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Director
  
Sam White

Producer
  
Pine-Thomas Productions

Language
  
English

5.4/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Musical

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

People Are Funny (film) movie poster

Writer
  
Dorcas Cochran
,
John Guedel
,
David Lang
,
Maxwell Shane

Release date
  
January 11, 1946

Genres
  
Comedy, Musical, Musical comedy

Cast
  
Jack Haley
(Pinky Wilson),
Helen Walker
(Corey Sullivan),
Rudy Vallée
(Ormsby Jamison),
Ozzie Nelson
(Leroy Brinker),
Phillip Reed
(John Guedel),
The Vagabonds
(Quartet-Singers / Musicians)

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,
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,
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,
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,
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
,
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People Are Funny is a 1946 American musical comedy film directed by Sam White based on the popular radio show of the same name.

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Plot summary

Radio producer John Guedel is panicked and dumbfounded when his popular radio show Humbug is immediately taken off the air for making fun of the legal profession. Given a deadline to produce a replacement, Gudel contacts his writer girlfriend Corey Sullivan to help him but Corey has another client, Leroy Brinker seeking a radio show for himself. The two come across a radio show put on in a small town called People Are Funny that mixes bizarre challenges to contestants with musical entertainment. Corey gets the show's producer Pinky Wilson to bring his show to Mr Guedel.

Cast

  • Jack Haley as Pinky Wilson
  • Helen Walker as Corey Sullivan
  • Rudy Vallee as Ormsby Jamison
  • Ozzie Nelson as Leroy Brinker
  • Phillip Reed as John Guedel
  • Bob Graham as Luke
  • Barbara Roche as Aimee
  • Art Linkletter as Art Linkletter
  • Frances Langford as Frances Langford
  • Clara Blandick as Grandma
  • Roy Atwell as Mr. Pippensigal

    • Soundtrack

  • Frances Langford with chorus -"I'm in the Mood for Love" (by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields (lyrics))
  • Bob Graham - "Every Hour on the Hour" (by Duke Ellington and Don George)
  • Jack Haley with chorus - "Hey Jose" (by Pepe Guízar and Tito Guízar, English lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans)
  • The Vagabonds (in blackface) - "Angelina" (by Allan Roberts and Doris Fischer)
  • The Vagabonds - "The Old Squaredance is Back Again" (by Don Reid and Harry Tobias)
  • Rudy Vallee with Ozzie Nelson and others - "Alouette" (traditional French Folksong, orchestrated and English lyrics by Rudy Vallee)
  • The Vagabonds - "Chuck a Luckin'" (by Archie Gottler and Jay Milton and Walter G. Samuels)
  • Rosarita Varela - "Celito Lindo"

    • References

    People Are Funny (film) Wikipedia
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    People Are Funny (film) IMDb People Are Funny (film) themoviedb.org