Juke Box Jenny

Juke Box Jennie
Juke Box Jennie
Directed by	Harold Young
Written by	Robert Lees; Frederic I. Rinaldo; Arthur V. Jones; Dorcas Cochran
Starring	Ken Murray; Harriet Hilliard ; Iris Adrian; Don Douglas
Cinematography	John W. Boyle
Edited by	Paul Landres
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	27 March 1942;
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Juke Box Jenny (also known as Fifty Million Nickels)^[1] is a 1942 film directed by Harold Young and starring Ken Murray, Harriet Hilliard, Iris Adrian, and Donald Douglas. The film is a musical comedy with songs performed by Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra, The King's Men, Wingy Manone and his Orchestra, The Milt Herth Trio, and The Eddie Beal Trio.^[2] The songs include "Fifty Million Nickels Can't Be Wrong", "Swing to Mother Goose", "Tiger Rag", "Macumba", and others.^[3]

Plot

Roger Wadsworth, owner of a record company, is pressured by Mrs. Horton, a major stock holder in the company and mother of his fiancé Genevieve, to only produce recordings of classical music. Romantic complications follow with the involvement of his top salesman, Malcolm Hammond, who wants the company to produce jazz records, and a torch singer, Jinx Corey.^[4]

Cast

Ken Murray as Malcolm Hammond
Harriet Hilliard as Genevieve Horton
Iris Adrian as Jinx Corey
Don Douglas as Roger Wadsworth
Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Horton
Sig Arno as Randini
Charles Halton as the judge
William Ruhl as Jinx’s lawyer
Claire Du Brey as Miss Carruthers

Musicians

Reviews

A New York Times review on 17 April 1942 described the movie as "a series of musical shorts strung out to feature-length [...] by means of a feeble yarn."^[5]