When You're Smiling
6.7
When You're Smiling is distinguished by the presence of several top recording artists of 1950. The wafer-thin plotline concerns the misadventures of Texan Gerald Durham (Jerome Courtland), who arrives in the Big City to learn the ropes of the music business. Durham not only ends up with a recording contract, but also wins heroine Peggy Martin (Lola Albright) in the bargain. So much for the story. The principal selling card of When You're Smiling consists of the guest-star turns by Frankie Laine, Bob Crosby, The Modernaires, The Mills Brothers, Kay Starr and Billy Daniels.
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Jerome Courtland
Gerald Durham
Known for
Battleground
The Man from Colorado
Frankie Laine
Frankie Laine
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Karen DeWolf
Joseph Santley
Jonie Taps
Lola Albright
Peggy Martin
Known for
The Monolith Monsters
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Jack Roberts
Jerome Cowan
Herbert Reynolds
Known for
The Maltese Falcon
Miracle on 34th Street
Margo Woode
Linda Reynolds
Known for
Somewhere in the Night
Collette Lyons
Nan Doran
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Robert Shayne
Jack Lacey
Known for
Adventures of Superman
The Flash
Don Otis
Don Otis
Joseph Santley Director · Karen DeWolf Screenplay Jack Roberts Screenplay
United States release August 30, 1950 · Produced in United States
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Distribution
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 30, 1950
Theatrical
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