Sleepytime Gal (1942)
Bessie Cobb, cake decorator in the kitchen of one of Miami's swankier hotels, is the central figure in an elaborate scheme by Chick Patterson, bell captain, who believes he can not only enrich Bessie, but himself, his fiancée, and the kitchen's three screwball chefs, Chef Popodopolis, Chef Petrovich and Chef Barzumium. He plans to enter Bessie in the singing contest sponsored by band-leader Danny Marlowe for a large recording company looking for new talent.. Chick has a recording made of Bessie's voice and substitutes it for that of "Sugar" Caston, who is being sponsored by a big-time gangster and is set up to win. But members of a rival gang, out to get "Sugar", mistake Besiie for her.
Director: Albert S. Rogell
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Judy Canova as Bessie Cobb |
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Tom Brown as Chick Patterson |
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Billy Gilbert as Chef Popodopolis |
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Ruth Terry as Sugar Caston |
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Thurston Hall as Mr. Adams |
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Elisha Cook Jr. as Ernie |
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Jerry Lester as Downbeat |
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Mildred Coles as Connie Thompson |
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Harold Huber as Honest Joe Kincaid |
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Fritz Feld as Chef Petrovich |
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Frank Sully as Dimples |
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Jimmy Ames as Gus |
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Jay Novello as Chef Barzumium |
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Skinnay Ennis as Danny Marlowe |
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Paul Fix as Johnny Gatto |
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Martin Turner as Porter |
| Sound | Jule Styne | Songs |
| Writing | Herb Magidson | Lyricist |
| Directing | Albert S. Rogell | Director |