The Merry Monahans (1944)
The film concerns a family vaudeville troupe headed by patriarch Pete Monahan. Because of his love affair with the bottle, Pete manages to get himself and his family blacklisted from every major vaude house in the country. Though Pete's kids Jimmy and Patsy love their dad, they're forced to break away from the act and go off on their own to survive. Eventually, the whole gang is reunited in a shamelessly lachrymose musical finale.
Director:
Charles Lamont
Writers:
Michael Fessier, Ernest Pagano.
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Donald O'Connor as Jimmy Monahan |
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Peggy Ryan as Patsy Monahan |
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Jack Oakie as Pete Monahan |
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Ann Blyth as Sheila DeRoyce |
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Rosemary DeCamp as Lillian DeRoyce |
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John Miljan as Arnold Pembroke |
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Isabel Jewell as Rose |
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Gavin Muir as Weldon Laydon |
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Marion Martin as Soubrette |
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Ian Wolfe as Clerk |
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Robert Homans as Policeman |
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Lloyd Ingraham as Judge |
| Directing | Charles Lamont | Director |
| Sound | Hans J. Salter | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Michael Fessier | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ernest Pagano | Screenplay |
| Sound | Charles Carroll | Sound |
