![]() ![]() Robbins, orphanage supervisor who presents Betty's orchestraĬharlie Briggs, photographer at orphanage who takes photo of Herbie Vicky Kelly, singer in Betty Miller's orchestra In one of the last numbers at the event, five noted orchestra leader-pianists, Carmen Cavallaro, Ted Fiorito, Henry King, Ray Noble and Joe Reichman, show off their piano talents. Afterward, Dorothy points out that Betty is 19 and, as a minor, cannot be party to a contract. Crawford does not believe Herbie has lost his voice, so to keep Betty out of jail, Herbie comes up with the idea to lip sync to a recording. Meanwhile, Betty sees to it that Herbie catches a cold, so he has an excuse not to sing at the event. The other shareholders sell out to Dorothy, who then sells all of Herbie to Crawford for a hefty prof|it. When he finds out that Herbie refuses to perform, he threatens to sue everyone involved. When Herbie finds out Betty's financial dealings, he believes Betty lied about everything and quits.Ĭrawford has arranged a big charity event, to be broadcast nationwide (to 50,000,000 potential customers) and featuring Herbie. She summons all the contract shareholders to New York. She tells him she feels the same, but asks him to propose later, after she gets something straightened out. On the train after a performance, Herbie tells Betty he loves her, and he is now worth $100,000. Crawford, the show's sponsor, pressures Betty into signing a contract ($750 a week for the orchestra and $1000 for Herbie), reminding her that he has an exclusive option on her band. ![]() On The Crawford Glamour Hour radio show, Herbie sings "I'd Rather Be Me", and the bobby soxers do their job so well that J. Later, Betty confides to Herbie that she wants to marry either someone handsome or one with $100,000, explaining that her mother married a vaudeville actor and she wants the security her mother never had. Betty can only hope that Herbie flops, but she doesn't know that Dorothy hires bobby soxers to scream and swoon at his performance. On the train, Betty is horrified to discover they have sold another 100% of Herbie. Then the hotel manager wants his bill paid, so the girls have to sell more shares of the contract. ![]() They do not have enough for train fare to New York, but Dorothy gives Betty the money. She talks him into signing an exclusive contract for fifty dollars per week, an easy task as he is smitten with her. The next day, Betty gets a much-needed job offer in New York, but it stipulates she must bring her male singer: Herbie. A photo of Herbie holding Dorothy up is published in Life magazine. Dorothy Dodge, secretary to the orphanage's main benefactor, faints during his performance. In the audience are Bing Crosby's four sons, even though they are not orphans (due to "Dad and his horses") they recognize the voice right away. The following act is shy Western Union messenger Herbie Fenton, who stuns Betty with his amazing singing voice, performing "Out of This World". The picture was a satire on the Frank Sinatra " bobby soxer" cult.īetty Miller and her Sirens are a struggling all-female band who play at a benefit for an orphanage. If you like such laughs, it'll make your "Day".Out of This World is a 1945 American romantic comedy film directed by Hal Walker and starring Eddie Bracken, Veronica Lake and Diana Lynn. I love this kind of movie and seeing the great Joe Mantegna take his lumps so valiantly brings a smile in itself. I saw this in the theatre when it first came out and, I must admit, the entire packed-in audience was laughing hysterically at every single pratfall, gag and slapstick business that occurred. During the course of the day, baby Bink (Warton and Warton) leads the dumb bad guys throughout the width and breadth of Chicago and leaves them all bruised, beaten, burnt, plummeted from innumerable high drops and otherwise humiliated ("we've had the living hell torn out of us by a baby," screams Mantegna at one point). ![]() Three of the dimmest kidnappers in history (Mantegna, Pantoliano and Haley) make the mistake of kidnapping a rich couple's little baby, who turns out to be far more resourceful than all three of them combined. But when you get a movie that is so endearingly, goofily dumb as "Baby's day Out", you can't help but love it! The plot is straight out of Cartoon Land, with a low bow in the Three Stooges' direction compliments of scripter John Hughes (surprise!). ![]()
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