Opening with a credit line that reads "Entire production conceived, created and directed by George White," a film evolves where the only plot line is a thin backstage romance between Jimmy Martin and Kitty Donnelly in and around a dozen or more sketches, revues, black-outs and singing and dancing turns. Made before the birth of the production code, reviewers of the day found much to object about in the implications of Alice Faye's "Nasty Man" song with the Meglin Kiddies, and the dog action in the "Your Dog Loves My Dog" number by Vallee, Faye, Jimmy Durante and Dixie Dunbar. The geometric dance arrangements used in the Vallee, Durante and Cliff Edwards "Every Day Is Father's Day" was not cause for Busby Berkeley to lose any sleep.
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George White's Scandals Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Jimmy Durante
He was 41, 86 years old when he died
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as Happy McGillicuddy |
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Walter Brennan
He was 39, 80 years old when he died
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as Hick (uncredited) |
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Cliff Edwards
He was 38, 76 years old when he died
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as Stew Hart |
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Warren Hymer
He was 28, 42 years old when he died
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as Pete Pandos - Greek Wrestler |
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Alice Faye
She was 18, 83 years old when she died
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as Kitty Donnelly / Mona Vale |
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Dorothea Kent
She was 17, 74 years old when she died
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as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Richard Carle
He was 62, 69 years old when he died
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as Minister |
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Creighton Hale
He was 51, 83 years old when he died
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as Theatre Treasurer (uncredited) |
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Armand Kaliz
He was 46, 53 years old when he died
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as Count Dekker |
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Edward LeSaint
He was 63, 69 years old when he died
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as Judge O'Neill |
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Thomas E. Jackson
He was 47, 81 years old when he died
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as Al Burke (as Tom Jackson) |
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Gertrude Michael
She was 22, 53 years old when she died
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as Miss Lee |
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William Bailey
He was 47, 76 years old when he died
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as Harold Bestry |
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Rudy Vallée
He was 32, 84 years old when he died
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as Jimmy Martin |
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Irving Bacon
He was 40, 71 years old when he died
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as Hick (uncredited) |
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George Irving
He was 59, 86 years old when he died
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as John R. Loraine |
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Roger Gray
He was 13, 75 years old when he died
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as Sailor Brown |
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Richard Alexander
He was 31, 86 years old when he died
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as Iceman |
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Dixie Dunbar
She was 15, 72 years old when she died
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as Patsy Day |
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Gregory Ratoff
He was 36, 63 years old when he died
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as Nicholas Mitwoch |
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Martha Merrill
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as Wife in King Henry VIII sketch |
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Adrienne Ames
She was 26, 39 years old when she died
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as Barbara Loraine |
George White's Scandals Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Thornton Freeland as Director. He was 36 (89) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Harry Lachman as Director. He was 47 (88) years old when He died
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Directing |
