Song of the Open Road

Song of the Open Road

93 mins | Comedy | June 21, 1944

A beautiful child star tires of life in the spotlight and so disguises herself and sneaks off to join a Civilian Conservation Corps camp to work with normal kids. It doesn't take her long to discover that being "normal" isn't easy as it looks. When a crop is in danger of being ruined because there are not enough people to harvest it, the girl employs some of her famous colleagues to lend a hand. Songs include: "Too Much in Love," "Here It Is Monday," "Delightfully Dangerous," "Hawaiian War Chant" and "Notre Dame."

Song of the Open Road

93 mins | Comedy | June 21, 1944

Song of the Open Road
A beautiful child star tires of life in the spotlight and so disguises herself and sneaks off to join a Civilian Conservation Corps camp to work with normal kids. It doesn't take her long to discover that being "normal" isn't easy as it looks. When a crop is in danger of being ruined because there are not enough people to harvest it, the girl employs some of her famous colleagues to lend a hand. Songs include: "Too Much in Love," "Here It Is Monday," "Delightfully Dangerous," "Hawaiian War Chant" and "Notre Dame."
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Charles R. Rogers Productions
Original title Song of the Open Road
Directors S. Sylvan Simon
Writers Irving Phillips, Edward Verdier, Albert Mannheimer

Cast

Edgar Bergen

as Edgar Bergen

Bonita Granville

as Bonnie

W.C. Fields

as W.C. Fields

Jane Powell

as Jane Powell

Peggy O'Neill

as Peggy

Reginald Denny

as Director Curtis

Jackie Moran

as Jack Moran

Sammy Kaye

as Orchestra Leader

Bill Christy

as Bill

Regis Toomey

as Connors

Rose Hobart

as Mrs. Powell

Hugh Beaumont

as John Moran (uncredited)

Virginia Brissac

as Camp Matron (uncredited)

Murray Hamilton

as Crop Corps Kid (uncredited)