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Naughty But Nice is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Ray Enright released in USA on 1 july 1939 with Ann Sheridan

Naughty But Nice (1939)

Naughty but Nice

Naughty But Nice
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Released in USA 1 july 1939
Length 1h29
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Musical theatre,    Musical
Rating60% 3.0497253.0497253.0497253.0497253.049725

Naughty but Nice is a 1939 Warner Bros. musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright, starring Dick Powell and Ann Sheridan and featuring Gale Page, Ronald Reagan, and Helen Broderick, with Allen Jenkins, ZaSu Pitts, and Maxie Rosenbloom in supporting roles. The original story and screenplay were written by Richard Macaulay and Jerry Wald, and the film includes songs with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, as well as music adapted from Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Mozart, Robert Schumann, and Wagner.

Synopsis

Professor Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell), who lectures his students against swing music and jitterbugging, goes to New York City to get his symphony published, but accidentally writes a hit swing song ("Hooray for Spinach, Hooray for Milk") with the connivance of aspiring lyricist Linda McKay (Gale Page), which brings him into disrepute with the Dean of his college (Halliwell Hobbes). After the teetotaling professor accidentally gets drunk, Hardwick promises to stay in New York City for the summer and write songs with McKay, and they have three more hits.

Actors

Ann Sheridan

(Zelda Manion)Dick Powell

(Professor Donald Hardwick)Gale Page

(Linda McKay)Ronald Reagan

(Eddie)Helen Broderick

(Aunt Martha Hogan)
And :
Allen Jenkins
Zasu Pitts
Jerry Colonna
Luis Alberni
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