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
- Directed By
- Gordon Douglas
- Written By
- Oscar Brodney, Warren Wilson, Bud Pearson, Lester A. White
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 7, 1948 Wide
Critic Reviews
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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
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Eddie Cantor
as Sam Parker
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Joan Davis
as Susie Parker
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Allyn Joslyn
as Mike Garrett
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Charles Dingle
as Mr. Whitley
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Phil Brown
as Joe Collins
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Sheldon Leonard
as Steve Garland
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Joe Sawyer
as Zero Zantini
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Douglas Fowley
as Marty
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Margaret Kerry
as Marjorie Parker
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Dick Humphreys
as Handy Clinton
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Howard Freeman
as Mr. Clinton
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Mabel Paige
as Grandma
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Sig Rumann
as Count Alexis
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Fritz Feld
as Chez Henri
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Isabel Randolph
as Mrs. Clinton
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Bobby Driscoll
as Junior
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Don Beddoe
as Editor
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George Chandler
as Reporter
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Ellen Corby
as Woman
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Charles Halton
as Pringle
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Eddie Hart
as Burly Man
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Harry Harvey
as Sedley
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Earl Hodgins
as Auctioneer
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Tom Keene
as Graham
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Donald Kerr
as Window Washer
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John Farrell MacDonald
as Policeman
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Jason Robards Sr.
as Ogleby
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Addison Richards
as Senator
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Sid Saylor
as Proprietor of Pet Shop
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Robert Clarke
as Orchestra Leader
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Mary Field
as Telephone Operator
