Larceny with Music

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Larceny with Music
Directed by Edward Lilley
Written byRobert Harari
Produced byHoward Benedict
Starring Leo Carrillo, Allan Jones, Kitty Carlisle, Alvino Rey
Cinematography Paul Ivano
Edited by Paul Landres
Music by Charles Previn, Frank De Vol, Ted Cain
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • 1943 (1943)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Larceny with Music is a 1943 musical comedy featuring singer Allan Jones and band leader Alvino Rey.

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Plot

Believing unknown singer Ken Daniels is heir to a fortune, Hotel Deauville proprietor Gus Borelli hires him to headline with the Alvino Rey band. Hotel singer Pamela Mason is demoted to maid and waitress, after which she discovers that the Daniels inheritance was a rumor concocted for publicity by agent Mike Simms. Borelli threatens to kill Daniels when he realizes he was duped by a publicity gimmick, but doesn't as he notices his hotel showroom is packed with customers. [1]

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References

  1. "Larceny with Music". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. AFI. Retrieved July 20, 2015.