Music / Comedy /

Score: 61%( 10 votes )

Overview: Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.

Cast:

Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby

Bob Hope
Bob Hope

Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper

Ray Milland
Ray Milland

Alan Ladd
Alan Ladd

Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck

Paulette Goddard
Paulette Goddard

Dorothy Lamour
Dorothy Lamour

Sonny Tufts
Sonny Tufts

Joan Caulfield
Joan Caulfield

William Holden
William Holden

Lizabeth Scott
Lizabeth Scott

Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster

Gail Russell
Gail Russell

Diana Lynn
Diana Lynn

Sterling Hayden
Sterling Hayden

Robert Preston
Robert Preston

Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake

Mary Hatcher
Catherine Brown / Juliet

Olga San Juan
Amber La Vonne

DeForest Kelley
Bob Kirby

Frank Ferguson
R.J. O'Connell

Glenn Tryon
Bill Farris

Nella Walker
Mrs. Webster

Torben Meyer
Andre

Jack Norton
Busboy at Brown Derby

Elaine Riley
Cashier

Charles Victor
Mr. O'Connell's Assistant

Gus Taute
Assistant's Assistant

Harry Hayden
Manager at Grauman's Chinese

John Lund
John Lund

William Bendix
William Bendix

Barry Fitzgerald
Barry Fitzgerald

Howard Da Silva
Howard Da Silva

Macdonald Carey
Macdonald Carey

Cass Daley
Cass Daley

Patric Knowles
Patric Knowles

Mona Freeman
Mona Freeman

Billy De Wolfe
Billy De Wolfe

William Demarest
Barker

Cecil Kellaway
Cecil Kellaway

Virginia Field
Variety Girl

Richard Webb
Soldier

Frank Faylen
Frank Faylen

Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille

Mitchell Leisen
Mitchell Leisen

Frank Butler
Frank Butler

George Marshall
George Marshall

Pearl Bailey
Pearl Bailey

Jimmy Mulcay
Harmonica Player

Mildred Mulcay
Harmonica Player

Spike Jones
Spike Jones

Walter Abel
Walter Abel (uncredited)

Eric Alden
Makeup Man (uncredited)

Bob Alden
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

Lucille Barkley
Secretary (uncredited)

Patricia Barry
Variety Girl (uncredited)

Stanley Clements
Stanley Clements (uncredited)

Charles Coleman
Man at Steambath (uncredited)

James Carlisle
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Russell Custer
Waiter (uncredited)

George Reeves
George Reeves (uncredited)

Ann Doran
Hairdresser (uncredited)

Barry Norton
Plane Passenger (uncredited)

Wanda Hendrix
Variety Girl