There's a Girl in My Heart (1949)
A Gay-Nineties musical set in NYC's Bowery and East-Side explores the life of its inhabitants---an Irish policeman and his tap-dancing daughter and music-hall wife; a German professor of music and his singing daughter; and an Italian café-owner, a kindly priest, a struggling young doctor and a saloon-keeper. And a political ward-heeler, Terrence Dowd, who has a deceptive and dishonest plan to sell them all out in order to build a fight arena. But he meets his match in property-owner Claire Adamson.
Director:
Arthur Dreifuss
Writers:
Arthur Hoerl, McElbert Moore.
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Lee Bowman as Terrence Dowd |
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Elyse Knox as Claire Adamson |
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Gloria Jean as Ruth Kroner |
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Peggy Ryan as Sally Mullin |
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Lon Chaney Jr. as Johnny Colton |
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Ludwig Donath as Professor Joseph Kroner |
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Ray McDonald as Danny Kroner |
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Joel Marston as Doctor Henlein |
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Richard Lane as Sergeant Mullin |
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Irene Ryan as Mrs. Mullin |
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Lanny Simpson as Lennie Dowd |
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Paul Guilfoyle as Father Callaghan |
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Iris Adrian as Lulu Troy |
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Kay Anne Nelson as Carol Anne |
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Martín Garralaga as Luigi |
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Lee Tung Foo as Charlie Li |
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Robert Emmett Keane as Captain Blake |
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Harry Antrim as Uncredited |
| Directing | Arthur Dreifuss | Director |
| Writing | Arthur Hoerl | Screenplay |
| Writing | McElbert Moore | Screenplay |
| Production | Arthur Dreifuss | Producer |
| Editing | Richard C. Currier | Editor |
| Art | Daniel Hall | Art Direction |
| Art | Neil E. McGuire | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Brier | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kiva Hoffman | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Louis Da Pron | Choreographer |
| Camera | Philip Tannura | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Herschel Burke Gilbert | Original Music Composer |