Carolina Blues

Ann Miller (Kiss Me Kate, You Can't Take It with You) plays the ingénue who steps into the role of vocalist when Kay Kyser's band comes to town. Kyser, who's ready for a holiday, is roped into putting on a show for defense plant workers by his publicist (Jeff Donnell, in a Lonely Place). But Georgia Carroll, Kyser's vocalist, is already set to leave the band to get married. The conflicts are the typical plot points of the 'show-must-go-on' Hollywood musical, but the performances are the central feature of the film. Ann Miller's dancing, the on-stage antics of Kyser's orchestra (including stalwarts Harry Babbitt, Sully Mason, and Ish Kabibble), Harold Nicholas, and a variety of other specialty numbers fill out the bill, not to forget Victor Moore (Swing Time, Make Way for Tomorrow), who has several turns as various members of the Carver clan.

Director: Leigh Jason
Producer: Sam Bischoff
Actor: Kay Kyser
Actor: Ann Miller
Actor: Victor Moore
Actor: Jeff Donnell
Actor: Howard Freeman
Actor: Ish Kabibble
Actor: Harold Nicholas
Actor: The Christianis
Actor: The Layson Brothers
Actor: The Four Step Brothers
Actor: Kay Kyser's Band
Actor: Diane Pendleton
Actor: M.A. Bogue
Actor: Georgia Carroll
Actor: Harry Babbitt
Actor: Sully Mason
Actor: Robert Williams
Actor: Doodles Weaver
Actor: Dorothea Kent
Actor: Frank Orth
Actor: Eddie Acuff
Actor: June Richmond
Actor: Leonard Bluett
Actor: Brian O'Hara
Actor: Eileen McClory
Actor: Pat Parrish
Actor: Eloise Hart
Actor: Kay Dowd
Actor: Elvia Allman
Actor: Anne Loos
Actor: Eddie Bruce
Actor: Pat Gleason
Actor: Charles Marsh
Actor: Bertha Priestley
Actor: Jack Rice
Actor: Elmer Jerome
Actor: Harry Hayden
Actor: Si Jenks
Actor: Ruby Dandridge
Actor: Walter Pietila
Actor: Lorraine Wells
Actor: Suzette Johnson
Actor: Francis Robinson
Actor: Artie Brandon
Actor: Avonelle Harris
Actor: Louise Franklin
Actor: Mildred Boyd
Actor: Marie Bryant
Actor: Harps O'Swing
Actor: The Dreamers