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Meet the People (1944) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Charles Reisner and produced by Arthur Freed.

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Musical Monday: Meet the People (1944)

on Jan 5, 2015 From Comet Over Hollywood

It?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: ?Meet the People? ?Musical ... Read full article


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William 'Swanee' Swanson: [Annoyed] Any show of mine has to stand on its own legs and not Julie Hampton's!


The Commander: You must come up and launch with me sometime.


William 'Swanee' Swanson: Yeah, I know where to reach you - back in 1912, under a ton a stale ideas.


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A further Lane/Harburg song, "Thank You, Columbus" was recorded but not used. "Song of the Bayou" by Rube Bloom was also planned for inclusion, but not used.
In a radio interview, Spike Jones stated that the ape that plays Hitler is the same ape that appears in the Tarzan movies.
Some cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): George Lloyd (Heckler), Creighton Hale (Hotel Clerk), Kay Deslys (Landlady) and Lee Phelps (Workman). Several actors announced as cast members in contemporary news items also did not appear in the movie: Victor Borge, Lena Horne, Nancy Walker and Dewey Robinson.
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