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George White's Scandals

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
Jimmy Durante He was 41, 86 years old when he died as Happy McGillicuddy
Walter Brennan He was 39, 80 years old when he died as Hick (uncredited)
Cliff Edwards He was 38, 76 years old when he died as Stew Hart
Warren Hymer He was 28, 42 years old when he died as Pete Pandos - Greek Wrestler
Alice Faye She was 18, 83 years old when she died as Kitty Donnelly / Mona Vale
Dorothea Kent She was 17, 74 years old when she died as Dancer (uncredited)
Richard Carle He was 62, 69 years old when he died as Minister
Creighton Hale He was 51, 83 years old when he died as Theatre Treasurer (uncredited)
Armand Kaliz He was 46, 53 years old when he died as Count Dekker
Edward LeSaint He was 63, 69 years old when he died as Judge O'Neill
Thomas E. Jackson He was 47, 81 years old when he died as Al Burke (as Tom Jackson)
Gertrude Michael She was 22, 53 years old when she died as Miss Lee
William Bailey He was 47, 76 years old when he died as Harold Bestry
Rudy Vallée He was 32, 84 years old when he died as Jimmy Martin
Adrienne Ames She was 26, 39 years old when she died as Barbara Loraine
Gregory Ratoff He was 36, 63 years old when he died as Nicholas Mitwoch
Roger Gray He was 13, 75 years old when he died as Sailor Brown
Dixie Dunbar She was 15, 72 years old when she died as Patsy Day
Martha Merrill as Wife in King Henry VIII sketch
Irving Bacon He was 40, 71 years old when he died as Hick (uncredited)
George Irving He was 59, 86 years old when he died as John R. Loraine
Richard Alexander He was 31, 86 years old when he died as Iceman

George White's Scandals Crew

Name Department
Thornton Freeland as Director. He was 36 (89) years old when He died Directing
Harry Lachman as Director. He was 47 (88) years old when He died Directing
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George White's Scandals (90 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, March 15, 1934
  • Runtime: 80 minutes