''Pardon My Rhythm'' is a 1944 movie starring

Gloria Jean Gloria Jean (born Gloria Jean Schoonover; April 14, 1926 – August 31, 2018) was an American actress and singer who starred or co-starred in 26 feature films from 1939 to 1959, and made numerous radio, television, stage, and nightclub app ...

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, and

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, featuring Mel Tormé and

Bob Crosby George Robert Crosby (August 23, 1913 – March 9, 1993) was an American jazz singer and bandleader, best known for his group the Bob-Cats, which formed around 1935. The Bob-Cats were a New Orleans Dixieland-style jazz octet. He was the young ...

, and directed by Felix E. Feist.

Cast

as Jinx Page *

as Tony Page *

as Julia Munson * Marjorie Weaver as Dixie Moore *

Walter Catlett Walter Leland Catlett (February 4, 1889 – November 14, 1960) was an American actor and comedian. He made a career of playing excitable, meddlesome, temperamental, and officious blowhards. Career Catlett was born on February 4, 1889, in S ...

as O'Bannion * Mel Tormé as Ricky O'Bannon *Patsy O'Connor as Doodles *

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as Mrs. Dean *Jack Slattery as Announcer *Linda Reed as Soda Fountain Waitress * Alphonse Martell as Headwaiter *

as Orchestra Leader *James Floyd as Bully

Production

Universal announced the film in January 1944. It was an attempt for Universal to put Jean in an older role.Joan Harrison Buys Next Screen Subject: 'Pardon My Rhythm' Set for Gloria Jean; Popular Song History Movie Theme Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 27 Jan 1944: A10.

References

External links

''Pardon My Rhythm'' at the Internet Movie Database
1944 films Films directed by Felix E. Feist American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films American romantic musical films 1940s romantic musical films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{romantic-musical-film-stub