25 Dec 2006
Dreamgirls
A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
What's Cookin'?
It's A Swingeroo... Rootin', zootin' swing-stars... 'teen-stars... hot licks and hep-cats!
J. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha Courtney, is the final authority and addicted to the classics and won't allow him to replace Professor Bistell and his symphonic orchestra. Conspiring with his daughter Sue and her friends, Marvo the Great, the Andrews Sisters, Anne Payne and bandleader Woody Herman, they devise a sabotage plot that gets rid of Professor Bistell, and a new sound is soon heard on the program.
Top Billed Cast
Patty Andrews Patty Andrews
Maxene Andrews Maxene Andrews
Laverne Andrews Laverne Andrews
Jane Frazee Anne Payne
Robert Paige Bob J. Riley
Gloria Jean Sue Courtney
Leo Carrillo Marvo the Great
Charles Butterworth J. P. Courtney
Billie Burke Agatha Courtney
Grace McDonald Angela
Donald O'Connor Tommy
Susan Levine Tag-a-Long (as Tag-a-Long)
Peggy Ryan Peggy
Franklin Pangborn Professor Bistell
Charles Lane K.D. Reynolds
Woody Herman Woody Herman - Orchestra Leader
Eddie Acuff Doorman (uncredited)
Leonard Carey Butler
Charles Coleman Butler
Esther Dale Mrs. Murphy (uncredited)
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