The Stork Club

The Stork Club


M. & A. Alexander Productions / Paramount, 1945, B/W, 98 minutes

Released December, 1945



An entertaining song and dance musical comedy with Betty Hutton playing a wise-cracking nightclub hat-check girl. She unwittingly saves the life of a hobo who is played by Barry Fitzgerald. In reality he is really a cynical elderly millionaire. His expressions of gratitude are less than appreciated by her G.I. beau.



Great movie! Barry Fitzgerald is such a wonderful actor. And, of course, Betty Hutton is loads of fun, too.

Producer: B. G. DeSylva

Associate Producer: Harold Wilson

Directed by: Hal Walker

Screen Play by: B. G. DeSylva and John McGowan

Music Direction: Robert Emmett Dolan

Vocal Arrangements: Joseph J. Lilley

Music Associate: Troy Sanders

Musical Numbers Staged by: Billy Daniels

Dance Supervisor: Sam Ledner

Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Earl Hedrick

Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Jerry D. Welch

Costumes: Edith Head

Makeup Supervision: Wally Westmore

Sound Recorded by: Hugo Grenzbach and Walter Oberst

Technical Advisor: Leonard MacBain

Special Effects: Gordon Jennings and Paul K. Lerpae

Director of Photography: Charles Lang, Jr.

Process Photography: Farciot Edouart

Edited by: Gladys Carley



Cast: Betty Hutton [Judy Peabody], Barry Fitzgerald [Jerry B. Bates], Don DeFore [Danny Wilton], Robert Benchley [Tom Curtis], Bill Goodwin [Sherman Billingsley], Iris Adrian [Gwen], Mikhail Rasumny [Coretti], Mary Young [Mrs. Edith Bates], Andy Russell [Jim], Perc Launders [Tom], Mae Busch [Vera], Pierre Watkin [Hotel Manager], Charles Coleman [Bates' Butler], Dorothy Garrett [Cashier], Cosmo Sardo [Rocco], Grady Sutton [Peter], Audrey Young [Jenny], Roberta Jonay [Molly, the Check Girl], Anthony Caruso [Joe, the Fisherman], Jimmie Dundee [Fred, the Fisherman], Darrell Huntley [Fred], Franklyn Farnum [Diner], Sam Ash [Ringsider], Reed Howes [Patron]



Musical Program: [0:16] Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief (sung and danced by Betty Hutton and Mens Chorus); [0:46] Baltimore Oriole (instrumental, Orchestra, with drum solo); [0:56] I'm a Square in the Social Circle (sung and danced by Betty Hutton); [1:01] In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree (sung by Betty Hutton - first as "jive" number, then as ballad); [1:03] I'm a Square in the Social Circle (reprised by Betty Hutton); [1:06] If I Had a Dozen Hearts (Betty Hutton and Andy Russell); [1:21] Love Me (Andy Russell); [1:28] In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree (instrumental rendition, danced by Barry Fitzgerald and Mary Young); [1:36] If I Had a Dozen Hearts (Betty Hutton)