Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue (1938)

Genre : Music, Comedy

Runtime : 21M

Director : George Sidney

Synopsis

The scene is set at Billy Rose's Casa Manana Revue, filmed at the Fort Worth Frontier Fiesta (1937), an enormous production created as part of the Texas Centennial civic celebrations. The opening song, "The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful" emanated from the first edition of the Revue and became a hit song on two continents in 1936.

Actors

Lee Dixon
Lee Dixon
Dixon
Virginia Grey
Virginia Grey
Virginia Mason
Peggy Ryan
Peggy Ryan
Peggy Dixon
Billy Rose
Billy Rose
Himself
Harriet Hoctor
Harriet Hoctor
Herself

Crews

George Sidney
George Sidney
Director
Louis Lewyn
Louis Lewyn
Producer
David Snell
David Snell
Music
Eddie Court
Eddie Court
Choreographer
Leo Arnaud
Leo Arnaud
Orchestrator
Murray Cutter
Murray Cutter
Orchestrator

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