A famous singer and matinée idol helps a pretty young theater usher in her dreams of becoming a singer, but when her career begins to take off and she becomes engaged to a wealthy young man, he realizes he's fallen for her and plots to break up her impending marriage.
Costume
Grable's usherette uniform launched a thousand pin-up dreams.
Acting
Fibber McGee & Molly steal every scene they're in—radio stars playing radio stars.
Director
Robert Florey
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Brad Morgan
Betty Grable
Jane Morrow
Ned Sparks
Inky Wells
Jim Jordan
Fibber McGee
Marian Jordan
Molly McGee
Mary Livingstone
Maxine Barry
Porter Hall
S.J. Crawford
Lee Bowman
Stu Randall
Cecil Cunningham
Miss Eberhardt
Wally Vernon
Bumps
Romo Vincent
Trumps
Jerry Bergen
Mumps
Rufe Davis
The Sound Effects Imitator
Akim Tamiroff
Tartar Chieftain (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Betty Grable's first leading role at Paramount, and studio execs were so impressed they immediately began molding her into their top musical star—within three years she'd be Hollywood's highest-paid actress.
The Fibber McGee and Molly radio segments were shoehorned in to capitalize on their massive NBC audience, a common 1930s tactic of transplanting audio stars to screens they weren't always suited for.
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