Tell It to a Star (1945)
Carol (Ruth Terry), the cigarette girl at a swank Palm Springs hotel, dreams of singing in the establishment's nightclub. She gets a chance when her well-to-do uncle, "Colonel" Morgan (Alan Mowbray), and a pal blow into town ... until their visit turns out to be a con job. Carol's voice impresses the bandleader (Robert Livingston), but the hotel manager (Franklin Pangborn), still smarting from Morgan's chicanery, isn't ready to give her a chance.
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Ruth TerryCarol Lambert
Alan MowbrayCol. Ambrose Morgan
Franklin PangbornHorace Lovelace
Robert LivingstonGene Ritchie
Isabel RandolphMrs. Whitmore
Frank OrthAugustus T. Goodman
Lorna GrayMona St. Clair
George ChandlerAl Marx
Tom DuganEd Smith
Mary McCartyMiss Dobson
William B. DavidsonBrannigan
Eddie MarrBilly SheehanKeywords
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What is Tell It to a Star about?
Carol (Ruth Terry), the cigarette girl at a swank Palm Springs hotel, dreams of singing in the establishment's nightclub. She gets a chance when her well-to-do uncle, "Colonel" Morgan (Alan Mowbray), and a pal blow into town ... until their visit turns out to be a con job. Carol's voice impresses the bandleader (Robert Livingston), but the hotel manager (Franklin Pangborn), still smarting from Morgan's chicanery, isn't ready to give her a chance.
How long is Tell It to a Star?
Tell It to a Star has a runtime of 67 minutes.