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Released January 11, 1946
Featuring Joe DeRita (Solo)
Paramount
92 min. (Feature Film)

A fictionalized account of the creation of John Guedel's hit radio show PEOPLE ARE FUNNY.

Joe DeRita appears as a program contestant.

Rival radio producers John Guedel (Philip Reed) and Leroy Brinker (Ozzie Nelson) compete to find a new radio show that they can sell to NBC sponsor Ormsby Jamison (Rudy Vallee). Radio writer Corey Sullivan uses both producers for her own ends, although she's clearly in love with Guedel. While on vacation, Sullivan bumps into Brinker, and on the drive back to L.A., the two are stranded in a small town. There they meet local radio producer Pinky Wilson (Jack Haley), who's created a popular show based on parlor games and audience participation... PEOPLE ARE FUNNY. Corey pretends to fall for Pinky as a ploy to get him and his show to L.A., where Guedel and Brinker will fight over gaining rights to produce it for NBC.

The producer and director of this film is Sam White, younger brother of Jules and Jack.

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Avg. Rating: [6.00/10]
 
PEOPLE ARE FUNNY on IMDb

Jack Haley
Pinky Wilson

Ozzie Nelson
Leroy Brinker

Rudy Vallee
Ormsby Jamison

Helen Walker
Corey Sullivan

Phillip Reed
John Guedel

The Vagabonds
Themselves

Clara Blandick
Grandma Wilson

Wheaton Chambers
Reverend Allen

Joe DeRita
Mr. Hinckley

Roy Atwell
Mr. Pippensigal

Byron Foulger
Mr. Button

Billy Bletcher
Alouetta singer

Frank Mitchell
Alouetta singer

Billy Benedict
Alouetta singer

Casey Johnson
Jerry, Boy Scout

Lillian Molieri
Hey Jose dancer

Rosarita Varela
Celito Lindo singer

Ann Jenkins
Boogie Woogie piano player

Unidentified
Jose Castellan, G. I.

Unidentified
Miss Young

Unidentified
John Southby, contestant

Unidentified
Mr. Tuttle, contestant

Unidentified
Mrs. Tuttle, contestant

Unidentified
John B. Hapsworth, contestant

Unidentified
Chief Red Cloud


Sam White
Director

William C. Thomas
Executive Producer

William H. Pine
Executive Producer

Sam White
Producer

John Guedel
Original Radio Story

David Lang
Story and Screenplay

Maxwell Shane
Screenplay

Dorcas Cochrane
Additional Dialogue

Fred Jackman Jr.
Director of Photography

Henry Adams
Film Editor

Howard A. Smith
Supervising Editor

F. Paul Sylos
Art Director

Glenn P. Thompson
Set Decoration

William H. Lynch
Sound Recording

Rudy Schrager
Musical Director

David Chudnow
Musical Supervisor

Don Reid
Lyrics

Ray Evans
Lyrics

Allan Roberts
Music & Lyrics

Pepe Guizar
Music & Lyrics

Walter Samuels
Music & Lyrics

Jay Milton
Music & Lyrics

Doris Fisher
Music & Lyrics

Archie Gottler
Music & Lyrics

Rudy Vallee
Music & Lyrics

Jack Crosby
Dance Director

Irving Berns
Makeup Artist

Harold E. Knox
Assistant Director


















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