Little Miss Broadway (1947)
She's the upstart who upset cafe society!
Upon leaving finishing school, Judy Gibson goes to meet her presumed wealthy and socially prominent relatives. However they are penniless Broadway characters and take possession of a Long Island mansion owned by an incarcerated thief so Judy doesn't find out the truth. Judy arrives with her fiancé and his father, who tries to sell worthless stock to Judy's family. They give him $200,000, part of the stashed loot they found belonging to the home-owner thief.
- Date of release
- 1947-06-19
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Music, Comedy
- Director
- Arthur Dreifuss
Casting
- Jean Porter — Judy Gibson
- John Shelton — Dick Nichols
- Ruth Donnelly — Minerva Van Dorn
- Doris Houck — Ina Mae Sullivan
- Edward Gargan — Uncle George
- Vince Barnett — Mack Truck
- Douglas Wood — Richard Nichols Sr.
- Milton Kibbee — Jeff Parks
- Charles Jordan — Uncle Harry
- Ben Welden — Cash Monahan
- Kirk Alyn — Mel O'Brien
- Norman Willis — Santos
Interesting facts
Little Miss Broadway is a 1947 American musical film directed by Arthur Dreifuss and starring Jean Porter, John Shelton, and Ruth Donnelly. Dreifuss also co-wrote the screenplay.
Production
The film was originally titled Broadway Baby. Columbia bought the rights to the script in November 1946 and assigned it to producer Sam Katzman.
This was the second movie Porter made for Katzman, following Betty Co-Ed. Filming started on January 20, 1947.
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