Shady Lady is a 1945 American romantic comedy film directed by George Waggner and starring Charles Coburn, Robert Paige, and Ginny Simms. Waggner originally offered Susanna Foster a starring role which she refused.Gene Blottner Universal sound westerns, 1929-1946: the complete filmography 2003 "Following Frisco Sal, George Waggner wanted Susanna Foster for Shady Lady (Universal, 1945). Foster commented, "I was in a very down period. I didn't like the list of the pictures they wanted me to do. I said no." Ginny Simms sings floor show songs "Cuddle Up a Little Closer", "In Love With Love" and "Xango".New York Times review 11 October 1945 "In producing this comedy-romance Universal frequently interrupts the story with night-club floor-show sequences which would be even duller than they are if Ginny Simms were not around, and in good voice, to sing "Cuddle Up a Little Closer" and "In Love With Love." "
The choreography is by Lester Horton.
Cast Charles Coburn as Col. John Appleby Robert Paige as Bob Wendell Ginny Simms as Leonora Lee Appleby Alan Curtis as Marty Martin Martha O'Driscoll as Gloria Wendell Kathleen Howard as Butch James Burke as Crane Joe Frisco as Tramp John Gallaudet as Rappaport Thomas E. Jackson as Bowen Billy Wayne as Fred William Hall as Clarence William Hunt as Warren William E. Green as Billy Norton Chuck Hamilton as Carlson
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