The Doughgirls

Director: James Kern, James V. Kern James Kern

Overview

The wartime housing shortage in Washington DC is the basis for this comedy. Several attractive young ladies rent a single DC apartment, causing no end of complications to their various professional and private lives. Also moving in (due to a misunderstanding) is a young newlywed (Jane Wyman), whose flustered husband (Jack Carson) is denied access to the apartment. The funniest of the female roommates is a visiting Russian sniper, played con brio by Eve Arden. The Doughgirls is based on the popular Broadway play by Joseph A. Fields (with uncredited assistance by George S. Kaufman). Three Stooges fans are advised to keep an eye out for Curly Joe DeRita as an unhappy schlemiel who can't find a place to sleep.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/01/2015
UPC:	0888574353933
Original Release:	1944
Source:	Warner Archives
Language:	English
Time:	1:41:00
Sales rank:	35,692

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ann Sheridan	Edna Stokes Cadman
Jane Wyman	Vivian Marsden Halstead
Alexis Smith	Nan Curtiss Dillon
Eve Arden	Sgt. Natalia Moskoroff
Jack Carson	Arthur Halstead,Radio Show Sound Man
Charlie Ruggles	Stanley Slade
Irene Manning	Mrs. Cadman
John Ridgely	Julius Cadman
Alan Mowbray	Breckenridge Drake
John Alexander	Warren Buckley
Craig Stevens	Tom Dillon,Lt. Harry Keary
Barbara Brown	Mrs. Cartwright
Francis Pierlot	Mr. Jordan
Donald MacBride	Judge Franklin
Regis Toomey	Timothy Walsh
Curly Joe DeRita	The Stranger
Joe DeRita	The Stranger
Carlyle Blackwell	Messenger
John Walsh	Bellhop
Grandon Rhodes	Clerk
Anita Bolster	Maid
Tom Quinn	Clerk
Fred Kelsey	Man With Suitcase
Dink Trout	Young Husband
John Hamilton	Businessman
Almira Sessions	Hatchet-Faced Woman
Minerva Urecal	Hatchet-Faced Woman
Earle Dewey	Fat Man
Dolores Conlon	School Girl
Dorothy Reisner	School Girl
Helen Gerald	School Girl
Joan Breslau	School Girl
Yolanda Baiano	School Girl
Julie Arlington	School Girl
Harry Tyler	Angular Man
Marie de Becker	Maid
Anita Sharp Bolster	Maid
Joan Winfield	Slade's Secretary
Oliver Blake	Porter
Elmer Jerome	Elderly Waiter
Warren Mills	Bellboy
Dick Hirbe	Bellboy
William Frambes	Bellboy
Ralph Sanford	Workman
Jack Mower	Technician
John O'Connor	Technician
Larry Rio	Attendant in Baths
Carlyle Blackwell Jr.	Messenger
Lou Marcelle	Announcer
Nick Kobliansky	Father Nicolai
Will Fowler	Lieutenant
Ferike Boros	Actor
Walter De Palma	Justice of the Peace
Natalie Schafer	Actor
William Forrest	Howard Forbes, The President's Secretary

Technical Credits

James V. Kern

Sam Hellman

James V. Kern	Director,Screenwriter
Sam Hellman	Screenwriter
Mark Hellinger	Producer
Joseph Fields	Playwright
Ernest Haller	Special Effects