Oh, You Beautiful Doll is a 1949 American musical film directed by John M. Stahl (his final film), starring the musical queen June Haver and Mark Stevens. Co-stars included S.Z. Sakall, Charlotte Greenwood, and Gale Robbins.Thomas M. Pryor (1915–2001), Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949), A Pleasant Musical From Fox, The New York Times, November 12, 1949

Plot The film is a fictionalized biography of Fred Fisher, a German-born American writer of Tin Pan Alley songs. Tin Pan Alley promoter (Mark Stevens) turns serious composer Fred Breitenbach (S.Z. Sakall) into songwriter Fred Fisher. Fred Fisher is his assumed name in real life and Breitenbach is his birth surname. In the film, many Fisher songs were given a symphonic arrangement that was performed at Aeolian Hall. Among the Fisher songs heard were:

Chicago Dardanella Peg O' My Heart Who paid the rent for Mrs. Rip Van Winkle? (1914)

Cast Leading actors

Mark Stevens – Larry Kelly June Haver – Doris Fisher S.Z. Sakall – Fred Fisher aka Alfred Breitenbach Charlotte Greenwood – Anna Breitenbach Gale Robbins – Marie Carle Jay C. Flippen Lippy Brannigan Andrew Tombes – Ted Held Eduard Franz – Gottfried Steiner

Other cast

Sam Ash – quartet Warren Jackson – quartet Donald Kerr – quartet Al Klein – quartet Frank Kreig – head waiter Nestor Paiva – Lucca

Uncredited cast

Myrtle Anderson – cook Curt Bois – Zaltz Edward Clark – Cooper - desk clerk Tom Coleman – Policeman John Davidson – Davis - Steiner's secretary Sam Finn – minor role Joseph Forte – waiter Robert Gist – musician James Griffith – Joe - reporter Sam Harris – composer Eddie Kane – Charles Hubert Kenner G. Kemp – audience spectator Carl M. Leviness – composer (uncredited) Sidney Marion – minor role (uncredited) Marion Martin – big blonde Frank Mills – man in jail Eula Morgan – Madame Zoubel John Mylong – toastmaster William J. O'Brien – waiter Torchy Rand – Sophie - waitress Dick Rich – burly man in saloon Maurice Samuels – Italian Harry Seymour – Volk, nightclub M.C. Lester Sharpe – music store proprietor Ray Teal – policeman Phil Tully – desk sergeant Ray Walker – box office attendant Billy Wayne – reporter Robert Williams – police lieutenant Victor Sen Yung – houseboy Al Jolson; himself

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