The American producer is played by Paul Maxey, who had a memorable role in The Narrow Margin, including the line "Nobody loves a fat man but his tailor."
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August 8:Finding Happiness
The Lady Eve (1941)
Hopsy still hasn't quite grasped what happened to him, but he and Jean are going to be happy ever after. "Positively the same dame!"
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Here's some footage of the original 1940 Pal Joey, shot by cast member June Havoc from the wings and the house, including some of Gene Kelly. Not hard to understand why Judy insisted on him for her leading man.
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And after they told Gene to get rid of the goddamned hillbilly number, they all said, "Give that dark-haired woman, is her name Jane?, MUCH more to do."
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And after the show's over, every single one of the NY producers comes up to Gene and says, GET RID OF THE HILLBILLY NUMBER, goddammit.
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