A big-time Hollywood producer named Oliver Merlin (Adolphe Menjou) can’t “buy common sense,” so he asks sincere and sweet Hazel Dawes (Andrea Leeds) to tell him the truth about his latest movie in this Technicolor-rich, George Gershwin music-packed treat. Boatloads of stars make appearances, including Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Kenny Baker, Ella Logan, Helen Jepson, Zorina, Bobby Clark and the Ritz Bros.
George E. Marshall (December 29, 1891 – February 17, 1975) was a prolific American actor, screenwriter, producer, film and television director, active through the first six decades of movie history.
Relatively few of Marshall’s films are well-known today, with Destry Rides Again, The Sheepman, and How the West Was Won being the biggest exceptions. Marshall co-directed How the West Was Won with John Ford and Henry Hathaway, handling the railroad segment, which featured a celebrated buffalo stampede sequence. While Marshall worked on almost all kinds of films imaginable, he started his career in the early silent period doing mostly Westerns, a genre he never completely abandoned. Later in his career, he was particularly sought after for comedies. He did around half a dozen films each with Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis, and also worked with W.C. Fields, Jackie Gleason, Will Rogers and Laurel and Hardy.
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