''Kicking the Moon Around'' is a 1938 British

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directed by Walter Forde and starring Bert Ambrose,

Evelyn Dall Evelyn Dall (born Evelyn Mildred Fuss; January 8, 1918 – March 10, 2010) was an American singer and actress. Career Born in The Bronx, New York City as Evelyn Mildred Fuss, she took her stage name from the surname of two grandchildren of P ...

and

Harry Richman Harry Richman (born Henry Reichman Jr.; August 10, 1895 – November 3, 1972) was an American singer, actor, dancer, comedian, pianist, songwriter, bandleader, and nightclub performer, at his most popular in the 1920s and 1930s. In his peak yea ...

. The film marked Maureen O'Hara's screen debut; she appeared very briefly, speaking one line.

Plot summary

In an effort to discover whether his

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is a

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, a millionaire's son pretends to have lost all of his money.

Cast

* Bert Ambrose and his orchestra - Themselves *

- Pepper Martin *

- Harry * Florence Desmond - Flo Hadley * Hal Thompson - Bobbie Hawkes * C. Denier Warren - Mark Browd * Leslie Carew - Streamline *

Julian Vedey Julian Vedey (b. Warwickshire, 1898– d. Worthing, 1967) was a British actor. Selected filmography * ''Romance in Rhythm'' (1934) * '' Cafe Mascot'' (1936) * '' Strange Cargo'' (1936) * '' Full Speed Ahead'' (1936) * '' Command Performance'' (19 ...

- Herbert Stoker * Max Bacon - Gus * Davy Burnaby - Magistrate * George Carney - Constable Truscott * Edward Rigby - Professor Scattlebury *

Maureen O'Hara Maureen O'Hara (; 17 August 1920 – 24 October 2015) was a native Irish and naturalized American actress and singer, who became successful in Hollywood from the 1940s through to the 1960s. She was a natural redhead who was known for pl ...

- Secretary

References

External links

* 1938 films British musical comedy films 1938 musical comedy films Films directed by Walter Forde Films shot at Pinewood Studios British black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films {{musical-comedy-film-stub