''Juke Box Jenny'' (also known as ''Fifty Million Nickels'') is a 1942 film directed by Harold Young and starring Ken Murray, Harriet Hilliard, Iris Adrian, and Donald Douglas. The film is a musical comedy with songs performed by
Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra, The King's Men,
Wingy Manone and his Orchestra,
The Milt Herth Trio, and The Eddie Beal Trio. The songs include "Fifty Million Nickels Can't Be Wrong", "Swing to Mother Goose", "
Tiger Rag
"Tiger Rag" is a jazz standard that was recorded and copyrighted by the Original Dixieland Jass Band in 1917. It is one of the most recorded jazz compositions. In 2003, the 1918 recording of "Tiger Rag" was entered into the U.S. Library of Cong ...
", "Macumba", and others.
Plot
Roger Wadsworth, owner of a record company, is pressured by Mrs. Horton, a major stock holder in the company and mother of his fiancé Genevieve, to only produce recordings of classical music. Romantic complications follow with the involvement of his top salesman, Malcolm Hammond, who wants the company to produce jazz records, and a torch singer, Jinx Corey.
Cast
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Ken Murray as Malcolm Hammond
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Harriet Hilliard as Genevieve Horton
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Iris Adrian
Iris Adrian Hostetter (May 29, 1912 – September 17, 1994) was an American stage and film actress.
Life and career
Adrian was an only child, born in Los Angeles, California, to Florence (née Van Every) and Adrian Earl Hostetter, who wed in 1 ...
as Jinx Corey
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Don Douglas as Roger Wadsworth
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Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Horton
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Sig Arno
Sig Arno (born Siegfried Aron; 27 December 1895 – 17 August 1975) was a German-Jewish film actor who appeared in such films as '' Pardon My Sarong'' and '' The Mummy's Hand''. He may be best remembered from '' The Palm Beach Story'' (1942) as T ...
as Randini
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Charles Halton as the judge
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William Ruhl as Jinx’s lawyer
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Claire Du Brey
Claire Du Brey (born Clara Violet Dubreyvich, August 31, 1892 – August 1, 1993) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 200 films from 1916 to 1959. Her name is sometimes rendered as Claire Du Bray or as Claire Dubrey.
Early y ...
as Miss Carruthers
Musicians
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Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra
* The King’s Men
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Wingy Manone and His Orchestra
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Milt Hert and His Trio
Reviews
A New York Times review on 17 April 1942 described the movie as "a series of musical shorts strung out to feature-length
..by means of a feeble yarn."
References
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{{Harold Young
1942 films
American black-and-white films
1942 musical films
Films directed by Harold Young (director)
Universal Pictures films
American musical films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
English-language musical films