Meet the People (1944)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents the gayest musical!
A idealistic shipyard worker interests a beautiful Hollywood star in staging a musical tribute to the war industry, but they disagree on some important issues.
- Date of release
- 1944-06-01
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Director
- Charles Reisner
Casting
- Lucille Ball — Julie Hampton
- Dick Powell — William 'Swanee' Swanson
- Virginia O'Brien — 'Woodpecker' Peg
- Bert Lahr — Commander
- Rags Ragland — Mr. Smith
- June Allyson — Annie
- Steven Geray — Uncle Felix
- Paul Regan — Buck
- Howard Freeman — George Peetwick
- Betty Jaynes — Steffi
- John Craven — John Swanson
- Morris Ankrum — Monte Rowland
Interesting facts
Meet the People (1944) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical comedy film made, and set, during World War II, and starring Lucille Ball and Dick Powell and featuring Virginia O'Brien, Bert Lahr, Rags Ragland and June Allyson. The film takes its title from a successful Los Angeles musical revue, which ran on Broadway from December 25, 1940, to May 10, 1941. Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra, Spike Jones and his City Slickers, and Virginia O'Brien were also in the original stage cast. O'Brien sings the hit song "Say That We're Sweethearts Again".
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