Tin Pan Alley

Tin Pan Alley

94 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | Nov. 29, 1940

Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in England.

Tin Pan Alley

94 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | Nov. 29, 1940

Tin Pan Alley
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in England.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Tin Pan Alley
Directors Gene Bryant, Walter Lang
Writers Helen Logan, Robert Ellis

Cast

Alice Faye

as Katie Blane

Betty Grable

as Lily Blane

Jack Oakie

as Harry Calhoun

John Payne

as Skeets Harrigan

Allen Jenkins

as Casey

Esther Ralston

as Nora Bayes

Harold Nicholas

as Dancer

Fayard Nicholas

as Dancer

Ben Carter

as Boy

John Loder

as Reggie Carstairs

Elisha Cook Jr.

as Joe Codd

Fred Keating

as Harvey Raymond

Billy Gilbert

as Sheik

Lillian Porter

as Telephone Operator

Princess Vanessa Ammon

as Specialty

Betty Brian

as Singer

Doris Brian

as Singer

Gwen Brian

as Singer

Roberts Brothers

as Specialty

Tyler Brooke

as Bert Melville

Hal K. Dawson

as Hotel Clerk

William B. Davidson

as Hotel Manager

Lionel Pape

as Lord Stanley

Billy Bevan

as Stage Doorman

Dewey Robinson

as Dumb Guy

Robert Emmett Keane

as Manager

John Sheehan

as Announcer

George Watts

as Mike Buckner

Ted Billings

as Recruit Poster Peddler in Montage (uncredited)

Bobby Callahan

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Maurice Costello

as (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

James Flavin

as Army Sergeant (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Nightclub Guest (uncredited)

Kit Guard

as Ringsider (uncredited)

Eddie Hall

as Man Reading Headline (uncredited)

John Indrisano

as Kid Skeets' Cornerman (uncredited)

Larry McGrath

as Referee (uncredited)

Pat McKee

as Two Punch Hogan (uncredited)

Bud Mercer

as Dancer (uncredited)

Jim Mercer

as Dancer (uncredited)

Louis Mercier

as (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore

as Porter at Railroad Station (uncredited)

Jack Roper

as Nick Palerno (uncredited)

Mary Stewart

as Dancer (uncredited)

Harry Strang

as Marching Doughboy (uncredited)

Dorothy Tuttle

as (uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson

as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)