Going Places (1938 film)
| Going Places | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Ray Enright |
| Written by |
Sig Herzig Jerry Wald Maurice Leo |
| Based on |
play The Hottentot by Victor Mapes and William Collier, Sr. |
| Starring |
Dick Powell Anita Louise |
| Cinematography | Arthur L. Todd |
| Edited by | Clarence Kolster |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
Release dates |
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Running time | 84 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Going Places is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright. Dick Powell plays a sporting goods salesman who is forced to pose as a famous horseman as part of his scheme to boost sales and gets entangled in his lies.
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song "Jeepers Creepers", premiered in this movie by Louis Armstrong, who sings it to a horse.
Cast
- Dick Powell as Peter Mason
- Anita Louise as Ellen Parker
- Allen Jenkins as "Droopy"
- Ronald Reagan as Jack Withering
- Walter Catlett as Franklin Dexter
- Harold Huber as Maxie Miller
- Larry Williams as Frank Kendall
- Thurston Hall as Col. Harvey Withering
- Minna Gombell as Cora Withering
- Joyce Compton as The Colonel's Mistress
- Robert Warwick as Walter Frome
- John Ridgely as Desk Clerk
- Joe Cunningham as Hotel Night Clerk
- Eddie Anderson as George
- George Reed as Withering's Butler
- Louis Armstrong as Gabriel the Trainer
- Maxine Sullivan as Specialty Singer
- unbilled players include Ward Bond and Dorothy Dandridge
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