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Beautiful But Broke

Beautiful But Broke

1944Movie⏱️ 1h 14mApproved
ComedyMusicRomance
6.2
IMDB Rating
97 votes

When theatrical agent Waldo Main (John Eldredge) is inducted into the Army, he turns his currently-clientless agency over to his secretary Dottie Duncan (Joan Davis), who decides to organize an all-girl orchestra to fill the void ...

Director
Charles Barton
Writers
Arthur Housman, Monte Brice, Manuel Seff
Stars
Joan Davis, Jane Frazee, John Hubbard
Release Date
January 28, 1944
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 7
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Joan Davis
Joan Davis
as Dottie Duncan
Jane Frazee
Jane Frazee
as Sally Richards
John Hubbard
John Hubbard
as Bill Drake
Judy Clark
Judy Clark
as Sue Ford
Bob Haymes
Bob Haymes
as Capt. Jack Foster
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Willie West and McGinty
as Carpenters
Danny Mummert
Danny Mummert
as Rollo
Byron Foulger
Byron Foulger
as Maxwell McKay
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George McKay
as Station Master
Ferris Taylor
Ferris Taylor
as Mayor

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Production
Columbia Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

slapstick comedysaxophonisttrumpeterarmywisecrack humor

🎯 Categories

SlapstickComedyMusicRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Joan Davis looking like a Joan Crawford impersonator, in a Judi Dench kind of movie!
by MyMovieTVRomance2026-01-19
7/10

"If anyone's ever seen the Judi Dench movie "Last of the Blonde Bombshells" from 2000, this movie really reminds me of an older version of that. It was honestly very refreshing. It felt like it could've been made today. Funny thing about this movie is that Joan Davis was fashioned to look like Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford! When you see her hair and the way she looks, it's like a Joan Crawford impersonator! Joan Davis really was like that in this movie. It was very amusing. This isn't to say she looked bad though, she didn't. I just couldn't shake the fe..."

💡 Did You Know?

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📖 Synopsis

When theatrical agent Waldo Main (John Eldredge) is inducted into the Army, he turns his currently-clientless agency over to his secretary Dottie Duncan (Joan Davis), who decides to organize an all-girl orchestra to fill the void ...