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People Are Funny

People Are Funny

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 11, 1946

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Comedy, Music

User Score

52%

Original Title

People Are Funny

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Director

Sam White

Description

A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to be on a national network from its humble beginning at a Nevada radio station. Jack Haley is a producer with only half-rights to the program while Ozzie Nelson and Helen Walker are the radio writers and supply the romance. Rudy Vallee, always able to burlesque himself intentional and, quite often, unintentional, is the owner of the sought-after sponsoring company. Frances Langford, as herself, sings "I'm in the Mood for Love" while the Vagabonds quartet (billed 12th and last) chimes in on "Angeline" and "The Old Square Dance is Back Again."