June Allyson's final Vitaphone short, All Girl Revue (1940), cast her as mayor of New York City for a day as she and other women take over the town to prepare for an opera star's visit. She leads the ensemble in "We've Got to Make the City Pretty" (which is all Hollywood could envision female politicians doing back in 1940) and carries most of the plot. After this short's release she signed with MGM, where she became one of their top stars of the 1940s. All Girl Revue also featured songs by Saul Chaplin, who would become one of MGM's top arrangers and composers starting in 1950.
Director: Lloyd French
Screenplay: Eddie Froman, Cyrus Wood
Cinematography: Ray Foster
Score: Saul Chaplin
Cast: June Allyson (Mayor), The Harrison Sisters (Singing Group), Betty Mae Crane (Dance Act), Beverly Kirk (Madame Beverly), Edith Brandell (Information Kiosk Girl).
All Girl Revue
February 19, 2020
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