I Dood It

I Dood It

102 mins | Comedy, Thriller, Romance, Music | Sept. 1, 1943

Constance Shaw, a Broadway dance star, and Joseph Rivington Reynolds, a keen fan of hers, marry after she breaks up with her fiancé. Connie thinks Joseph owns a gold mine, but he actually works as a presser at a hotel valet shop. When everyone learns what he really is, Joseph is banned from the theater. When he sneaks in again, he learns of a plot to set off a bomb in the adjoining munitions warehouse.

I Dood It

102 mins | Comedy, Thriller, Romance, Music | Sept. 1, 1943

I Dood It
Constance Shaw, a Broadway dance star, and Joseph Rivington Reynolds, a keen fan of hers, marry after she breaks up with her fiancé. Connie thinks Joseph owns a gold mine, but he actually works as a presser at a hotel valet shop. When everyone learns what he really is, Joseph is banned from the theater. When he sneaks in again, he learns of a plot to set off a bomb in the adjoining munitions warehouse.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title I Dood It
Directors Vincente Minnelli
Writers Fred Saidy, Sig Herzig

Cast

Red Skelton

as Joseph 'Joe' Rivington Renolds

Eleanor Powell

as Miss Constance 'Connie' Shaw

Richard Ainley

as Larry West

Patricia Dane

as Suretta Brenton

Sam Levene

as Ed Jackson

Thurston Hall

as Kenneth 'Ken' Cawlor

Lena Horne

as Herself

Hazel Scott

as Herself

Jimmy Dorsey

as Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)

Helen O'Connell

as Herself

Bob Eberly

as Himself

John Hodiak

as Roy Hartwood

Butterfly McQueen

as Annette

Marjorie Gateson

as Mrs. Alice Spelvin

Andrew Tombes

as Mr. Alfred Spelvin

John W. Bubbles

as Bubbles

Gino Corrado

as Waiter (uncredited)

Tommy Dorsey

as Tommy Dorsey (uncredited)

James Flavin

as Federal Agent (uncredited)

Charles Judels

as Pete, Stage Manager (uncredited)

Clinton Rosemond

as Actor in Play as Uncle Sig (uncredited)

Joe Yule

as Theatre Doorman (uncredited)