Tin Pan Alley (film)
| Tin Pan Alley | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Walter Lang |
| Produced by | Kenneth Macgowan |
| Written by |
Pamela Harris (story) Robert Ellis Helen Logan |
| Starring |
Alice Faye Betty Grable Jack Oakie John Payne |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
| Edited by | Walter A. Thompson |
| Distributed by | 20th-Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Tin Pan Alley is a 1940 musical film directed by Walter Lang and starring Alice Faye and Betty Grable as vaudeville singers/sisters and John Payne and Jack Oakie as songwriters in the years before World War I.
Alfred Newman received the 1940 Academy Award for Best Musical Score for his work on the film, the first of his nine Oscars. The film was also nominated for American Film Institute's 2006 list of the AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals.[1]
Cast
- Alice Faye as Katie Blane
- Betty Grable as Lily Blane
- Jack Oakie as Harry Calhoun
- John Payne as Francis 'Skeets' Harrigan
- Allen Jenkins as Casey
- Esther Ralston as Nora Bayes
- Fayard Nicholas as Dance Specialty
- Harold Nicholas as Dance Specialty
- Ben Carter as Boy
- John Loder as Captain Reginald 'Reggie' Carstair
- Elisha Cook, Jr. as Joe Codd
- Fred Keating as Harvey Raymond
Casting
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Before filming began, there was said to be a feud between Faye and Grable, although the two actresses had never met. On the first day of production, the actresses quickly got along and became lifelong friends.
Tyrone Power and Don Ameche were considered for the leading roles, but scheduling conflicts took them out of the running.
References
- ↑ "AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals Nominees" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-13.
External links
- Tin Pan Alley on IMDb
- Tin Pan Alley at the TCM Movie Database
- Tin Pan Alley at AllMovie