Follies Girl

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Follies Girl
Follies Girl.jpg
Directed byWilliam Rowland
Written by



Arthur L. Jarrett

Produced byDavid Rowland
William Rowland
StarringWendy Barrie
Doris Nolan
Gordon Oliver
CinematographyGeorge Webber
Edited by

Music by
Production
company
William Rowland Productions
Distributed byProducers Releasing Corporation
Release date
June 26, 1943
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Follies Girl is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by William Rowland and starring Wendy Barrie, Doris Nolan and Gordon Oliver. It was made by the poverty row studio Producers Releasing Corporation. Much of the film takes place in or around a burlesque house.[1] It was the final film appearance of Barrie apart from a cameo role in It Should Happen to You.

Cast[]

  • Wendy Barrie as Anne Merriday
  • Doris Nolan as Francine La Rue
  • Gordon Oliver as Pvt. Jerry Hamlin
  • as Bunny
  • Arthur Pierson as Sgt. Bill Perkins
  • J.C. Nugent as J.B. Hamlin
  • Cora Witherspoon as Mrs. J.B. Hamlin
  • William Harrigan as Jimmy Dobson
  • as Andre Duval
  • as Lew
  • Cliff Hall as Cliff
  • as Trixie
  • as Patsy
  • Anthony Blair as Somers
  • as Jerri
  • as Scarini
  • as Doorman
  • Ray Heatherton as Bandleader Ray Heatherton
  • Johnny Long as Bandleader Johnny Long
  • Bobby Byrne as Bandleader Bobby Byrne
  • Ernie Holst as Bandleader Ernie Holst
  • Charles Weidman as Charles Weidman-Speciality
  • Fritzi Scheff as Fritzi Scheff
  • Claire and Arene as Specialty Act
  • Lazare and Castellanos as Specialty Act
  • The Song Spinners as Singers
  • The Heat Waves as Specialty Act
  • Virginia Mayo as Chorine

References[]

  1. ^ Koszarski p.553

Bibliography[]

  • Koszarski, Richard. Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. Rutgers University Press, 2008.

External links[]

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