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George White's Scandals

George White's Scandals

1934Movie⏱️ 1mPassed
ComedyMusicalRomance
6.1
IMDB Rating
131 votes

Opening with a credit line that reads "Entire production conceived, created and directed by George White," a film evolves where the only plot line is a thin backstage romance between Jimmy Martin and Kitty Donnelly in and around a...

Director
N/A
Writers
George White, Jack Yellen, Irving Caesar
Stars
Rudy Vallee, Jimmy Durante, Alice Faye
Release Date
March 16, 1934
Language
English
Country
United States
🏆 2
Wins
💬 7
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Rudy Vallee
Rudy Vallee
as Jimmy Martin
Jimmy Durante
Jimmy Durante
as Happy McGillicuddy
Alice Faye
Alice Faye
as Kitty Donnelly
Adrienne Ames
Adrienne Ames
as Barbara Loraine
Gregory Ratoff
Gregory Ratoff
as Nicholas Mitwoch
Cliff Edwards
Cliff Edwards
as Stew Hart
Dixie Dunbar
Dixie Dunbar
as Patsy Day
George White
George White
as George White
Gertrude Michael
Gertrude Michael
as Miss Lee
Warren Hymer
Warren Hymer
as Pete Pandos - Greek Wrestler

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
New York, USA
Production
Fox Film Corporation

🏷️ Keywords

new york citysongsingingdancingdance

🎯 Categories

ComedyMusicalRomance

⭐ Featured Review

"Oh You Nasty Man"
by bkoganbing2008-05-02
5/10

"Unlike Florenz Ziegfeld who died before MGM could properly enshrine his memory on film with The Great Ziegfeld, Ziegfeld Girl, and The Ziegfeld Follies, his rival George White wasn't about to wait until he was beyond caring. White produced two versions of his famous scandals for Fox and the film is interesting because it's a chance to see a Broadway review, a type of show now relegated to piano bars. It might have really been something had White hired Busby Berkeley for the dance numbers. Then again he probably knew that those films like the ones Berkeley did at Warner Brothers wou..."

💡 Did You Know?

Eighteen-year-old Alice Faye, the female vocalist with Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees, was slated to make her screen debut in a featured spot. Then in a Hollywood fantasy come to life, Lilian Harvey, a musical favorite of European moviegoers, decided that the female lead was rather secondary and withdrew from the film. Enter Alice, at Rudy Vallee's suggestion, to fill Miss Harvey's shoes. Billed third after Mr. Vallee and Jimmy Durante, Miss Faye was bestowed with a saucy hit song, "Nasty Man" (music by Ray Henderson, lyrics by Irving Caesar and Jack Yellen), followed quickly by a movie contract with Fox.

📖 Synopsis

Opening with a credit line that reads "Entire production conceived, created and directed by George White," a film evolves where the only plot line is a thin backstage romance between Jimmy Martin and Kitty Donnelly in and around a...