That's Right – You're Wrong (1939)
That's Right – You're Wrong (1939)
THE LAUGH-SWING SENSATION OF THE CENTURY!
J. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader Kay Kyser, who puts on a radio and-live theatre program called "The Kollege of Musical Knowledge," to appear in films. When manager Chuck Deems gets the studio offer, he and band members Ginny Simms, Sully Mason, Ish Kabiddle, Harry Babbitt and the others are all fired up at the prospect of going to Hollywood and working in the movies, but band-leader Kay is all against it and says his old grandmother has told him to stay in his own back yard, but he relents. Once there, Stacey Delmore, a Four Star associate producer left in charge of the studio while Forbes is out of town, discovers that the screenplay writers have prepared a script that has Kay Kyser playing a glamorous lover in an exotic European setting.

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Cast

Kay Kyser Kay Kyser As: Kay Kyser
Adolphe Menjou Adolphe Menjou As: Stacey Delmore
May Robson May Robson As: Grandma
Lucille Ball Lucille Ball As: Sandra Sand
Dennis O'Keefe Dennis O'Keefe As: Chuck Deems
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Storyline

J. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader Kay Kyser, who puts on a radio and-live theatre program called "The Kollege of Musical Knowledge," to appear in films. When manager Chuck Deems gets the studio offer, he and band members Ginny Simms, Sully Mason, Ish Kabiddle, Harry Babbitt and the others are all fired up at the prospect of going to Hollywood and working in the movies, but band-leader Kay is all against it and says his old grandmother has told him to stay in his own back yard, but he relents. Once there, Stacey Delmore, a Four Star associate producer left in charge of the studio while Forbes is out of town, discovers that the screenplay writers have prepared a script that has Kay Kyser playing a glamorous lover in an exotic European setting.


Tagline: THE LAUGH-SWING SENSATION OF THE CENTURY!
Certification: Unknown

Details

Genres: Music, Comedy

Language: English

Release Date: 24 November 1939

Country: US

Runtime: 94m

Company Credits

Company: RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Kay Kyser

Kay Kyser

Kay Kyser

Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

Stacey Delmore

May Robson

May Robson

Grandma

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Sandra Sand

Dennis O'Keefe

Dennis O'Keefe

Chuck Deems

Roscoe Karns

Roscoe Karns

Mal Stamp

Moroni Olsen

Moroni Olsen

Jonathan Forbes

Hobart Cavanaugh

Hobart Cavanaugh

Dwight Cook

Ginny Simms

Ginny Simms

Ginny Simms

Harry Babbitt

Harry Babbitt

Harry Babbitt

Sully Mason

Sully Mason

Sully Mason

M.A. Bogue

M.A. Bogue

Ish Kabibble

Edward Everett Horton

Edward Everett Horton

Tom Village

Kathryn Adams

Kathryn Adams

Elizabeth Ralston (Uncredited)

Ernani Bernardi

Ernani Bernardi

Clarinetist (Uncredited)

Harrison Carroll

Harrison Carroll

Harrison Carroll (Uncredited)

Stephen Chase

Stephen Chase

Producer (Uncredited)

Charles Doehrer

Charles Doehrer

Charlie Doehrer (Uncredited)

Jack Gargan

Jack Gargan

Party Guest (Uncredited)

Gus Glassmire

Gus Glassmire

Producer (Uncredited)

Jane Goude

Jane Goude

Myrtle O'Connell (Uncredited)

Sheilah Graham

Sheilah Graham

Sheilah Graham (Uncredited)

Vinton Hayworth

Vinton Hayworth

Producer (Uncredited)

Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper (Uncredited)

Erskine Johnson

Erskine Johnson

Erskine Johnson (Uncredited)

Charles Judels

Charles Judels

Luigi (Uncredited)

Effie Laird

Effie Laird

Mrs. Bernice Mann (Uncredited)

Dorothy Lovett

Dorothy Lovett

Delmore's Secretary (Uncredited)

Horace McMahon

Horace McMahon

Hood (Uncredited)

Feg Murray

Feg Murray

Cartoonist (Uncredited)

Forbes Murray

Forbes Murray

Producer (Uncredited)

Louis Natheaux

Louis Natheaux

Studio Executive (Uncredited)

George Noisom

George Noisom

Boy Looking for Kay (Uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

William H. O'Brien

Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)

Fred Orthman

Fred Orthman

Fred (Uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway

Suzanne Ridgway

Secretary (Uncredited)

Jimmy Starr

Jimmy Starr

Jimmy Starr (Uncredited)

Elliott Sullivan

Elliott Sullivan

Hood (Uncredited)

Denis Tankard

Denis Tankard

Thomas (Uncredited)

Lillian West

Lillian West

Ms. Brighton (Uncredited)

Directed By

David Butler

David Butler

Director

Fred Fleck

Fred Fleck

Assistant Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Edward Stevenson

Edward Stevenson

Costume Design

Sound

Roy Webb

Roy Webb

Original Music Composer

Earl A. Wolcott

Earl A. Wolcott

Sound Recordist

George Duning

George Duning

Music Arranger

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Russell Metty

Russell Metty

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Van Nest Polglase

Van Nest Polglase

Art Direction

Darrell Silvera

Darrell Silvera

Set Decoration

Carroll Clark

Carroll Clark

Art Direction

Other Crew

Vernon L. Walker

Vernon L. Walker

Special Effects

Eddie Prinz

Eddie Prinz

Choreographer

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