Directed by:
William A. SeiterCinematography:
J. Peverell MarleyCast:
Alice Faye, Tony Martin, Fred Allen, Joan Davis, Gregory Ratoff, Jimmy Durante, Gypsy Rose Lee, Barnett Parker, Eddie Collins, Mary Treen, Charles C. Wilson (more)Plots(1)
Three manicurists hope to become entertainers through the auspices of their wisecracking agent (Fred Allen). Sally (Alice Faye) is the smart one, Irene (Joan Davis) the funny one, and Mary (Marjorie Weaver) the cute-and-innocent one. The girls secure work in a Greenwich village nitery, where Sally falls for star singer Tony Martin. The threesome's career becomes stalled until Mary inherits an old ferry boat, which she converts into a floating nightclub. Among the highlights of Sally Irene and Mary is a jitterbug number by Joan Davis and supporting appearances by Jimmy Durante and Gypsy Rose Lee (billed under her real name, Louise Hovick). The film was based on a non-musical play by Eddie Dowling and Cyril Rood, previously filmed in 1925. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Alice Faye
USA
Best movies:
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Fallen Angel (1945)
In Old Chicago (1937)
Tony Martin
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
Clash by Night (1952)
Fred Allen
USA
Best movies:
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
We're Not Married! (1952)
Joan Davis
USA
Best movies:
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
Day-Time Wife (1939)
Gregory Ratoff
Russian Empire
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
Sabrina (1954)
The Moon Is Blue (1953)
Jimmy Durante
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
Gypsy Rose Lee
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Gypsy (1993) (TV movie) - a.f.
Barnett Parker
UK
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Double Wedding (1937)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Eddie Collins
USA
Best movies:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Mary Treen
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
Charles C. Wilson
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
J. Edward Bromberg
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
A Song Is Born (1948)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Raymond Scott
USA
Best movies:
Nothing Sacred (1937)
Marjorie Weaver
USA
Best movies:
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
We're Not Married! (1952)
Lon Chaney Jr.
USA
Best movies:
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Of Mice and Men (1939)
Love Is News (1937)
Heinie Conklin
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Circus (1928)
Hank Mann
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
Andrew Tombes
USA
Best movies:
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Texas (1941)
Leonard Carey
UK
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Rebecca (1940)