Directed by Hal Walker - Starring Betty Hutton, Barry Fitzgerald, Don DeFore
Vidtape - Rating Unknown - 98 min - Backstage Musical - Region: 1 (USA
& territories, Canada)/2 (Europe, Japan, Middle East, Egypt, South
Africa, Greenland)/3 (Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia)/4
(Mexico, South America, Australia, New Zealand)/5 (Russia, Eastern
Europe, India, most of Africa)/6 (China)
The Stork Club, the famed New York nightspot immortalized by columnist
Walter Winchell (in return for special favors from its owners), is the
setting for this typically brash Betty Hutton musical. Hutton plays a
young hat check girl who rescues an elderly tramp (Barry Fitzgerald)
from drowning. The old bum turns out to be a millionaire, and expresses
his gratitude by setting up Hutton in luxury--asking for nothing in
return. Hutton's boyfriend Don DeFore suspects hanky panky, but all is
forgiven during the obligatory floor show. There are rumors that the
Stork Club itself financed The Stork Club as a feature-length
commercial. Whatever the
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