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Tin Pan Alley is a 1940 musical film starring Alice Faye and Betty Grable as vaudeville singers/sisters and John Payne and Jack Oakie as songwriters in the years before World War I.
Alfred Newman received the 1940 Academy Award for Best Musical Score for his work on the film, the first of his nine Oscars. The film was also nominated for American Film Institute's 2006 list of the AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals.
Original Release
11/22/1940
US Release
11/22/1940
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Alice Faye | Katie Blane |
| Betty Grable | Lily Blane |
| Jack Oakie | Harry Calhoun |
| John Payne | Skeets Harrigan |
| Allen Jenkins | Casey |
| Esther Ralston | Nora Bayes |
| The Nicholas Brothers | Dance Specialty |
| Ben Carter | Boy |
| John Loder | Reggie Carstair / Reggie Carstairs |
| Elisha Cook Jr. | Joe Codd |
Directors
Writers
Robert Ellis, Helen Logan, Pamela Harris
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Alice Faye | Katie Blane |
| Betty Grable | Lily Blane |
| Jack Oakie | Harry Calhoun |
| John Payne | Skeets Harrigan |
| Allen Jenkins | Casey |
| Esther Ralston | Nora Bayes |
| The Nicholas Brothers | Dance Specialty |
| Ben Carter | Boy |
| John Loder | Reggie Carstair / Reggie Carstairs |
| Elisha Cook Jr. | Joe Codd |
| Fred Keating | Harvey Raymond |
| Billy Gilbert | Sheik |
| Lillian Porter | Telephone Operator |
| Princess Vanessa Ammon | Specialty |
| The Brian Sisters | Specialty |
| Roberts Brothers | Specialty |
| Tyler Brooke | Bert Melville |
| Hal K. Dawson | Hotel Clerk |
| William B. Davidson | Hotel Manager |
| Lionel Pape | Lord Stanley |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Kenneth Macgowan | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1941 | Oscar | Best Music, Score | Won |
