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Genre
  
Comedy, Music, Romance

Director
  
Costume design
  
Renie

Language
  
English

5.4/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Running time
  
1h 8m

Country
  
United States

Four Jacks and a Jill (film) movie poster

Release date
  
1942 (1942)

Writer
  
John Twist (screenplay), Monte Brice (story), W. Carey Wonderly (story)

Genres
  
Music, Comedy, Drama, Romance Film

Cast
  
(Nifty Sullivan, a Jack), (Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill), (Opal), (Steve Sarto / King Stephan VIII of Aregal),
Jack Durant
(Noodle McArdle),
Eddie Foy Jr.
(Happy McScud, a Jack)

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Tagline
  
BLONDE BLITZ blasts the blues out of four howling hepcats!

Scene from four jacks and a jill anne shirley karanina


Four Jacks and a Jill is a 1942 musical comedy film starring Ray Bolger, Anne Shirley, June Havoc and Desi Arnaz.

Contents

It lost $113,000.

Plot

Nifty Sullivan, a bandleader, saves Katarina "Nina" Novak from being hit by a car, but rather than being grateful, Nina blames him for losing a ticket she had to a concert. Nifty escorts her there himself, then introduces her to his band, Four Jacks and a Queen, the queen being their singer, Opal.

Opal, who is dating a gangster called Noodle, quits the band, which then loses its nightclub job. Nina claims she once was a singer who entertained European royalty, King Stephen, and gets the band hired by a club owner called Hoople who believes her tale that the King himself will come see them perform.

Nifty realizes that Nina is both broke and a born liar. But, by coincidence, taxi driver Steve Sarto, who is trying to woo Opal, is a dead ringer for the King. He comes to the club pretending to be his majesty, but Noodle wants to flatten him for paying too much attention to Opal, and then confusion reigns when the actual King shows up.

Cast

  • Ray Bolger as Nifty Sullivan
  • Anne Shirley as Nina Novak (singing voice was dubbed by Martha Mears)
  • June Havoc as Opal
  • Desi Arnaz as Steve Sarto
  • Eddie Foy, Jr. as Happy
  • Jack Durant as Noodle
  • Fritz Feld as Hoople
  • Musical numbers

  • I'm in Good Shape
  • Sung and Danced by Ray Bolger

  • I Haven't a Thing to Wear
  • Sung and Danced by June Havoc

  • Karanina
  • Sung by Anne Shirley (dubbed by Martha Mears), Eddie Foy Jr., Jack Briggs and William Blees

  • Boogie Woogie Conga
  • Sung and Danced by Ray Bolger, Eddie Foy Jr., Jack Briggs and William Blees

  • Wherever You Go
  • Sung by Anne Shirley (dubbed by Martha Mears), then danced by Ray Bolger and Anne Shirley

  • You Go Your Way
  • Sung by Anne Shirley (dubbed by Martha Mears)

  • Boogie Woogie Conga (reprise)
  • Sung by Desi Arnaz, June Havoc, Bob Perry and Constantine Romanoff

    References

    Four Jacks and a Jill (film) Wikipedia
    Four Jacks and a Jill (film) IMDb Four Jacks and a Jill (film) themoviedb.org