Movie

Tin Pan Alley

Released: November 29, 1940 (1940)

Runtime: 94 minutes

Genres: Drama, Romance, Music

Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in England.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Billy Gilbert as Sheik
Age at release: 46
Allen Jenkins as Casey
Age at release: 40
Esther Ralston as Nora Bayes
Age at release: 38
Jack Oakie as Harry Calhoun
Age at release: 37
Ben Carter as Boy
Age at release: 29
John Payne as Skeets Harrigan
Age at release: 28
Fayard Nicholas as Dancer
Age at release: 26
Alice Faye as Katie Blane
Age at release: 25
Betty Grable as Lily Blane
Age at release: 23
Harold Nicholas as Dancer
Age at release: 19

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Lionel Pape as Lord Stanley
Age at release: 63
George Watts as Mike Buckner
Age at release: 62
Ted Billings as Recruit Poster Peddler in Montage (uncredited)
Age at release: 60
Robert Emmett Keane as Manager
Age at release: 57
John Sheehan as Announcer
Age at release: 55
Tyler Brooke as Bert Melville
Age at release: 54
Billy Bevan as Stage Doorman
Age at release: 53
William B. Davidson as Hotel Manager
Age at release: 52
Hal K. Dawson as Hotel Clerk
Age at release: 44
Fred Keating as Harvey Raymond
Age at release: 43
John Loder as Reggie Carstairs
Age at release: 42
Dewey Robinson as Dumb Guy
Age at release: 42
Elisha Cook Jr. as Joe Codd
Age at release: 36
Lillian Porter as Telephone Operator
Age at release: 23
Betty Brian as Singer
Age at release: 17
Doris Brian as Singer
Age at release: 14
Gwen Brian as Singer
Age at release: 12
Princess Vanessa Ammon as Dancer
Age at release: Unknown
Roberts Brothers as Specialty
Age at release: Unknown
Bobby Callahan as Newsboy (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown