If You Knew Susie (1948)

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Hoping for a success commensurate with his previous Show Business (1945), comedian Eddie Cantor poured a lot of his own money into the RKO Radio musical If You Knew Susie. Cantor and his Show Business co-star Joan Davis are reteamed herein as ex-vaudevillians Sam and Susie Parker, who retire to a… More Hoping for a success commensurate with his previous Show Business (1945), comedian Eddie Cantor poured a lot of his own money into the RKO Radio musical If You Knew Susie. Cantor and his Show Business co-star Joan Davis are reteamed herein as ex-vaudevillians Sam and Susie Parker, who retire to a small and rather cloistered New England town. Faced with the snobbery of the local "aristocracy," Sam and Susie come to believe that they aren't worthy of their new neighbors, nor of their own children. All this changes when the Parkers find a document signed by George Washington bestowing $50,000 on one of Sam's forebears! According to the government, Sam and Susie are now owed several billion dollars interest. Sam patriotically refuses to accept the money, thereby becoming a national hero -- but not before a plenitude of comic plot twists involving gangsters Sheldon Leonard and Joe Sawyer. Cast as the Parkers' daughter Marjorie is "newcomer" Margaret Kerry, who'd actually been in films since 1936 as child actress Peggy Lynch. One of the musical highlights in If You Knew Susie is a clip from Show Business, featuring Cantor, Davis, George Murphy and Constance Moore. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By: Gordon Douglas
Written By: Oscar Brodney, Warren Wilson, Bud Pearson, Lester A. White
Genres: Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy

In Theaters: Feb 7, 1948 Wide

Critic Reviews

Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Cantor's appeal as as a vaudeville, stage and radio performer never quite made it to film.

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Cast

            Eddie Cantor as Sam Parker

            Joan Davis as Susie Parker

            Allyn Joslyn as Mike Garrett

            Charles Dingle as Mr. Whitley

            Phil Brown as Joe Collins

            Sheldon Leonard as Steve Garland

            Joe Sawyer as Zero Zantini

            Douglas Fowley as Marty

            Margaret Kerry as Marjorie Parker

            Dick Humphreys as Handy Clinton

            Howard Freeman as Mr. Clinton

            Mabel Paige as Grandma

            Sig Rumann as Count Alexis

            Fritz Feld as Chez Henri

            Isabel Randolph as Mrs. Clinton

            Bobby Driscoll as Junior

            Don Beddoe as Editor

            George Chandler as Reporter

            Ellen Corby as Woman

            Charles Halton as Pringle

            Eddie Hart as Burly Man

            Harry Harvey as Sedley

            Earl Hodgins as Auctioneer

            Tom Keene as Graham

            Donald Kerr as Window Washer

            John Farrell MacDonald as Policeman

            Jason Robards Sr. as Ogleby

            Addison Richards as Senator

            Sid Saylor as Proprietor of Pet Shop

            Robert Clarke as Orchestra Leader

            Mary Field as Telephone Operator
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