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Kiss the Boys Goodbye

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 1, 1941

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Music

User Score

50%

Original Title

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Director

Victor Schertzinger

Description

New York chorus girl Cindy Lou Bethany becomes frustrated when she prepares for an audition for a Broadway musical, but the auditions close and her roommate, Gwen Abbott, is hired to be secretary to Top Rumson, the show's financial backer. Gwen tells Cindy that the director, Lloyd Lloyd, and composer, Dick Rayburn, have been sent to the South on a talent search for a classic Southern belle type to star in the show, although their shows usually feature Myra Stanhope, an actress whose style is hopelessly inappropriate for this show. Desperate for work, Cindy returns to her aunt Lily Lou and uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany's home in the South and schemes to get Lloyd and Rayburn to audition her.