Out of This World (1945 film)

Out of This World
Directed by Hal Walker
Produced by Sam Coslow
Written by

Walter DeLeon

Arthur Phillips
Starring Eddie Bracken, Veronica Lake, Diana Lynn
Music by Victor Young
Cinematography Stuart Thompson
Edited by Stuart Gilmore
Production
company
Release dates
 13 July 1945
Running time
 96 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Out of This World is a 1945 romantic comedy film directed by Hal Walker and starring Eddie Bracken, Veronica Lake, and Diana Lynn.[1] The film featured Eddie Bracken apparently singing with Bing Crosby's voice.

Plot

Betty Miller (Diana Lynn) and her all-women orchestra are struggling until singer Herbie Fenton (Eddie Bracken) joins the band.[2] The picture was a satire on the Frank Sinatra ‘bobby soxer’ cult. Bracken has the role of a shy Western Union messenger who is accidentally pushed on stage to become an overnight radio sensation when he sings at a benefit show where Diana Lynn and her all-girl band is playing. He has a romance with Diana Lynn who sells more than 100% of his contract to various ‘managers’ and he receives only fifty dollars per week. One of his ‘managers’, played by Veronica Lake, hires ‘bobby soxers’ to swoon at his performances. In one scene, Bing Crosby’s four sons are seated in the front row at a radio show when Bracken is singing. ‘Where have I heard that voice before?’ asks the first one. ‘I was just thinking that’ says the next. The third says, ‘Aw shucks, I’d rather hear that bow-tie guy sing anyway’ (meaning, of course, Sinatra). The last one says, ‘You’d better not let mother hear you say that’. In the finale the five orchestra leader-pianists, Carmen Cavallaro, Ted Fio Rito, Henry King, Ray Noble and Joe Reichman combine their talents in a joint pianistic effort.

Cast

Reception

Bosley Crowther of The New York Times said: "Imagine a shy young singer with Eddie Bracken’s looks and the soothing voice of Bing Crosby and you have a picture of the hero of this film. . . . That trick of movie prestidigitation is the novel twist of the show and is good for a laugh whenever Eddie opens his mouth and Bing’s warbling comes out. To be sure, Mr. Crosby never shows up, but his four fair-haired youngsters are on hand in one scene to represent the family and toss a few quips about dad. . . . Mr. Crosby sings three fairish songs amusingly..."[3]

Soundtrack

Eddie Bracken’s songs are dubbed by Bing Crosby.[4]

Bing Crosby recorded three of the songs for Decca Records.[6] Crosby's songs were also included in the Bing's Hollywood series.

"Out of This World" was a hit in 1945 for Jo Stafford and Tommy Dorsey.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Out of This World". American Film Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Out of This World (1945)". TCM.com. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Crowther, Bosley (June 7, 1945). "The New York Times".
  4. ↑ "Out of This World trivia". IMBd.com. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Reynolds, Fred (1986). Road to Hollywood. John Joyce.
  6. ↑ "A Bing Crosby Discography". A Bing Crosby Discography. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 565. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.

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