Star Spangled Rhythm

Star Spangled Rhythm

99 mins | Comedy, Music | March 5, 1942

Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddies, Pop enlists the aid of the studio's dizzy switchboard operator in pulling off the charade. Things get more complicated when Pop agrees to put together a show for the Navy starring Paramount's top contract players.

Star Spangled Rhythm

99 mins | Comedy, Music | March 5, 1942

Star Spangled Rhythm
Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddies, Pop enlists the aid of the studio's dizzy switchboard operator in pulling off the charade. Things get more complicated when Pop agrees to put together a show for the Navy starring Paramount's top contract players.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Paramount
Original title Star Spangled Rhythm
Directors George Marshall
Writers Johnny Mercer, Norman Panama, George S. Kaufman, Melvin Frank

Cast

Bing Crosby

as Bing Crosby

Bob Hope

as Bob Hope

Fred MacMurray

as Frank

Franchot Tone

as John

Ray Milland

as Joe

Victor Moore

as Bronco Billy

Dorothy Lamour

as Dorothy Lamour

Paulette Goddard

as Paulette Goddard

Vera Zorina

as Vera Zorina

Mary Martin

as Mary Martin

Dick Powell

as Dick Powell

Betty Hutton

as Polly Judson

Eddie Bracken

as Johnny Webster

Veronica Lake

as Veronica Lake

Alan Ladd

as Alan Ladd

William Bendix

as Herman

Jerry Colonna

as Jerry Colonna

Macdonald Carey

as Louie

Walter Abel

as B.G. DeSoto

Susan Hayward

as Genevieve in Priorities Skit

Marjorie Reynolds

as Marjorie Reynolds

Betty Jane Rhodes

as Betty Rhodes

Dona Drake

as Dona Drake

Lynne Overman

as Mark

Gary Crosby

as Gary Crosby

Johnny Johnston

as Johnny Johnson

Gil Lamb

as High Pockets

Cass Daley

as Mimi

Ernest Truex

as Murgatroyd

Katherine Dunham

as Katherine Dunham

Arthur Treacher

as Arthur Treacher

Walter Catlett

as Walter Catlett

Sterling Holloway

as Sterling Holloway

Walter Darewahl

as Specialty Act

Cecil B. DeMille

as Cecil B. DeMille

Preston Sturges

as Preston Sturges

Ralph Murphy

as Ralph Murphy

Irving Bacon

as New England Farmer (uncredited)

Rod Cameron

as Petty Officer (uncredited)

Albert Dekker

as Albert Dekker (uncredited)

Ellen Drew

as Ellen Drew (uncredited)

Tom Dugan

as Adolf Hitler (uncredited)

Frank Faylen

as Soldier (uncredited)

Eva Gabor

as Eva Gabor (uncredited)

Frances Gifford

as Frances Gifford (uncredited)

Cecil Kellaway

as Cecil Kellaway (uncredited)

Richard Loo

as Emperor Hirohito (uncredited)

Diana Lynn

as Diana Lynn (uncredited)

Matt McHugh

as Man from Brooklyn (uncredited)

Juanita Moore

as Dancer (uncredited)

Frank Moran

as Man With Preston Sturges (uncredited)

Paul Porcasi

as Benito Mussolini (uncredited)

Robert Preston

as Robert Preston (uncredited)

Anne Revere

as Sarah (uncredited)

Keith Richards

as Officer with Kingsley (uncredited)

Woody Strode

as Rochester's Chauffeur (uncredited)