Chatterbox

Jan 17, 1936

1h 8m

★ 6.0

ANN SHIRLEY IN A HEART STORMING STORY OF A STAGE STRUCK RED HEAD

Overview

Teenage orphan Jenny Yates becomes starstruck when a revival of an old Victorian melodrama passes through her small New England town, to the disapproval of her stern grandfather, Uriah. Stowing away in the car of Philip Greene, a wealthy young man working with the theater troupe, Jenny talks her way into the play's lead role. But director Archie Fisher doesn't tell her that the new version of the play is meant as a spoof.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Chatterbox Trailers

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Cast

Jenny Yates

Anne Shirley

Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.

Phillips Holmes

Uriah Lowell

Edward Ellis

Archie Fisher

Erik Rhodes

Emily 'Tippie' Tipton

Margaret Hamilton

Philip Greene Sr.

Granville Bates

Mr. Harrison

Allen Vincent

Lillian Temple

Lucille Ball

Michael Arbuckle

George Offerman, Jr.

Herself

Maxine Jennings

Mr. Blythe (uncredited)

Richard Abbott

Herself (uncredited)

Margaret Armstrong

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