''Holiday Rhythm'' is a 1950 American

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directed by

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and starring

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, David Street and

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.Fetrow p.186 It is a

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released by the poverty row studio

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Frank Paul Sylos.

Plot

Cast

as Alice * David Street as Larry Carter *

as Klaxon *

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as Tex Ritter * Alan Harris as Mr. Superdyne *

Donald MacBride Donald Hugh MacBride (June 23, 1893 – June 21, 1957) was an American character actor on stage, in films, and on television. MacBride launched his career as a chorister at St Thomas Fifth Avenue and then at Garden City Cathedral in New Yo ...

as Earl E. Byrd *

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as Mambo Orchestra Leader * Ike Carpenter as Specialty Act *

Nappy Lamare Joseph Hilton "Nappy" Lamare (June 14, 1905 – May 8, 1988) was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and vocalist. Music career Lamare was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. He got his nickname from his friend, Eddie Miller, becau ...

as Nappy LaMare *

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as Specialty Act *

Sid Melton Sidney Meltzer (May 22, 1917 – November 2, 2011), known professionally as Sid Melton, was an American actor. He played the roles of incompetent carpenter Alf Monroe in the CBS sitcom ''Green Acres,'' Ichabod 'Ikky' Mudd as sidekick to C ...

as Sid Melton * The Cass County Boys as Singing Trio
Bert Dodson
as Bert – Cass County Boys
Fred S. Martin
as Fred – Cass County Boys *

Jerry Scoggins Jerry Scoggins (September 30, 1911 – December 7, 2004) was an American country/western singer, guitarist, and band leader. He performed on radio, in movies, and on television from the 1930s thru the 1980s. He was noted for his work with Gene ...

as Jerry – Cass County Boys *

Tommy Noonan Tommy Noonan (born Thomas Patrick Noone; April 29, 1921 – April 24, 1968) was an actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer. He acted in a number of high-profile films as well as B movies from the 1940s through the 1960s; he is best known f ...

as Surgeon * Bobby Chang as Specialty Act *

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as Orderly * Regina Day as Dancer *

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as Irish Dancer * Vera Lee as Dancer * Tommy Ladd as Dancer

Production

The film was shot in three days at a cost of $45,000.

References

Bibliography

* Fetrow, Alan G. ''Feature Films, 1950–1959: A United States Filmography''. McFarland, 1999.

External links

*
''Holiday Rhythm''
at the

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