Make Believe Ballroom

Make Believe Ballroom

"Make Believe Ballroom"

		Year: 1949 Running Time: 79 minutes Other: B/W Category: Musical Directed by: Joseph Santley Produced by: Ted Richmond Screenplay by: Karen de Wolf / Albert Duffy
		Cast: Charlie Barnet Jerome Courtland - Gene Thomas Vernon Dent - Chef Jimmy Dorsey Jan Garber Toni Harper Paul Harvey - George Wilcox Louis Jean Heydt - Jerskin Elliot Al Jarvis - Himself Adele Jergens - Herself The King Cole Trio Gene Krupa Frankie Lane - Specialty Ray McKinley Frank Orth - Pop Ron Randell - Leslie Todd Jack Smith The Sportsmen Kay Starr Sid Tomack - Joe Ruth Warrick - Liza Lee Virginia Welles - Josie Marlow

Make Believe Ballroom is a feature length derivation of the popular LA-based radio series of the same name. Hosted by Martin Block and then by Al Jarvis, the original Ballroom was a combination disc-jockey program and quiz show. Jarvis plays himself in the film version, introducing such musical artists as Frankie Laine, the King Cole Trio, Jack Smith, Kay Starr, Charlie Barnet, Jimmy Dorsey, Jan Garber, Gene Krupa and Pee Wee Hunt. The barely relevant plot concerns two carhops, Gene Thomas (Jerome Courtland) and Josie Marlow (Virginia Welles), who participate in the question-and-answer portion of the radio series. Though competitors on the air, Gene (Thomas) and Josie eventually fall in love.