Make Believe Ballroom
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| Directed by | Joseph Santley |
| Produced by | Ted Richmond |
| Screenplay by | Albert Duffy Karen DeWolf |
| Story by | Albert Duffy |
| Starring | Jerome Courtland Ruth Warrick Ron Randell Virginia Welles Al Jarvis |
| Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
| Edited by | Jerome Thoms |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Make Believe Ballroom is a 1949 American musical romantic comedy directed by Joseph Santley and produced by Ted Richmond.[1] It was loosely based on a radio program of the same name by Martin Block and Al Jarvis. The film starred Jerome Courtland, Ruth Warrick, Ron Randell, Virginia Welles, and Jarvis.[2]
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Plot
The film focuses on two carhops as they compete in a mystery record contest. John Reid, in the reference book Popular Pictures of the Hollywood 1940s, commented, "... this is one of those films which string together a musical melange through the excuse of a radio show."[3][self-published source]
Cast
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- Jerome Courtland as Gene Thomas
- Ruth Warrick as Liza
- Virginia Welles as Josie Marlowe
- Ron Randell as Professor Leslie Todd
- Al Jarvis as himself
- Paul Harvey as George Willcox
- Sid Tomack as Joe
- Louis Jean Heydt as "Jerk" Elliott
- Adele Jergens as herself
- Frank Orth as "Pop"
- Pierre Watkin as radio station manager
- Vernon Dent as chef
Musicians featured as themselves in the film included Frankie Laine, The King Cole Trio, Toni Harper, Jack Smith, Kay Starr, The Sportsmen, Charlie Barnet, Jimmy Dorsey, Jan Garber, Pee Wee Hunt, Gene Krupa, and Ray McKinley.[3]
Background
The film's concept dated back to 1932 and Al Jarvis, a disc jockey at radio station KFWB in Los Angeles, California. His daily program, "The World's Largest Make Believe Ballroom", featured popular recordings accompanied by relevant remarks about each one. In 1935, Martin Block began a similar program on WNEW in New York City, with the title shortened to "Make Believe Ballroom".[4]
Filming started 20 September 1948.[5]
The film marked a return to B pictures at Columbia for Ron Randell.[6]
References
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- ↑ MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 16, Iss. 181, (Jan 1, 1949): 119.
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- ↑ Ruth Warrick Changes Pace in Musical Opus; Slezak Writes Movie Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 18 Sep 1948: 9.
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Make Believe Ballroom at IMDb
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