Movie Description
Sleepytime Gal
(1942)Overview
Bessie Cobb, cake decorator in the kitchen of one of Miami's swankier hotels, is the central figure in an elaborate scheme by Chick Patterson, bell captain, who believes he can not only enrich Bessie, but himself, his fiancée, and the kitchen's three screwball chefs, Chef Popodopolis, Chef Petrovich and Chef Barzumium. He plans to enter Bessie in the singing contest sponsored by band-leader Danny Marlowe for a large recording company looking for new talent.. Chick has a recording made of Bessie's voice and substitutes it for that of "Sugar" Caston, who is being sponsored by a big-time gangster and is set up to win. But members of a rival gang, out to get "Sugar", mistake Besiie for her.
Cast
Bessie Cobb
Chick Patterson
Chef Popodopolis
Sugar Caston
Mr. Adams
Ernie
Downbeat
Connie Thompson
Honest Joe Kincaid
Chef Petrovich
Dimples
Gus
Chef Barzumium
Danny Marlowe
Johnny Gatto
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Facts
Original TitleSleepytime Gal
Status Released
Release Information
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1942-03-05
Original Language
Runtime 01h 20m
Production CompaniesRepublic Pictures
Genres
- Comedy
- Crime
- Music
