The Doughgirls

• Director: James Kern
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Comedy
• Main Cast: Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Jane Wyman, Irene Manning
• Release Year: 1944
• Country: US
• Run Time: 102 minutes

Plot

The wartime housing shortage in Washington DC is the basis for this comedy. Several attractive young ladies rent a single DC apartment, causing no end of complications to their various professional and private lives. Also moving in (due to a misunderstanding) is a young newlywed (Jane Wyman), whose flustered husband (Jack Carson) is denied access to the apartment. The funniest of the female roommates is a visiting Russian sniper, played con brio by Eve Arden. The Doughgirls is based on the popular Broadway play by Joseph A. Fields (with uncredited assistance by George S. Kaufman). Three Stooges fans are advised to keep an eye out for Curly Joe DeRita as an unhappy schlemiel who can't find a place to sleep. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Ann Sheridan - Edna Stokes
• Alexis Smith - Nan Curtiss
• Jack Carson - Arthur Halstead
• Jane Wyman - Vivian Marsden
• Irene Manning - Mrs. Cadman

Charlie Ruggles - Stanley Slade; Eve Arden - Natalia Moskeroff; John Ridgely - Julian Cadman; Alan Mowbray - Breckenridge Drake; John Alexander - Buckley; Craig Stevens - Lt. Keary; Francis Pierlot - Mr. Jordan; Donald MacBride - Judge Franklin; Regis Toomey - Timothy Walsh; Curly Joe DeRita - The Stranger; Oliver Blake - Porter; Anita Bolster - Maid; Ferike Boros; Barbara Brown - Mrs. Cartwright; Marie de Becker; Walter de Palma - Justice of the Peace; Will Fowler - Lieut.; William Frambes - Bellboy; John Hamilton - Businessman; Dick Hirbe; Elmer Jerome - Elderly Waiter; Fred Kelsey - Man With Suitcase; Jack Mower; Grandon Rhodes; Ralph Sanford - Workman; Natalie Schafer; Almira Sessions; Dink Trout - Young Husband; Harry Tyler - Angular Man; Minerva Urecal - Hatchet-Faced Woman; Joan Winfield - Slade's Secretary; Carlyle Blackwell - Messenger; Joan Breslau; Warren Mills; Tom Quinn - Clerk; Earle Dewey - Fat Man; Larry Rio - Attendant in Baths; Helen Gerald; Nick Kobliansky - Father Nicolai; Lou Marcelle - Announcer; Dorothy Reisner; Johnny Walsh - Bellhop; John O'Connor - Technician

Credit

Hugh Reticker, Jr. - Art Director, Milo Anderson - Costume Designer, James Kern - Director, Folmar Blangsted - Editor, Adolph Deutsch - Composer (Music Score), Leo F. Forbstein - Musical Direction/Supervision, Perc Westmore - Makeup, Ernest Haller - Cinematographer, James Leicester - Cinematographer, William McCann - Cinematographer, Mark Hellinger - Producer, Clarence I. Steensen - Set Designer, Ernest Haller - Special Effects, William McGann - Special Effects, Stan Jones - Sound/Sound Designer, Sam Hellman - Screenwriter, James Kern - Screenwriter, Joseph Fields - Play Author