
Film
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
1941 · 1h 25m · Music
1941'S BIGGEST, GAYEST MUSICAL TRIUMPH!
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Overview
New York chorus girl Cindy Lou Bethany becomes frustrated when she prepares for an audition for a Broadway musical, but the auditions close and her roommate, Gwen Abbott, is hired to be secretary to Top Rumson, the show's financial backer. Gwen tells Cindy that the director, Lloyd Lloyd, and composer, Dick Rayburn, have been sent to the South on a talent search for a classic Southern belle type to star in the show, although their shows usually feature Myra Stanhope, an actress whose style is hopelessly inappropriate for this show. Desperate for work, Cindy returns to her aunt Lily Lou and uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany's home in the South and schemes to get Lloyd and Rayburn to audition her.
Cast

Don Ameche
Lloyd Lloyd

Mary Martin
Cindy Lou Bethany

Oscar Levant
Dick Rayburn

Virginia Dale
Gwendolyn Abbott

Barbara Jo Allen
Myra Stanhope

Raymond Walburn
Top Rumson

Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Lily Lou Bethany
Jerome Cowan
Bert Fisher

Connee Boswell
Polly

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
George

Minor Watson
Uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany

Jean Porter
Girl Going to Audition (uncredited)
Crew
- Victor SchertzingerDirector
- Harry TugendScreenplay
- Dwight TaylorScreenplay
- Paul JonesProducer
- William LeBaronProducer
- Ted TetzlaffDirector of Photography
- Victor YoungOriginal Music Composer
- Paul WeatherwaxEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- August 1, 1941
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Music
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