I DOOD IT

CREDITS

1943, 102 minutes, B&W.
Producer, Jack Cummings; Director, Vincente Minnelli; Screenplay, Sig Herzig and Fred Saidy; Cinematography, Ray June; Music Direction, George Stoll; Choreography, Bobby Connolly.

CAST

Constance Shaw, Eleanor Powell; Joseph Rivington Reynolds, Red Skelton; Roy Hartwood, John Hodiak; Larry West, Richard Ainley; Juretta Brenton, Patricia Dane; Jackson, Sam Levene; Kenneth Crawlor, Thurston Hall; Annette, Butterfly McQueen; Mr. Spelvin, Andrew Tombes; Mrs. Spelvin, Marjorie Gateson.
As Themselves:
Lena Horne, Hazel Scott, Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra.

SONGS

Swingin' the Jinx Away by Cole Porter; Taking a Chance on Love by Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter and John Latouche; Jericho by Leo Robin and Richard Myers; Star Eyes by Don Raye and Gene De Paul; One O'Clock Jump by Count Basie; Hola E Pae by Johnny Noble; So Long Sarah Jane by Lew Brown, Ralph Freed and Sammy Fain.

PLOT SYNOPSIS

"Comedy legend Red Skelton is Joe Reynolds, an air-headed pants-presser and stage-door Johnny who 'borrows' expensive suits from customers , hoping to impress his dream girl, Broadway star Constance Shaw (Eleanor Powell). But the ruse works a little too well, and an incredulous Joe finds himself hitched to the freshly jilted Constance. Red's head-over-heels in love, but how can he keep her once she's hip to his lowly status?"
- Liner Notes from MGM/Turner Videotape

NOTES

"A frantic potboiler, it wasted Powell in a couple of indifferent Bobby Connolly-staged dance routines, both of which were shot before director Vincente Minnelli began work on the film, and which, contrary to his wishes, were retained by producer Jack Cummings."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical

"Red Skelton's best movie musical. It's a lavish MGM production with a comedy-of-errors story. . ."
- Pauline Kael, 5001 Nights At The Movies

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