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Hey Boy! Hey Girl!

DISCOVER The Year's Happiest Movie, Starring the No. 1 Song-and-Fun Team!
Aug 5, 1959 · 1h 23m
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Comedy

PLOT

Meant primarily as TV fare, this standard, song-filled romantic drama stars Louis Prima as himself, and his real-life wife Keely Smith as Dorothy Spencer, a devout woman with a good singing voice. Dorothy is active in her local parish which like all parishes, is constantly thinking of ways to raise funds. One of the needy projects is a boys' camp, so when Dorothy is approached by Louis Prima to sing with his band she agrees only on one condition -- that he perform a concert benefit for the parish church and boys' camp. The interactions between Dorothy and Prima lead toward romance and a happy ending, as well as a popular album with the same title song featured in this film. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi (NY Times Review).

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CAST

Louis Prima
Himself
Keely Smith
Dorothy Spencer
James Gregory
Father Burton
Henry Slate
Marty Morton
Kim Charney
Buzz
Barbara Heller
Grace Dawson
Sam Butera
Himself
Asa Maynor
Shirley (uncredited)
Directed by David Lowell Rich

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
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Production
Columbia Pictures
Country
US
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