Edward C. Lilley

Movies

Swing Out, Sister
Director
Universal cowboy star Rod Cameron plays Geoffrey, conductor of a high-toned symphony orchestra. Secretly harboring the desire to become a swingin' jazz trumpeter, Geoffrey takes a job at a "hot" Broadway nightclub. Here he meets and falls in love with café songstress Donna (Frances Raeburn), who has led her family to believe that she's studying for a classical-music career. Meanwhile, a comedy-relief romance develops between Geoffrey's snooty valet Chumley (Arthur Treacher) and Donna's best pal Pat (Jacqueline De Wit). For those not interested in the plot (what there is of it), Swing Out, Sister includes specialty numbers by organist Selika Pettiford and the Lou Diamond Quintet.
Her Lucky Night
Director
In this romantic comedy, three man-hungry sisters consult a fortune-teller to help them with their romantic futures.
My Gal Loves Music
Director
A sister act finds itself stranded and broke, and teams up with a medicine man who is promoting a child talent contest.
Babes on Swing Street
Director
The president of a settlement-house group puts on a benefit variety show.
Allergic to Love
Director
Newlywed bliss surround O'Driscoll and Beery until they get on board the ship for their honeymoon in South America. Then she starts sneezing, and hay fever's uncontrollable grip does not seem to want to let up.
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Director
An usher at a radio station studio pretends to be an executive at the station in order to help a pretty girl become a singer.
Sing a Jingle
Director
In Sing a Jingle, Allan Jones plays popular radio crooner Roy King, who goes to work in a war plant after being declared 4F. He falls in love with Muriel Crane (June Vincent), the boss' daughter, who is at first unaware of the fact that King is the heartthrob of millions (he's gotten the job under an assumed name).
Moonlight in Vermont
Director
A poor country girl from Vermont travels to New York City to attend a theatrical school.
Never a Dull Moment
Director
Nightclub gangsters hire a vaudeville act called the Three Funny Bunnies (Ritz Brothers).
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
Associate Producer
A young woman marries a soldier to fulfill the conditions of a will. However, when she gets ready to divorce him, she realizes that she actually loves him, and determines to find a way to keep him.
Larceny with Music
Director
A former bootlegger is now the prosperous owner of a popular nightclub. A hustling promoter manages to pass off a young singer as the heir to a fortune and gets her booked at the club.
Honeymoon Lodge
Director
Honeymoon Lodge is a musical variation on the old Awful Truth plotline. Divorce-bound Bob and Carol Sterling (David Bruce, June Vincent) make a last-ditch attempt to avoid their legal breakup by restaging their mountain-resort honeymoon. Things get complicated when a rancher named Big Boy (Rod Cameron, in a Ralph Bellamy-style "sap" role) shows up at the resort in ardent pursuit of Carol, while Lorraine Logan (Harriet Hilliard) sets her cap for Bob.