Hitchhike to Happiness

1945/07/16 • Released • English

Music

Comedy

5.0

1h 14m

Overview

An aspiring playwright gets a job in a New York City restaurant favored by celebrities in hopes of getting a break. Unfortunately, most of them believe that the waiter lacks the talent to make it big. Only an aspiring songwriter, and a former waitress who has become a famous Hollywood radio star, really believe in him. When the ex-waitress drops by the restaurant to say hello, she and the others decide to play a trick on an arrogant producer by making him believe the waiter has written a sure-fire hit. They succeed and the producer puts on the show. The singer gets to be the star. When the show becomes a smash, everyone is surprised. Songs include: "Hitchhike To Happiness," "For You And Me," "Sentimental," and "My Pushover Heart."

Director : Joseph Santley

Casts

Al Pearce

Kipling 'Kippy' Ellis

Dale Evans

Alice Chase

Stanley Brown

Joe Mitchell

William Frawley

Sandy Hill

Jerome Cowan

Tony Riggs

Willy Trenk-Trebitsch

Ladislaus Prenska

Arlene Harris

Dolly Ward

Joyce Compton

Joan Randall

Maude Eburne

Mrs. Randall

Irving Bacon

Dennis Colby

Lynne Romer

Specialty Act

Jean Romer

Specialty Act

Bill Alcorn

Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Bob Alden

Call Boy (uncredited)

Melva Anstead

Show Girl (uncredited)

Sam Ash

Stage Manager (uncredited)

George Boyce

Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Roy Brent

Man in Bar (uncredited)

Lucille Byron

Show Girl (uncredited)

Horace B. Carpenter

Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Martha Carroll

Show Girl (uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers

Sam Jones (uncredited)

Tom Dillon

Ryan (uncredited)

Bobbie Dorree

Show Girl (uncredited)

Kenne Duncan

Man in Bar (uncredited)

Al Eben

Smith (uncredited)

Mary Emery

Maria, the Maid (uncredited)

Geraldine Farnum

Show Girl (uncredited)

Jack Gargan

Brown (uncredited)

George Golden

Davis (uncredited)

Harriette Haddon

Show Girl (uncredited)

Fred Howard

Newspaper Columnist (uncredited)

Rosemonde James

Show Girl (uncredited)

Marian Kerrigan

Show Girl (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Customer (uncredited)

Nolan Leary

Customer (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

Customer (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

Police Detective (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Publisher (uncredited)

Rose Marie Morel

Show Girl (uncredited)

Charles Murray Jr.

Newspaper Columnist (uncredited)

Joe Niemeyer

Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Wendell Niles

Wendell Niles (uncredited)

Florence Pepper

Cashier (uncredited)

Patti Posten

Show Girl (uncredited)

Beverly Reedy

Show Girl (uncredited)

Arlyn Roberts

Show Girl (uncredited)

Kenneth Rundquist

Truck Driver (uncredited)

Fred Santley

Thompson (uncredited)

Syd Saylor

Man on Street (uncredited)

Dick Scott

Customer (uncredited)

George Sherwood

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Publisher (uncredited)

Dorothy Stevens

Show Girl (uncredited)

Robert Strong

Waiter (uncredited)

Sheila Stuart

Secretary (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

Stage Hand (uncredited)

John Wald

Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Gayne Whitman

Radio Program Announcer (uncredited)

Robert J. Wilke

Stage Hand (uncredited)

Charles Williams

Park Magician (uncredited)

Hitchhike to Happiness

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