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Hit Parade of 1941 (1940)
Directed by John H. Auer
Overview
In this musical, the second entry in a five-film series, a thrift shop owner sells his business and buys a small time radio station. He begins looking for sponsors. He finds one with a department store owner who will only lend him the money if he will allow his daughter, an aspiring tap-dancer and singer, to perform on the air. This is unfortunate as she is tone-deaf. To compensate, the owner hires a real singer to dub the daughter’s voice. The singer and the owner’s nephew fall in love and mayhem ensues. Songs include: the Oscar nominated “Who Am I?,” “Swing Low Sweet Rhythm,” “In The Cool of the Evening,” “Make Yourself at Home,” “The Swap Shop Song,” “The Trading Post,” “Sally,” “Ramona,” “Sweet Sue,” “Dinah,” “Margie,” and “Mary Lou.”
Rated NR | Length 88 minutes
Actors
Kenny Baker | Frances Langford | Ann Miller | Hugh Herbert | Mary Boland | Patsy Kelly | Phil Silvers | Franklin Pangborn | Borrah Minevitch | Billy Bletcher | Sterling Holloway | Forbes Murray | William H. O'Brien | Johnny Puleo