The Merry Monahans
1944 film by Charles Lamont
- September 15, 1944 (1944-09-15)
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The Merry Monahans is a 1944 American comedy-drama musical film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan and Jack Oakie.
The story is of a vaudeville family trying to make money through hard times. The film features the great song and dance duet with O'Connor and Ryan, "I Hate To Lose You". Film composer Hans J. Salter was nominated for an Academy Award for his score.[1]
Plot
Talented vaudeville family the Monahans have one very big problem in the form of patriarch Pete (Jack Oakie): His heavy alcoholism has gotten the performing clan blacklisted from nearly every significant venue. With little choice but to break away from Pete, his children, Jimmy (Donald O'Connor) and Patsy (Peggy Ryan), devise their own act and take it on the road. The troupe enjoys some success, which motivates Pete to sober up. Hearing of their father's turnaround, they make plans to reunite.
Cast
- Donald O'Connor as Jimmy Monahan
- Peggy Ryan as Patsy Monahan
- Jack Oakie as Pete Monahan
- Ann Blyth as Sheila DeRoyce
- Rosemary DeCamp as Lillian Miles, aka Lillian DeRoyce
- John Miljan as Arnold Pembroke, Has-Been Matinee Idol
- Gavin Muir as Weldon Laydon, Broadway Talent Scout
- Isabel Jewell as Rose, aka Rose Monahan, unscrupulous Chorus Girl
- Ian Wolfe as Clerk
- Robert Homans as Policeman
- Marion Martin as Soubrette
- Lloyd Ingraham as Judge
See also
References
- ^ "The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
External links
- The Merry Monahans at IMDb
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Films directed by Charles Lamont
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- Sons of Steel (1934)
- The Curtain Falls (1934)
- A Shot in the Dark (1935)
- False Pretenses (1935)
- One Run Elmer (1935)
- The Dark Hour (1936)
- Below the Deadline (1936)
- Bulldog Edition (1936)
- August Weekend (1936)
- Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)
- International Crime (1938)
- Slander House (1938)
- Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
- Cipher Bureau (1938)
- Long Shot (1939)
- Pride of the Navy (1939)
- Verbena Tragica (1939)
- Little Accident (1939)
- Oh Johnny, How You Can Love (1940)
- Sandy Is a Lady (1940)
- Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940)
- Give Us Wings (1940)
- San Antonio Rose (1941)
- Road Agent (1941)
- Sing Another Chorus (1941)
- Moonlight in Hawaii (1941)
- Melody Lane (1941)
- Don't Get Personal (1942)
- Almost Married (1942)
- You're Telling Me (1942)
- Hi, Neighbor (1942)
- Get Hep to Love (1942)
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- Salome, Where She Danced (1945)
- That's the Spirit (1945)
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- Slave Girl (1947)
- The Untamed Breed (1948)
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- Bagdad (1949)
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- I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
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- Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
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