Variety Girl

Variety Girl

93 mins | Comedy, Music | Aug. 29, 1947

Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.

Variety Girl

93 mins | Comedy, Music | Aug. 29, 1947

Variety Girl
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Paramount
Original title Variety Girl
Directors George Marshall
Writers Robert L. Welch, Monte Brice, Edmund L. Hartmann, Frank Tashlin

Cast

Mary Hatcher

as Catherine Brown

Olga San Juan

as Amber La Vonne

DeForest Kelley

as Bob Kirby

Frank Ferguson

as R.J. O'Connell

Glenn Tryon

as Bill Farris

Nella Walker

as Mrs. Webster

Torben Meyer

as Andre

Jack Norton

as Busboy at Brown Derby

Elaine Riley

as Cashier

Charles Victor

as Mr. O'Connell's Assistant

Gus Taute

as Assistant's Assistant

Harry Hayden

as Manager at Grauman's Chinese

Bing Crosby

as Hiimself

Bob Hope

as Himself

Gary Cooper

as Himself

Alan Ladd

as Himself

Barbara Stanwyck

as Herself

Paulette Goddard

as Herself

Dorothy Lamour

as Herself

Sonny Tufts

as Himself

Joan Caulfield

as Herself

William Holden

as Himself

Lizabeth Scott

as Herself

Burt Lancaster

as Himself

Gail Russell

as Herself

Diana Lynn

as Herself

Sterling Hayden

as Himself

Robert Preston

as Himself

Veronica Lake

as Herself

John Lund

as Himself

William Bendix

as Hiimself

Barry Fitzgerald

as Himself

Howard Da Silva

as Himself

Macdonald Carey

as Himself

Cass Daley

as Herself

Patric Knowles

as Himself

Mona Freeman

as Herself

Billy De Wolfe

as Himself

William Demarest

as Barker

Cecil Kellaway

as Himself

Virginia Field

as Herself

Richard Webb

as Himself

Frank Faylen

as Himself

Cecil B. DeMille

as Himself

Mitchell Leisen

as Hiimself

Frank Butler

as Himself

George Marshall

as George Marshall

Pearl Bailey

as Pearl Bailey

Jimmy Mulcay

as Jimmy Mulcay

Mildred Mulcay

as Mildred Mulcay

Spike Jones

as Spike Jones

Walter Abel

as Walter Abel

Eric Alden

as Makeup Man (uncredited)

Bob Alden

as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

Lucille Barkley

as Secretary (uncredited)

Patricia Barry

as Herself (uncredited)

Stanley Clements

as Himself (uncredited)

Charles Coleman

as Man at Steambath (uncredited)

George Reeves

as Himself (uncredited)