ID

FBW000985      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1944

Original Title

The Doughgirls

Directed by

James V. Kern

Produced by

Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., Burbank, CA / New York, NY

Staff

Producer: Mark Hellinger; Script: James V. Kern, Sam Hellmann; Based on: Joseph Fields (Bühnenstück); Camera: Ernest Haller, James Leicester, William McCann; Art direction: Hugh Reticker; Special Effects: Ernest Haller; Music: Adolph Deutsch

Cast

Ann Sheridan (Edna); Alexis Smith (Nan); Jack Carson (Arthur); Jane Wyman (Vivian); Irene Manning (Mrs. Cadman); Charles Ruggles (Slade); Eve Arden (Nan); John Ridgely (Julian); Alan Mowbray (Breckenridge Drake); John Alexander (Buckley); Craig Stevens (Tom); Barbara Brown (Mrs. Cartwright); Mark Stevens (credited as Stephen Richards) (Lt. Keary); Francis Pierlot (Mr. Jordan); Donald MacBride (Judge Franklin); Rita Toomey (Timothy Walsh); Joe De Rita (The Stranger); John Walsh (Bellhop); Grandon Rhodes (Clark); Tom Quinn (Clark); Fred Kelsey (Man With Suitcase); Dink Trout (Young Husband); John Hamilton (Businessman); Almira Sessions (Hatchet-Faced Woman); Minerva Urecal (Hatchet-Faced Woman); Earl S. Dewey (Fat Man); Dolores Conlon (School Girls); Dorothy Reisner (School Girls); Helen Gerald (School Girls); Joan Breslau (School Girls); Yolanda Baiano (School Girls); Julie Arlington (School Girls); Harry Tyler (Angular Man); Marie de Becker (Maid); Anita Sharp Bolster (Maid); Joan Winfield (Slade's Secretary); Oliver Blake (Porter); Elmer Jerome (Elderly Waiter); Lou Marcelle (Announcer's Voice); Warren Mills (Bellboy); Dick Hirbe (Bellboy); William Frambes (Bellboy); Ralph Sanford (Workman); Jack Mower (Technician); John O'Connor (Technician); Larry Rio (Attendant in Baths); Carlyle Blackwell, Jr. (Messenger); Nick Kobliansky (Father Nicolai); Willi Fowler (Lieutnant); Walter De Palma (Justice of Peace)

Length

102'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Abstract

Vivian, Edna, and Nan are hunting for husbands in war-time Washington. Natalia outshines everyone as a visiting Russian guerrilla fighter, who keeps her marksmanship up by shooting pigeons, and who keeps pulling the three stars from their messes.

Subject Terms

Anti-Nazi films (US)

Bibliography

- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987