The Dolly Sisters (1945)

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The Dolly Sisters is the heavily Hollywoodized biopic of Jennie and Rosie Dolly, Hungarian-born entertainers who took Broadway by storm in the early 1900s. Betty Grable plays Jennie and June Haver plays Rosie; their uncle is the inevitable "funny foreigner" S.Z. Sakall, who manages their career from childhood. Passing an important audition for Oscar Hammerstein, the Dolly girls become international stage headliners, but in so doing they find that their private life is strained. Jennie in particular is perplexed by the dilemma of devoting herself to a career while still finding time to romance handsome composer John Payne. The Dolly girls are separated permanently when Rosie is fatally injured in an auto accident, but Jennie finds lasting happiness with her composer. Despite the pre-World War I ambience of the film, both Grable and Haver show off a lot more skin than would have been permissible in earlier times. But Dolly Sisters producer George Jessel knew what he was doing, and the Technicolor film was a major hit in 1945.

Cast

Betty Grable
as Yansci 'Jenny' Dolly
June Haver
as Roszika 'Rosie' Dolly
John Payne
as Harry Fox
S.Z. Sakall
as Uncle Latsie Dolly
Reginald Gardiner
as Duke
Frank Latimore
as Irving Netcher
Gene Sheldon
as Prof. Winnup
Sig Rumann
as Tsimmis
Trudy Marshall
as Leonore
Collette Lyons
as Flo Daly
Evan Thomas
as Jenny, as Child
Donna Jo Gribble
as Rosie, as Child
Robert Middlemass
as Oscar Hammerstein
Paul Hurst
as Dowling
Lester Allen
as Morrie Keno
Frank Orth
as Stage Manager
William Nye
as Bartender
Herbert Ashley
as Fields
Trudy Berliner
as German Actress
Eugene Borden
as Chauffeur
Claire Richards
as Operator
André Charlot
as Phillipe
Mae Marsh
as Flower Lady
Virginia Brissac
as Nun
Frank Ferguson
as Reporter
Crauford Kent
as Man
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Doorman
Albert Petit
as Croupier
Walter Soderling
as Conductor on Train
Sam Garrett
as Will Rogers
J.C. Fowler
as Al Smith
Betty Farrington
as Mrs. Al Smith
Elsa Janssen
as Kathi
George O'Hara
as Frank Tinny
Ricki Van Dusen
as Madame Polaire
Harry Seymour
as Pianist
George Davis
as French juggler
Igor Lolgoruki
as Russian Actor
Nino Bellini
as French Actor
Theresa Harris
as Ellabelle
Mary Currier
as Hammerstein's Secretary
Edward Kano
as Harris
Else Janssen
as Kathi
Julius Tannen
as Man
Charles Evans
as Man
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½

If you are looking for anything resembling a depiction of the actual Dolly Sisters story look elsewhere but if a sumptuous overstuffed showcase for Betty Grable and June Haver is what you seek this is for you. Filmed in almost blinding Technicolor with some good songs and one beautiful one, I'm Always Chasing Rainbows, plus eye popping costumes and hairstyles this is old fashioned entertainment dished up with style.

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