Beautiful But Broke

Beautiful But Broke

74 mins | Comedy, Music | Jan. 28, 1944

Theatrical agent Waldo Main is inducted into the army, and turns his now clientless agency over to his secretary Dottie Duncan. Dottie decides to organize an all-girl orchestra to fill the void caused by so many orchestra members being called to service due to WWII, and joins struggling singers/songwriters Sally Richards and Sue Ford in this endeavor. Dottie's screwball schemes to get engagements for the group often lead to disaster.

Beautiful But Broke

74 mins | Comedy, Music | Jan. 28, 1944

Beautiful But Broke
Theatrical agent Waldo Main is inducted into the army, and turns his now clientless agency over to his secretary Dottie Duncan. Dottie decides to organize an all-girl orchestra to fill the void caused by so many orchestra members being called to service due to WWII, and joins struggling singers/songwriters Sally Richards and Sue Ford in this endeavor. Dottie's screwball schemes to get engagements for the group often lead to disaster.
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Beautiful But Broke
Directors Charles Barton
Writers Monte Brice, Manuel Seff, Arthur Housman

Cast

Joan Davis

as Dottie Duncan

Jane Frazee

as Sally Richards

John Hubbard

as Bill Drake

Judy Clark

as Sue Ford

Bob Haymes

as Jack Foster

Willie West and McGinty

as Carpenters

Danny Mummert

as Rollo

Byron Foulger

as Maxwell McKay

George McKay

as Station Master

Ferris Taylor

as Mayor

Isabel Withers

as Mrs. Grayson

John Eldredge

as Waldo Main

Grace Hayle

as Birdie Benson

Doris Brian

as Singer in Trio

Betty Brian

as Singer in Trio

Gwen Brian

as Singer in Trio

John Dilson

as Putnam