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Cinderella Swings It(1943)
Status: Released
Date: 1943-01-22
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Time: 1h 9m
Cold River Stages Big Show for the USO!
Overview:
Scattergood Baines, Coldriver's most popular citizen, neighborly counselor and sly old fox, entices a Broadway producer to Coldriver to see the gay musical extravaganza Baines is staging for the benefit of the U.S.O. He is also promoting the singing career of his latest local protégé, Betty Palmer. There are a few problems but the Sage of Coldriver manages to keep pulling the right strings.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Pyramid Productions
Movie: Cinderella Swings It
Top 10 Billed Cast
Guy Kibbee
Scattergood Baines
Gloria Warren
Betty Palmer
Helen Parrish
Sally Murton
Dick Hogan
Tommy Stewart
Leonid Kinskey
Vladimir Smitkin
Billy Lenhart
Butch
Kenneth Brown
Buddy
Dink Trout
Pliny Pickett
Willie Best
Hipp
Pierre Watkin
Brock Harris
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Scattergood Baines, Coldriver's most popular citizen, neighborly counselor and sly old fox, entices a Broadway producer to Coldriver to see the gay musical extravaganza Baines is staging for the benefit of the U.S.O. He is also promoting the singing career of his latest local protégé, Betty Palmer. There are a few problems but the Sage of Coldriver manages to keep pulling the right strings.
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1943-01-22
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Cold River Stages Big Show for the USO!
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