Too Many Girls (1940)
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64% of users liked it
(267 ratings)
Now immortalized as the film on which Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz met, Too Many Girls is a faithful adaptation of the Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart-George Abbott Broadway musical hit. The light-as-a-feather plotline finds four football players hired to escort dizzy heiress Connie Casey (Lucille Ball)… More Now immortalized as the film on which Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz met, Too Many Girls is a faithful adaptation of the Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart-George Abbott Broadway musical hit. The light-as-a-feather plotline finds four football players hired to escort dizzy heiress Connie Casey (Lucille Ball) when she goes off to attend a southwestern college. The girls far outnumber the boys on campus, which is sheer ambrosia for the four "protectors": Clint Kelly (Richard Carlson), Jojo Jordan (Eddie Bracken), Cuban exchange student Manuelito (Desi Arnaz) and Al Terwilliger (Hal LeRoy). The order of billing should indicate who ends up romancing the icy Connie, but the other boys don't go home empty-handed either, not with such cuties as Pepe (Ann Miller) and Eileen (Frances Langford) around. As was customary in collegiate musicals of the era, the whole thing ends with the Big Football Game, with the four heroes emerging triumphant. It doesn't take a microscope to spot a young Van Johnson among the chorus boys, especially since he shows up on-screen even before the opening credits! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Abbott
- Written By
- John Twist, George Marion Jr.
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 8, 1940 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Forgettable but splashy '40s musical noted for starring Lucille Ball.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Where Lucille Ball and Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz first met.
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
In between the songs, the movie's story line is pretty feeble.
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
About the best I can say about this 1940 musical is that it features a few decent songs by Rodgers and Hart....
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Cast
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Lucille Ball
as Connie Casey
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Ann Miller
as Pepe
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Eddie Bracken
as Jojo Jordan
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Frances Langford
as Eileen Eilers
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Desi Arnaz
as Manuelito
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Hal Le Roy
as Al Terwilliger
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Libby Bennett
as Tallulah Lou
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Harry Shannon
as Mr. Casey
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Douglas Walton
as Beverly Waverly
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Chester Clute
as Lister
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Ivy Scott
as Mrs. Tewksbury
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Byron Shores
as Sheriff Andaluz
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Pamela Blake
as Student
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Chief John Big Tree
as Chief
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Iron Eyes Cody
as Indian
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Pedro de Cordoba
as Mr. Casey
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Van Johnson
as Bit Part
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Midge Mallin
as Tiny Person
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Jay Silverheels
as Indian
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Grady Sutton
as Football coach
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Richard Carlson
as Clint Kelly
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Mildred Law
as Co-ed
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Averell Harris
as Detective
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
as Coed
- Amarilla Morris
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Homer Dickenson
as Butler
