Too Many Girls 1940

Too Many Girls
RKO, 1940, B/W, 85 minutes, ***
Released October, 1940

Lucille Ball plays a snooty heiress attending a college "out west." Her father assigns four football players to keep an eye on her to make sure she stays out of trouble, but she manages just fine in spite of them. Lots of fun and laughs with a great cast. Look for Van Johnson as a chorus boy and Desi Arnaz in his first film. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz met and fell in love on the set.

Produced and Directed by: George Abbott
Assistant Director: Dewey Starkey
Screen Play by: John Twist
From the Musical Play "Too Many Girls," Book by George Marion, Jr., Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Lorenz Hart, as Produced by George Abbott
Dance Numbers Staged by: LeRoy Prinz
Vocal Director: Hugh Martin
Musical Director: George Bassman
Orchestra Conduced by: Frank Tours
Music by: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by: Lorenz Hart
Orchestral Arrangements by: George Bassman and Gene Rose
Art Director: Van Nest Polglase
Associate: Carroll Clark
Wardrobe by: Edward Stevenson
Recorded by: Earl A. Wolcott
Director of Photography: Frank Redman
Special Effects: Vernon L. Walker
Edited by: William Hamilton

Cast: Lucille Ball [Connie Casey], Richard Carlson [Clint Kelly], Ann Miller [Pepe], Eddie Bracken (debut) [Jojo Jordan], Frances Langford [Eileen Eilers], Desi Arnaz (debut) [Manuelito], Hal LeRoy [Al Terwilliger], Libby Bennett [Tallulah Lou], Harry Shannon [Mr. Casey], Douglas Walton [Beverly Waverly], Chester Clute [Lister], Midge Martin [Tiny Person], Ivy Scott [Mrs. Tewksbury], Byron Shores [Sheriff Andaluz], Additional Cast: Van Johnson (screen debut) [Boy], John Benton [Boy], Janet Lavis, Anna Mae Tessle, Amarilla Morris, Vera Fern, Mildred Law, Ellen Johnson [Coeds], Michael Alvarez [Joe], Sethma Williams [Marie], Averell Harris [Detective], Tommy Graham [Hawker], Grady Sutton [Football Coach], Homer Dickinson [Butler], Iron Eyes Cody, Jay Silverheels [Indians], Chief Big Tree [Chief], Pamela Blake [Student], Trudy Erwin [singing voice of Lucille Ball]

Musical Program: [0:00] Heroes in the Fall (sung by Mens Chorus behind titles); [0:12] You're Nearer (sung by Trudy Erwin dubbing for Lucille Ball); [0:16] Pottawatomie (sung by Chester Clute and Harry Shannon, then sung by Chorus); [0:20] 'Cause We Got Cake (sung by Frances Langford, sung and danced by Chorus); [0:35] Spic and Spanish (production number sung and danced by Desi Arnaz, Ann Miller and Chorus); [0:43] Love Never Went to College (sung by Frances Langford); [0:51] Look Out (sung by Ann Miller, Frances Langford and Chorus); [1:02] I Didn't Know What Time It Was (sung by Trudy Erwin dubbing for Lucille Ball, then sung by Eddie Bracken); [1:15] You're Nearer (sung by Frances Langford, Libby Bennett, Ann Miller, Desi Arnaz, Trudi Erwin dubbing for Lucille Ball and Chorus); [1:19] Conga (danced by Company)