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Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

6.0 87 mins Music   Comedy   1937
Republic Pictures  
Director(s): Charles Reisner

In this musical comedy, a crooked record producer uses his mob connections to force performers to do their stuff. The trouble really begins when the gangster's strong-arm tactics nearly cause a singer to lose his fiancée. A wide variety of entertainers appear including cowboy crooner Gene Autry, baseball hero Joe DiMaggio, and big band stars Cab Calloway, Ted Lewis, and the Kay Thompson Singers. Songs include "Mamma I Wanna Make Rhythm," "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round," "Heaven?," "I Owe You," and "It's Round-up Time in Reno."

Casts of Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

Phil Regan

as Jerry Hart

Leo Carrillo

as Tony Gordoni

Ann Dvorak

as Ann Rogers

Tamara Geva

as Charlizzini

James Gleason

as Danny The Duck

Ted Lewis

as Self

Cab Calloway

as Self

Kay Thompson

as Self

Joe DiMaggio

as Self

Henry Armetta

as Spadoni

Luis Alberni

as Martinetti

Max Terhune

as Self

Smiley Burnette

as Frog - Accordian Player

Louis Prima

as Self

Gene Autry

as Self

Ralph Edwards

as Radio Man (uncredited)

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