Hitchhike to Happiness
Hitchhike to Happiness | |
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Directed by | Joseph Santley |
Written by | Manuel Seff Jack Townley |
Produced by | |
Starring | Al Pearce Dale Evans William Frawley |
Cinematography | Jack A. Marta |
Edited by | Fred Allen |
Music by | (additional music-uncredited) Joseph Dubin (uncredited) Walter Scharf (stock music-uncredited) Marlin Skiles (additional music-uncredited) Stanley Wilson (uncredited) |
Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Hitchhike to Happiness is a 1945 musical that was nominated at the 18th Academy Awards in the category of Best Musical score. Which was nominated for.[1][2]
Plot[]
A famous radio singer returns to New York City to reunite with her old friends who are unaware of who she is due to how she uses a stage name. She falls in love with a struggling songwriter as well.
Cast[]
- Al Pearce as Kipling 'Kippy' Ellis
- Dale Evans as Alice Chase
- Brad Taylor as Joe Mitchell
- William Frawley as Sandy Hill
- Jerome Cowan as Tony Riggs
- Willie Trenk as Ladislaus Prenska
- Arlene Harris as Dolly Ward
- Joyce Compton as Joan Randall
- Maude Eburne as Mrs. Randall
- Irving Bacon as Dennis Colby
References[]
- ^ "The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
- ^ "Hitchhike to Happiness awards". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2016. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1945 films
- English-language films
- 1945 musical films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- 1940s English-language films
- Films directed by Joseph Santley
- Republic Pictures films
- American musical films
- Musical film stubs