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Hey Boy! Hey Girl!

Hey Boy! Hey Girl!

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  • Cast
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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 5, 1959

Runtime

1h 23m

Genres

Music, Comedy

Original Title

Hey Boy! Hey Girl!

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Director

David Lowell Rich

Description

Meant primarily as TV fare, this standard, song-filled romantic drama stars Louis Prima as himself, and his real-life wife Keely Smith as Dorothy Spencer, a devout woman with a good singing voice. Dorothy is active in her local parish which like all parishes, is constantly thinking of ways to raise funds. One of the needy projects is a boys' camp, so when Dorothy is approached by Louis Prima to sing with his band she agrees only on one condition -- that he perform a concert benefit for the parish church and boys' camp. The interactions between Dorothy and Prima lead toward romance and a happy ending, as well as a popular album with the same title song featured in this film. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi (NY Times Review).