April Showers

MUSICAL COMEDY OF THE VAUDEVILLE DAYS!

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.

1948

1h 34min

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Top Billed Cast

Jack Carson
Joe Tyme
Ann Sothern
June Tyme
Robert Alda
Billy Shay
S.Z. Sakall
Mr. Curley
Robert Ellis
Buster Tyme
Richard Rober
Al Wilson
Joseph Crehan
William Barnes
Billy Curtis
Capt. Rudolph L. Nemo
John Gallaudet
Mr. Gordon
Philip Van Zandt
Harry Swift
Barbara Bates
Barnes' Secretary (uncredited)
Mel Blanc
Buster's Midget Impersonation (voice) (uncredited)
Penny Edwards
Chorine (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Mike (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Bartender (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Man in Audience (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
Landlady (uncredited)
Ray Walker
Mr. Barclay (uncredited)
Edna Harris
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Lila Leeds
Society Girl (uncredited)

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