themselves. But when he's offered a solo engagement, Kip grabs it, only to flop and be cheated out of his pay. He takes a small part in a show, lying to the Washburns that he was hired to be the lead, and does an impromptu gag that gets him fired.
Fay needs a job, so she joins the chorus of old-time comedian Eddie Eagen's touring show. Kip takes a bit too much interest in Eddie's beautiful and much younger wife, Nancy, who co-stars in the revue.
Kip ends up going on for Eddie during an illness, and then becomes his replacement. Eddie attempts a comeback when the show gets to New York, but collapses on stage. Kip's career takes off after that, but what he wants most is for Fay to take him back.
[edit] Cast
- Milton Berle as Kipling Cooper
- Virginia Mayo as Nancy Eagen
- Ruth Roman as Fay Washburn
- Bert Lahr as Eddie Eagen
- Alan Hale, Sr. as Sam Washburn
