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Juke Box Jenny

  • 1942
  • Approved
  • 1h 1m
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5.7/10
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Iris Adrian, Donald Douglas, Harriet Nelson, and Ken Murray in Juke Box Jenny (1942)
ComedyMusicRomance

Roger Wadsworth is a salesman for a company that supplies juke-boxes with classical music recordings, as Mrs. Horton, chief stockholder of the company hates swing music. Because of that, and... Read allRoger Wadsworth is a salesman for a company that supplies juke-boxes with classical music recordings, as Mrs. Horton, chief stockholder of the company hates swing music. Because of that, and the fact that Mrs. Horton is the mother of his fiancée, Genevieve Horton, Roger can only ... Read allRoger Wadsworth is a salesman for a company that supplies juke-boxes with classical music recordings, as Mrs. Horton, chief stockholder of the company hates swing music. Because of that, and the fact that Mrs. Horton is the mother of his fiancée, Genevieve Horton, Roger can only sit by and watch the competitors, who sell swing-and-jive music records get most of the bu... Read all

  • Director
    • Harold Young
  • Writers
    • Robert Lees
    • Frederic I. Rinaldo
    • Arthur V. Jones
  • Stars
    • Ken Murray
    • Harriet Nelson
    • Iris Adrian
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    32
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    • Director
      • Harold Young
    • Writers
      • Robert Lees
      • Frederic I. Rinaldo
      • Arthur V. Jones
    • Stars
      • Ken Murray
      • Harriet Nelson
      • Iris Adrian
    • 3User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Ken Murray
    Ken Murray
    • Malcolm Hammond
    Harriet Nelson
    Harriet Nelson
    • Genevieve 'Jenny' Horton
    • (as Harriet Hilliard)
    Iris Adrian
    Iris Adrian
    • Jinx Corey
    Donald Douglas
    Donald Douglas
    • Roger Wadsworth
    • (as Don Douglas)
    Marjorie Gateson
    Marjorie Gateson
    • Mrs. Horton
    Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra
    • Charlie Barnet's Orchestra
    • (as Charlie Barnet's Orchestra)
    Charlie Barnet
    Charlie Barnet
    • Charlie Barnet
    The King's Men
    • The King's Men
    Wingy Manone and His Orchestra
    • Orchestra
    Milt Herth and His Trio
    • Milt Herth Trio
    • (as Milt Herth Trio)
    Wingy Manone
    • Wing Manone
    Eddie Beale and His Trio
    • Trio
    Sig Arno
    Sig Arno
    • Randini
    Eddie Beale
    • Eddie Beale
    Joe Brown Jr.
    • Tommy
    Reed Hadley
    Reed Hadley
    • Brother Wicks
    Vinton Hayworth
    Vinton Hayworth
    • Brother Childs
    • (as Jack Arnold)
    Charles Halton
    Charles Halton
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    • Director
      • Harold Young
    • Writers
      • Robert Lees
      • Frederic I. Rinaldo
      • Arthur V. Jones
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    5boblipton

    Some Good Music Amidst The Wreckage

    Donald Douglas runs a losing classical music label that is subsidized by the mother of his fiancee, Harriet Hilliard. One evening his old fraternity brothers get him drunk and convince him he asked a bunch of jazz musicians and Iris Adrian to come up -- Miss Adrian tells him she and he are married. Before she can put the distracted guy out of his misery, he has Ken Murray making her a star of the juke boxes, while trying to cover up the situation like a cat on the tiles, by taking recordings of Miss Hilliard's voice singing old songs, backing them with swing music and putting them out under Miss Adrian's name.

    It's a paper-thin nonsense plot that doesn't quite cover some good music, including Charlie Barnett and Wingy Manone. It's basically a series of musical sets with an annoying plot about snobby classical music lovers who don't think jazz is real. Surely by the 1940s, this was settled, and they could have trimmed that aspect of the plot to fit the times.

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      Fifty Million Nickels Can't Be Wrong
      Played by Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra

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    • Release date
      • March 27, 1942 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Fifty Million Nickels
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 1m(61 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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