Out of This World
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Hal Walker
Eddie Bracken
Veronica Lake
Diana Lynn
Cass Daley
Parkyakarkus
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Amateur band leader Betty Miller and her "sirens" perform at an orphanage benefit. Their act is followed by Herbie Fenton, a shy but talented singer, whose smooth crooning causes a New York secretary named Dorothy Dodge to faint. Although Dorothy collapsed because she was dieting too much, the audience assumes that Herbie has an overwhelming effect on women. After a photograph of Herbie and Dorothy appears in Life magazine, Betty and her band are hired for a guest radio appearance in New York on condition that Herbie perform with them. Betty makes a deal with Herbie to pay him fifty dollars a week. Dorothy, who works for a theater management company, offers Betty transportation money in exchange for twenty-five percent of Herbie's profits. In an effort to make enough money for their hotel bill, Betty inadvertently oversells stock in Herbie, which is illegal. As Herbie becomes more popular, mostly because Dorothy is paying young girls to swoon in the audience, none of the stockholders will agree to sell. Although Herbie is making considerable profits as the nation's number one crooner, Betty is unable to turn over his money until she straightens out her problem with the stockholders. Herbie's main objective is to earn $100,000 so that Betty will marry him. Betty finally decides to weaken Herbie's popularity by having him become afflicted with laryngitis before a big benefit performance. A promoter named J. J. Crawford, who has taken over Herbie's contract, however, demands that he sing. By playing a grammophone recording of Herbie singing, Betty and Herbie trick Crawford and the audience. After the performance, Dorothy points out that because Betty is only nineteen, the original contract she made with Herbie is null and void, so she cannot go to jail for overselling his stock. Betty and Herbie then sing an encore together.
Director
Hal Walker
Cast
Eddie Bracken
Veronica Lake
Diana Lynn
Cass Daley
Parkyakarkus
Donald Mcbride
Florence Bates
Gary Crosby
Phillip Crosby
Dennis Crosby
Lin Crosby
Olga San Juan
Nancy Porter
Audrey Young
Carol Deere
Carmen Cavallaro
Ted Fio Rito
Henry King
Ray Noble
Joe Reichman
Don Wilson
Mabel Paige
Charles Smith
Irving Bacon
Toni Larue
Mary Elliott
Carmelle Bergstrom
Betty Walker
Virginia Morris
June Harris
Laura Gruver
Marguerite Campbell
Helen Smith
Inez Palange
Esther Dale
Charles B. Williams
Gloria Saunders
Lorraine Krueger
Charles Marsh
Milton Kibbee
Davison Clark
Mary Jane Hodge
Kay Morley
Aileen Morris
Joy Reese
Gloria Marlen
Nan Leslie
Shirley Doble
Kay Scott
Maxine Fife
Roberta Jonay
Virginia Sale
Charles R. Moore
Norman Nesbitt
Jamiel Hasson
Michael Visaroff
Jimmy Lono
Sammee Tong
Lal Chand Mehra
Lorraine De Wood
Selmer Jackson
Leon Belasco
Jimmie Dundee
Tom Fadden
Lou Gerick
Lee Gerick
Harlan Miller
Frank Darien
James Flavin
Ruth Alvarez
Juanita Alvarez
Ralph Dunn
Betty Farrington
Minerva Urecal
Don Barclay
George Mckay
Nell Craig
Bill Ides
Anna Chandler
Crew
Harold Arlen
Felix Bernard
Eddie Cherkose
Frédéric Chopin
John Cope
Sam Coslow
Sam Coslow
Sam Coslow
Bing Crosby
Barney Dean
Walter Deleon
Jan Domela
Haldane Douglas
Hans Dreier
Farciot Edouart
Arthur Franklin
Stuart Gilmore
Edith Head
Gordon Jennings
Sammy Lee
Paul Lerpae
Joseph J. Lilley
Elizabeth Meehan
Johnny Mercer
Gene Merritt
Eddie Moran
Joel Moss
Joel Moss
Harry Perry
Arthur Phillips
Ben Raleigh
Irmin Roberts
Harry Simeone
Kenneth Swartz
Stuart Thompson
Bernie Wayne
Wally Westmore
Philip Wisdom
Lothrop Worth
Victor Young
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Bing Crosby dubbed Eddie Bracken's singing.
Notes
Bing Crosby's voice is dubbed in for all of Eddie Bracken's songs. Crosby receives no onscreen credit, but the film's opening states, "Mr. Bracken's songs are sung for him by an old friend of his-and YOURS." In the closing scene of the film, Eddie Bracken says "Thanks, Bing" to the camera. Ads for the film included Crosby's picture and read: "Hear Eddie Sing with Bing's Voice" or "He borrows Bing's voice and that other guy's [Frank Sinatra] bow tie! but the body belongs to Eddie Bracken." Crosby's four sons, who made their screen debut in this picture, appear as orphans in an early scene in the film and make a few jokes about their father. The Crosby boys also appeared with their father in the 1945 Paramount film Duffy's Tavern. Five well-known concert pianists perform in the film: Carmen Cavalero, Ray Noble, Joe Reichman, Henry King and Ted Fiorito.
