Drama ·Romance ·Music · United States of America · 1940 · 1h 34m

Tin Pan Alley

Director

Cast

Alice Faye as Katie Blane Betty Grable as Lily Blane Jack Oakie as Harry Calhoun John Payne as Skeets Harrigan Allen Jenkins as Casey Esther Ralston as Nora Bayes

Crew

Leon Shamroy — Director of Photography Walter Thompson — Editor Mack Gordon — Original Music Composer Harry Warren — Original Music Composer Robert Ellis — Screenplay Helen Logan — Screenplay

Tagline

THE MUSICAL of OUR EXCITING TIMES! The unbelievable street where songs are born, now tells its stirring story!

Synopsis

Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in England.

Mood & Themes

musical

Key Collaborators

Walter Lang Director Leon Shamroy Director of Photography Walter Thompson Editor Mack Gordon Original Music Composer Harry Warren Original Music Composer Robert Ellis Screenplay Helen Logan Screenplay Pamela Harris Story Travis Banton Costume Design

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