People Are Funny

People Are Funny

Paramount, 1946, B/W, 93 minutes, **½

Released January, 1946



Based on the popular radio (and later television) show, this music-filled comedy provides a fictional account of how the show came into being. Two identical versions of the show from a radio station in Oklahoma are auditioned for producer Rudy Vallee, though the backers of each version are not aware the other version is competing. Art Linkletter, host of the real show on television and radio, is onhand to host the audition.



Produced and Directed by: Sam White

Executive Producers: William H. Pine, William C. Thomas

Screenplay by: Maxwell Shane, David Lang

Additional Dialogue: Dorcas Cochran

Original Story by: David Lang

Based on John Guedel's "People Are Funny" radio program

Musical Supervision: David Chudnow

Musical Direction: Rudy Schrager

Dance Director: Jack Crosby

Art Direction: F. Paul Sylos

Set Decoration: Glenn P. Thompson

Miss Walker's Gowns: Odette Myrtil

Make Up Artist: Irving Burns

Sound Recording: William H. Lynch

Director of Photography: Fred Jackman, Jr.

Supervising Editor: Howard Smit

Edited by: Henry Adams



Cast: Jack Haley [Pinky Wilson], Helen Walker [Corey Sullivan], Rudy Vallee [Ormsby Jamison], Ozzie Nelson [Leroy Brinker], Philip Reed [John Guedel], The Vagabonds [Themselves], Bob Graham [Luke], Roy Atwell [Mr. Pippensigal], Clara Blandick [Grandma], Barbara Roche [Aimee], Art Linkletter and the People Are Funny Radio Show, Guest Artist Frances Langford



Musical Program: [0:08] Every Hour on the Hour (sung by Bob Graham); [0:22] Cielito Lindo (sung by unidentified female singer with Pepe and Tito Guizar); [0:23] Hey Jose (sung in English by Jack Haley, sung in Spanish by Jack Haley, Pepe and Tito Guizar and Chorus, danced by Jack Haley and unidentified female dancer); [0:34] Angelina (sung by The Vagabonds); [0:39] "Dixie Shindig" (played by Ann Jenkins); [0:48] The Old Squaredance is Back Again (sung by The Vagabonds); [1:04] Alouette (sung by Rudy Vallee, Ozzie Nelson and Ensemble); [1:23] Chuck a Luckin' (sung by The Vagabonds); Film titles indicate that the song "I'm in the Mood for Love" is used in this film, and various sources indicate that it was sung by Frances Langford. However, neither Francis Lanford nor this song appear in this print of the film.