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Tin Pan Alley

Tin Pan Alley

THE MUSICAL of OUR EXCITING TIMES! The unbelievable street where songs are born, now tells its stirring story!

Genres

DramaRomanceMusic

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Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in England.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

94 mins

Rating

5/10

Release Date

29 November 1940

Country

United States of America

Cast

Alice Faye

Alice Faye

Katie Blane

Betty Grable

Betty Grable

Lily Blane

Jack Oakie

Jack Oakie

Harry Calhoun

John Payne

John Payne

Skeets Harrigan

Allen Jenkins

Allen Jenkins

Casey

Esther Ralston

Esther Ralston

Nora Bayes

Harold Nicholas

Harold Nicholas

Dancer

Fayard Nicholas

Fayard Nicholas

Dancer

Ben Carter

Ben Carter

Boy

John Loder

John Loder

Reggie Carstairs

Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.

Joe Codd

Fred Keating

Fred Keating

Harvey Raymond

Billy Gilbert

Billy Gilbert

Sheik

Lillian Porter

Lillian Porter

Telephone Operator

Princess Vanessa Ammon

Princess Vanessa Ammon

Specialty

Betty Brian

Betty Brian

Singer

Doris Brian

Doris Brian

Singer

Gwen Brian

Gwen Brian

Singer

Roberts Brothers

Roberts Brothers

Specialty

Tyler Brooke

Tyler Brooke

Bert Melville

Hal K. Dawson

Hal K. Dawson

Hotel Clerk

William B. Davidson

William B. Davidson

Hotel Manager

Lionel Pape

Lionel Pape

Lord Stanley

Billy Bevan

Billy Bevan

Stage Doorman

Dewey Robinson

Dewey Robinson

Dumb Guy

Robert Emmett Keane

Robert Emmett Keane

Manager

John Sheehan

John Sheehan

Announcer

George Watts

George Watts

Mike Buckner

Ted Billings

Ted Billings

Recruit Poster Peddler in Montage (uncredited)

Bobby Callahan

Bobby Callahan

Newsboy (uncredited)

Maurice Costello

Maurice Costello

(uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

Man in Audience (uncredited)

James Flavin

James Flavin

Army Sergeant (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Nightclub Guest (uncredited)

Kit Guard

Kit Guard

Ringsider (uncredited)

Eddie Hall

Eddie Hall

Man Reading Headline (uncredited)

John Indrisano

John Indrisano

Kid Skeets' Cornerman (uncredited)

Larry McGrath

Larry McGrath

Referee (uncredited)

Pat McKee

Pat McKee

Two Punch Hogan (uncredited)

Bud Mercer

Bud Mercer

Dancer (uncredited)

Jim Mercer

Jim Mercer

Dancer (uncredited)

Louis Mercier

Louis Mercier

(uncredited)

Charles R. Moore

Charles R. Moore

Porter at Railroad Station (uncredited)

Jack Roper

Jack Roper

Nick Palerno (uncredited)

Mary Stewart

Mary Stewart

Dancer (uncredited)

Harry Strang

Harry Strang

Marching Doughboy (uncredited)

Dorothy Tuttle

Dorothy Tuttle

(uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson

Charles C. Wilson

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

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