Two sharpie promoters (Don Barry and Frank Jenks) put on a show they believe is so bad it will not play more than one day and they therefore will not have to pay the long list of investors,i.e, suckers and buyers. But one of the investors dies intestate and his interests pass to the state. The governor's secretary (Lynne Roberts) engages new talent (the Four Step Brothers, Guadalajara Trio, St. Clair & Vilvoa, Dolores and Don Graham, et al) and a new orchestra (Jan Savitt), in order to make the show successful and a profitable investment for the state. Barry (in another of the vast majority of his films in which he was not billed as Don "Red" Barry), who has fallen in love with the first-billed Roberts, reforms and buys up the surplus stock.
That's My Gal is showing in 1 cinema in Los Angeles — next screening Monday 7 September at 19:45 at Landmark's Nuart Theatre.
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If you've ever wondered where Mel Brooks might have gotten the idea for The Producers, look no further; in this Republic musical, several producers stumble across a burlesque show and buy it, hoping for it to be a flop. This being a Hollywood musical, however, the show is improved upon and eventually becomes a hit - to the delight of everyone. Everything in That's My Gal is routine, however, including the Jack Elliot score.
Two swindling promoters attempt to stage a musical intended to fail to cheat their investors, but the production unexpectedly becomes a hit.
George Blair directed the film in 1947 during his tenure at Republic Pictures, where he helmed many of the studio's modest B-movie productions.
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