72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Step Lively

Tim Whelan
USA
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Glen, a young country bumpkin who dreams of becoming a playwright, has sent his play, along with $1,500, to a skick Broadway producer named Miller. Arriving in New York to learn how his play is progressing, Glen finds Miller holed up in a Manhattan hotel because of a large, unpaid bill, rehearsing another script with a group of hungry actors. A man named Jenkins, representing a mysterious backer, appears with a cheque of $50,000 and a protégé, Miss Abbott, who falls for Glen; but the check is rubber, and Miller and his aids try to get their new musical on the boards before the cheque bounces back from the bank. Miller discovers the young man has a voice that makes women swoon and succeeds in persuading Glen to take over the leading roles in his musical. 

Director
Tim Whelan
Screenplay
Warren Duff, Peter Milne
Plot
Room Service (John Mourray, Allen Boretz)
Photography
Robert DeGrasse
Edition
Gene Milford
Music
Constantin Bakaleinihoff
Cast
Frank Sinatra, George Murphy, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria deHaven
Running Time
88 m.
Country
USA
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