Bibliograph

Two tickets to Broadway, Howard Hughes presents an RKO Radio picture; directed by James V. Kern ; screenplay by Sid Silvers and Hal Kanter

Type

Label

Two tickets to Broadway, Howard Hughes presents an RKO Radio picture; directed by James V. Kern ; screenplay by Sid Silvers and Hal Kanter

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: G

Main title

Two tickets to Broadway

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

763215701

Responsibility statement

Howard Hughes presents an RKO Radio picture; directed by James V. Kern ; screenplay by Sid Silvers and Hal Kanter

Runtime

105

Series statement

WB archive collection

Summary

Janet Leigh stars as a small-town girl who hopes to make it big in the Big Apple. Moving into a Manhattan boarding house populated by such showbiz hopefuls as Ann Miller, Tony Martin, Gloria De Haven and Barbara Lawrence, Leigh aspires to appear on the popular TV variety program hosted by bandleader Bob Crosby. Two-bit agent Eddie Bracken promises to make her dreams come true, even though he doesn't know Crosby from Adam. Along the way, Leigh falls for Martin, though the course of true love seldom runs smooth--in fact, at one point it threatens to run all the way back to Leigh's home town. Injecting their time-honored routines into the proceedings are veteran vaudevillians Joe Smith and Charlie Dale, playing a couple of stagestruck deli owners (their roles were originally slated for Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, but Laurel's illness precluded any film work)

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

Classification