April Showers

April Showers

94 mins | Music | March 27, 1948

A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere, they're almost broke and they have to do something to get them back on top or they'll really be in trouble. They decide to put their young son in the act in hopes of attracting some new attention. The boy turns out to be a major talent, audiences love him and the act is on its way to the top. That's when an organization whose purpose is to stop children from performing on stage shows up, and they're dead set on breaking up the act.

April Showers

94 mins | Music | March 27, 1948

April Showers
A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere, they're almost broke and they have to do something to get them back on top or they'll really be in trouble. They decide to put their young son in the act in hopes of attracting some new attention. The boy turns out to be a major talent, audiences love him and the act is on its way to the top. That's when an organization whose purpose is to stop children from performing on stage shows up, and they're dead set on breaking up the act.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title April Showers
Directors John Prettyman, James V. Kern
Writers Joe Laurie Jr., Peter Milne

Cast

Jack Carson

as Joe Tyme

Ann Sothern

as June Tyme

Robert Alda

as Billy Shay

S.Z. Sakall

as Mr. Curley

Robert Ellis

as Buster Tyme

Richard Rober

as Al Wilson

Joseph Crehan

as William Barnes

Billy Curtis

as Capt. Rudolph L. Nemo

John Gallaudet

as Mr. Gordon

Philip Van Zandt

as Harry Swift

Barbara Bates

as Barnes' Secretary (uncredited)

Mel Blanc

as Buster's Midget Impersonation (voice) (uncredited)

Penny Edwards

as Chorine (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

as Mike (uncredited)

Frank McLure

as Bartender (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal

as Landlady (uncredited)

Ray Walker

as Mr. Barclay (uncredited)

Edna Harris

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)