'The Dinner Party' — MiamisFF Review
A young woman finds herself trapped in a crossfire of awkwardness during a nightmarish dinner party with her boyfriend's dysfunctional family.
Mary Lou (1948)
Airline hostess Ann Parker is fired for being undignified when she sang to calm the passengers during a storm. Mike Connors, publicity man for Frankie Carle's orchestra, invites her to try out as the band's vocalist since the regular singer, Mary Lou, had just quit the band on the eve of an engagement at a swanky New York night club. Encouraged by her boyfriend, Steve Roberts, Ann lands the job and assumes the name of "Mary Lou", a trademark almost for Frankie Carle singers. But the departed Mary Lou shows up and threatens to sue if she is not rehired. Ann returns to her former job. Meanwhile, Steve locates the woman who was the original Mary Lou with the band, and urges Mike to keep the current Mary Lou off the bandstand until he can return with Ann.
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Airline hostess Ann Parker is fired for being undignified when she sang to calm the passengers during a storm. Mike Connors, publicity man for Frankie Carle's orchestra, invites her to try out as the band's vocalist since the regular singer, Mary Lou, had just quit the band on the eve of an engagement at a swanky New York night club. Encouraged by her boyfriend, Steve Roberts, Ann lands the job and assumes the name of "Mary Lou", a trademark almost for Frankie Carle singers. But the departed Mary Lou shows up and threatens to sue if she is not rehired. Ann returns to her former job. Meanwhile, Steve locates the woman who was the original Mary Lou with the band, and urges Mike to keep the current Mary Lou off the bandstand until he can return with Ann.
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Genre:Music
Written By:M. Coates Webster
In Theaters:1/23/1948
Box Office:
Runtime:65 minutes
Studio:Columbia Pictures
Cast
George Abbott
Director
Robert Lowery
Steve Roberts
Joan Barton
Ann Parker, aka Mary Lou
Glenda Farrell
Winnie Winford
Frank Jenks
Mike Connors
Thelma White
Eve Summers
Abigail Adams
First Mary Lou
Chester Clute
Cheever Chesney
Emmett Vogan
Murray Harris
Pierre Watkin
Airline President
Charles Jordan
Mortimer Cripps
Frankie Carle
Band Leader Frankie Carle (as Frankie Carle and His Piano)
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