Bowery to Broadway

Bowery to Broadway
Directed by	Charles Lamont
Produced by	John Grant
Written by	Arthur T. Horman Edmund Joseph Bart Lytton
Based on	story by Joseph and Lytton
Starring	Maria Montez Jack Oakie Susanna Foster
Cinematography	Charles Van Enger
Edited by	Arthur Hilton
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	3 November 1944
Running time	94 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Bowery to Broadway is a 1944 American film starring Maria Montez, Jack Oakie, and Susanna Foster. Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan also had a small specialty act, and it was the only film they were in together where they didn't have a name or character.

The movie was made to showcase the singing talent at Universal. Montez only has a small role.^[1]

Cast

Maria Montez as Marina
Jack Oakie as Michael O'Rourke
Susanna Foster as Peggy Fleming Barrie
Turhan Bey as Ted Barrie
Ann Blyth as Bessie Jo Kirby
Donald Cook as Dennis Dugan
Louise Allbritton as Lillian Russell
Frank McHugh as Joe Kirby
Rosemary DeCamp as Bessie Kirby
Leo Carrillo as P.J. Fenton
Andy Devine as Father Kelley
Evelyn Ankers as Bonnie Latour
Thomas Gomez as Tom Harvey
Richard Lane as Walter Rogers
George Dolenz as George Henshaw
Mantan Moreland as Alabam
Ben Carter as No-more
Maude Eburne as Mame Alda
Robert Warwick as Cliff Brown
Donald O'Connor as Specialty Number
Peggy Ryan as Specialty Number
unbilled players include Milton Kibbee, George Meeker, Snub Pollard and Wilbur Mack

Production

Filming started 1 May 1944.^[2] It was a rare non "exotic" role for Maria Montez.^[3]

Selected Songs

"Under the Bamboo Tree"
"Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay"
"Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nelly"
"My Song of Romance"
"Montevideo"
"He Took Her for a Sleighride in the Good Old Summertime" - with Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan
"There'll Always Be a Moon" - sung by Susanna Foster
"Under the Bamboo Tree" - sung by Louise Allbritton as Lillian Russell

References

↑ Bowery to Broadway at Maria Montez Fan Page
↑ Metro to Split Garson, Pidgeon Combination: 'The Bullfighter,' Latin-American Yarn, Chosen as Subject for Laurel and Hardy Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 22 Apr 1944: 5.
↑ Montez-Hall Duo Again in 'Queen of the Nile': Story Called 'Twice Blessed' Secured as Starring Subject for Wilde Twins Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 10 May 1944: A11.

External links

Bowery to Broadway at the Internet Movie Database
Bowery to Broadway at TCMDB
Review of movie at New York Times

Films directed by Charles Lamont

Tomorrow's Youth (1934)
Sons of Steel (1934)
A Shot in the Dark (1935)
False Pretenses (1935)
The Dark Hour (1936)
Below the Deadline (1936)
Bulldog Edition (1936)
International Crime (1938)
Slander House (1938)
Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
Cipher Bureau (1938)
Long Shot (1939)
Pride of the Navy (1939)
Verbena Tragica (1939)
Give Us Wings (1940)
San Antonio Rose (1941)
Sing Another Chorus (1941)
Moonlight in Hawaii (1941)
Don't Get Personal (1942)
Almost Married (1942)
Hi, Neighbor (1942)
Get Hep to Love (1942)
When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
It Comes Up Love (1943)
Mister Big (1943)
Hit the Ice (1943)
Fired Wife (1943)
Top Man (1943)
Chip Off the Old Block (1944)
The Merry Monahans (1944)
Bowery to Broadway (1944)
Salome Where She Danced (1945)
Frontier Gal (1946)
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
Bagdad (1949)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
Flame of Araby (1951)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
Untamed Heiress (1954)
Carolina Cannonball (1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Lay That Rifle Down (1955)
The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
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