In this effervescent musical comedy, a stuffy college professor secretly works as a burlesque comedian during the summer. He, a professor of Shakespeare, manages to keep his secret, until a stripper shows up and threatens to blow his cover unless he gives her a starring role in his latest production ...more
Year: 1944 | Running Time: 74 minutes
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In this effervescent musical comedy, a stuffy college professor secretly works as a burlesque comedian during the summer. He, a professor of Shakespeare, manages to keep his secret, until a stripper shows up and threatens to blow his cover unless he gives her a starring role in his latest production of -The Taming of the Shrew. He does, but the rest of the cast is so appalled they walk-off. In desperation, the professor begins hiring the stripper's colleagues and this creates all sorts of ...more
- Joe E. Brown - Joseph M. Kelly, Jr.
- June Havoc - Lillian Colman
- Dale Evans - Barbara Compton
- Lucien Littlefield - John Alden Compton
- Ian Keith - J. Boggs-Robinson
- Marjorie Gateson - Lucille Compton
- Roger Imhof - Joseph M. Kelly, Sr.
- Harry Tyler - Bucky Farrell
- Patricia Knox - Peewee Dixon
- Sugar Geise - Fannie
- Margia Dean - Guest
- Leslie Goodwins - Director
- Albert J. Cohen - Producer
- Frank Gill, Jr. - Screenwriter
- David Gould - Choreography
- Ernest Nims - Editor
- Walter Scharf - Composer (Music Score)
- Walter Scharf - Musical Direction/Supervision
- Harold Adamson - Songwriter
- Jule Styne - Songwriter
- Walter Kent - Songwriter
- Kim Gannon - Songwriter
- Reggie Lanning - Cinematographer



