Meet the People

Meet the People

Director: Charles F. Riesner Cast: Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
, Dick Powell
Dick Powell
, Bert Lahr
Bert Lahr
, June Allyson
June Allyson
Charles F. Riesner
Meet the People

Meet the People

Director: Charles F. Riesner Cast: Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
, Dick Powell
Dick Powell
, Bert Lahr
Bert Lahr
, June Allyson
June Allyson
Charles F. Riesner

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Overview

MGM'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 falls in love with coworker Powell. This being a wartime musical, the plotline is periodically abandoned for the guest-star turns of the likes of Virginia O'Brien, Bert Lahr, Spike Jones and His City Slickers, Vaughn Monroe, and Mata and Hari. Buried beneath this cornucopia of corn is a stage play by Louis Lantz, upon which Meet the People was supposedly based. (Note: some sources mistakenly list Edward Dmytrk as the director of this film).

Product Details

Release Date: 04/20/2009
UPC: 0883316164785
Original Release: 1944
Rating: NR
Source: Warner Archives
Presentation: [Full Frame]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:40:00
Sales rank: 47,599

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Lucille Ball Julie Hampton
Dick Powell William "Swanee" Swanson
Bert Lahr The Commander
June Allyson Annie
Virginia O'Brien `Woodpecker' Peg
Rags Ragland Mr. Smith
Steven Geray Uncle Felix
Paul Regan `Buck'
Howard Freeman Mr. Peetwick
Betty Jaynes Steffi
John Craven John Swanson
Morris Ankrum Monte Rowland
Miriam Lavelle Miriam
Ziggie Talent Ziggie
Mata and Hari Oriental Dancers
Kay Medford Mrs. Smith
Joey Ray Dance Director
Patsy Moran Homely Girl
Pat West Man
Roger Moore Chauffeur
Celia Travers Secretary
Robert Emmett O'Connor Attendant,Attendant
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones Pullman Porter
Mary McLeod Girl
Robert Blake Jimmy (age 7)
Dickie Hall Billy (age 5)
Russell Gleason Bill
Myron Healey Marine
Creighton Hale Hotel Clerk
Leon Belasco Dress Designer
Thelma Joel Girl
Barbara Bedford Girl
Mary Ganley Girl
Lucille Casey Show Girl
Natalie Draper Show Girl
Alice Eyland Show Girl
Noreen Nash Show Girl
Linda Deane Show Girl
Hazel Brooks Show Girl
Eve Whitney Show Girl
Erin O'Kelly Show Girl
Spike Jones Orchestra Actor
Donna King Conkling Actor
Peggy Maley Show Girl
Kay Williams Show Girl
Florence Lundeen Show Girl
Karin Booth Actor
Vaughn Monroe Himself

Technical Credits
E.Y. Harburg Producer
Charles F. Riesner Director
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