Three Little Words

Release Date:

Jul 12, 1950

Running Time:

1:42

Genre:

Musical

Director:

Richard Thorpe

Cast:

Fred Astaire	Bert Kalmar
Vera-Ellen	Jessie Brown/Jessie Kalmar
Red Skelton	Harry Ruby
Arlene Dahl	Eileen Percy Ruby
Keenan Wynn	Charlie Kope
Gale Robbins	Terry Lordel
Gloria DeHaven	Mrs. Carter De Haven
Phil Regan	Himself
Harry Shannon	Clanahan
Debbie Reynolds	Helen Kane
Paul Harvey	Al Masters
Carleton Carpenter	Dan Healy
Harry B. Mendoza	The Great Mendoza
Billy Gray	Boy (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty	Coach (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin	Philip Goodman (uncredited)
Syd Saylor	Barker at Clanahan's (uncredited)

Producers:

Jack Cummings

Language:

English

Related Programs:

Words and Music

My Wild Irish Rose

Night and Day

The Dolly Sisters

Tin Pan Alley

Stars and Stripes Forever

I'll Get By

This film chronicles the friendship of songwriting duo Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby . Bert is a vaudeville dancer who moonlights as a magician. His assistant, Harry, makes a disastrous mistake at a magic show, and their partnership ends. Later, when Bert hurts his leg and can no longer dance, he tries his hand at writing musical numbers. After hearing a friend play a catchy tune, Bert asks to meet the man who composed the song -- leading him right back to Harry.

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