Something to Shout About (film)

Something to Shout About
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Directed byGregory Ratoff
Produced byGregory Ratoff
StarringDon Ameche
Janet Blair
CinematographyFranz Planer
Edited byOtto Meyer
Music byGil Grau
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • February 25, 1943 (1943-02-25)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Something to Shout About is a 1943 Columbia Pictures musical film directed by Gregory Ratoff. The film stars Don Ameche and Janet Blair, and was nominated for two Academy Awards.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Nicolai Remisoff.

Plot

The film takes place behind the scenes of a fictional vaudeville play. The story centers on a recently divorced wealth woman (Cobina Wright, Jr.) who used to be a small time entertainer and decides to use part of her alimony settlement to produce and star in her own show. Unfortunately, she is not a accomplished singer, dancer or performer. Her publicity agent (Don Ameche) and she get arrested and are put in a small town jail as a publicity hoax. A very talented and unknown song writer (Janet Blair) is tricked into taking her place in the show. It backfires as she is released and shows up at the theater. The show is a bomb and closes. The stage manager (Jack Oakie) saves the show by turning it into a vaudeville show with the talented Jeanie Maxwell as the star.

Cast

Soundtrack

References

  1. ^ "The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. 5 October 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2019.