Starring | |
Jack Haley as Pinky Wilson Helen Walker as Corey Sullivan Rudy Vallee as Ormsby Jamison Ozzie Nelson as Leroy Brinker Phillip Reed as John Guedel Bob Graham as Luke Roy Atwell as Mr. Pippensigal Barbara Roche as Aimee Clara Blandick as Grandma Art Linkletter as Master of Ceremonies Frances Langford as Francs Langford Byron Foulger as Mr. Button (uncredited) | |
Director | |
Sam White | |
Movie Release Date | |
January 11, 1946 | |
Packager | |
Paramount Pictures |
People are Funny is a 1946 American musical comedy film directed by Sam White based on the popular radio (and later TV series) of the same name.
Premise[]
Radio producer John Guedel (Reed) is panicked and dumbfounded when his popular radio show Humbug is immediately taken off the air for making fun of the legal profession. Given contacts his writer girlfriend Corey Sullivan (Walker) to help him but Sullivan has another client, Leroy Brinker (Nelson) seeking a radio show for himself. The two come across a radio show put on in a small town called People are Funny that mixes bizarre challenges to contestants with musical entertainment. Sullivan gets the show's producer Pinky Wilson (Haley) to bring his show to Mr. Guedel.