A Hollywood talent agency tries to avoid finacial ruin by getting its best clients on the air.A Hollywood talent agency tries to avoid finacial ruin by getting its best clients on the air.A Hollywood talent agency tries to avoid finacial ruin by getting its best clients on the air.
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Carey Harrison
- Mr. Claypole
- (scenes deleted)
Jack Carrington
- Technician
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaThis film's earliest documented telecasts took place in Altoona Tuesday 26 June 1956 on WFBG (Channel 10), in Philadelphia Tuesday 24 July 1956 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Detroit Friday 17 August 1956 on WJBK (Channel 2), in New York City Friday 4 October 1956 on WOR (Channel 9), in Columbus Wednesday 24 October 1956 on WLW-C (Channel 4), in San Francisco Friday 7 December 1956 on KPIX (Channel 5), in Memphis Monday 17 December 1956 on WHBQ (Channel 13), in St. Petersburg Friday 28 December on WSUN (Channel 38), and in Cincinnati Sunday 30 December 1956 on WLW-T (Channel 5).
- Quotes
Jerry: Oh, Junior would you accompany this young lady?
Tony Romano: Anytime, anyplace and anywhere!
Mike: Just a second, he means on the guitar!
Tony Romano: Oh, well. It will still be a pleasure.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Cinema Snob: Zombies on Broadway (2017)
- SoundtracksDon't Believe Everything You Dream
Music by Jimmy McHugh
Lyrics by Harold Adamson
Sung by Frances Langford accompained by Tony Romano on guitar
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Third-Rate Knockabout
Radio Stars on Parade amounts to a misleading title. It should be Radio Star on Parade since Ralph Edwards is the only weekly star getting extended time. Of course, there's also the terrific Frances Langford who gets to croon a few tunes that almost makes the 60-minutes worthwhile. Then there's Brown & Carney, a sub-3 Stooges knock-about act that quickly gets tiresome. They carry the plot as ersatz talent agents trying to get Langford into show biz and evade Sheldon Leonard's gangsters at the same time. I don't know if RKO was trying to groom them to compete with Universal's Abbot & Costello, but if so, the effort didn't succeed and for good reason. Maybe if someone had a better sense of comedic timing, their skits wouldn't have over-extended. Anyway, if you're in the right mood the movie might appeal. I guess I was expecting better from the promising title.
(In passing—the rotund Alan Carney was actually quite a good actor. He appears as a gangster in that obscure noir gem The Pretender (1947) and comes up with one of the most chillingly disturbing performances I've seen! You'd never guess it from seeing his buffoonish role in this film.)
(In passing—the rotund Alan Carney was actually quite a good actor. He appears as a gangster in that obscure noir gem The Pretender (1947) and comes up with one of the most chillingly disturbing performances I've seen! You'd never guess it from seeing his buffoonish role in this film.)
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- dougdoepke
- Mar 6, 2014
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- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Radio Stars on Parade (1945) officially released in Canada in English?
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