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Variety Girl (1947)

Variety Girl poster
Directed by
George Marshall
Genre
musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A starlet arrives in Hollywood hoping to break into movies. She meets a long line of famous actors and singers who appear as themselves.

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What happens

Variety Girl is a 1947 American musical comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Mary Hatcher, Olga San Juan, DeForest Kelley, Frank Ferguson, Glenn Tryon, Nella Walker, Torben Meyer, Jack Norton, and William Demarest. It was produced by Paramount Pictures. Numerous Paramount contract players and directors make cameos or perform songs, with particularly large amounts of screen time featuring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Among many others, the studio contract players include Gary Cooper, Alan Ladd, Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, William Holden, Burt Lancaster, Robert Preston, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Barbara Stanwyck and Paula Raymond. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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