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Sitting Pretty
Sitting Pretty
Directed by	Harry Joe Brown
Written by	Lou Breslow; Jack McGowan; S. J. Perelman; Nina Wilcox Putnam (story); Harry Stoddard (story, uncredited)
Produced by	Charles R. Rogers
Starring	Jack Oakie; Jack Haley; Ginger Rogers; Thelma Todd
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 24, 1933;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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Sitting Pretty is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical comedy film that tells the story of two aspiring but untalented songwriters played by Jack Oakie and Jack Haley. They are joined by Ginger Rogers and Thelma Todd on their trip from New York City to Hollywood to find their fortune. This film was directed by Harry Joe Brown and featured the Pickens Sisters as themselves.^[1]

Plot[edit]

Cast[edit]

Jack Oakie as Chick Parker
Jack Haley as Pete Pendleton
Ginger Rogers as Dorothy
Gregory Ratoff as Tannenbaum
Thelma Todd as Gloria Duval
Lew Cody as Jules Clark
Jerry Tucker as Buzz
The Pickens Sisters
The Hundred Hollywood Honeys
Hale Hamilton as Vinton
Walter Walker as George Wilson
Kenneth Thomson as Norman Lubin
William Davidson as Director
Lee Morgan as Assistant director
Harry Revel as Pianist
Mack Gordon as Song publisher
Arthur Jarrett
Virginia Sale

References[edit]

^ "Sitting Pretty".

External links[edit]

Sitting Pretty at IMDb
Sitting Pretty at AllMovie
Sitting Pretty at the TCM Movie Database

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+{{short description|1933 film}}
-:''For the 1948 film with [[Clifton Webb]], see [[Sitting Pretty (1948 film)]]''
+{{about|the 1933 motion picture|the 1948 film with Clifton Webb|Sitting Pretty (1948 film)||Sitting Pretty (disambiguation)}}
-{{Infobox Film
+{{more citations needed|date=April 2019}}
+{{Infobox film
 | name           = Sitting Pretty
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 | director       = [[Harry Joe Brown]]
 | producer       = [[Charles R. Rogers]]
-| writer         = [[Lou Breslow]]<br>[[Jack McGowan]]<br>[[S.J. Perelman]]<br>[[Nina Wilcox Putnam]] (story)<br>[[Harry Stoddard]] (story, uncredited)
+| writer         = [[Lou Breslow]]<br>[[Jack McGowan]]<br>[[S. J. Perelman]]<br>[[Nina Wilcox Putnam]] (story)<br>[[Harry Stoddard]] (story, uncredited)
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 | starring       = [[Jack Oakie]]<br>[[Jack Haley]]<br>[[Ginger Rogers]]<br>[[Thelma Todd]]
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 | distributor    = [[Paramount Pictures]]
-| released       = [[24 November]] [[1933]]
+| released       = {{Film date|1933|11|24}}
 | runtime        = 85 minutes
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+| country        = United States
-| language       = [[English language|English]]
+| language       = English}}
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-'''''Sitting Pretty''''' ([[1933 in film|1933]]) is a musical comedy film telling the story of two aspiring, but untalented, songwriters, played by [[Jack Oakie]] and [[Jack Haley]]. They are joined by [[Ginger Rogers]] and [[Thelma Todd]] on their trip from [[New York]] to [[Hollywood]] to find their fortune. This film was directed by [[Harry Joe Brown]] and featured the [[Pickens Sisters]] as themselves.
+'''''Sitting Pretty''''' is a 1933 American [[Pre-Code]] [[musical film|musical]] [[comedy film]] that tells the story of two aspiring but untalented songwriters played by [[Jack Oakie]] and [[Jack Haley]]. They are joined by [[Ginger Rogers]] and [[Thelma Todd]] on their trip from [[New York City]] to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] to find their fortune. This film was directed by [[Harry Joe Brown]] and featured the [[Pickens Sisters]] as themselves.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90330/sitting-pretty#overview|title = Sitting Pretty}}</ref>
+==Plot==
+{{noplot|date=June 2021}}
+==Cast==
+*[[Jack Oakie]] as Chick Parker
+*[[Jack Haley]] as Pete Pendleton
+*[[Ginger Rogers]] as Dorothy
+*[[Gregory Ratoff]] as Tannenbaum
+*[[Thelma Todd]] as Gloria Duval
+*[[Lew Cody]] as Jules Clark
+*[[Jerry Tucker (actor)|Jerry Tucker]] as Buzz
+*[[The Pickens Sisters]]
+*The Hundred Hollywood Honeys
+*[[Hale Hamilton]] as Vinton
+*[[Walter Walker (actor)|Walter Walker]] as George Wilson
+*[[Kenneth Thomson]] as Norman Lubin
+*[[William B. Davidson|William Davidson]] as Director
+*[[Lee Morgan]] as Assistant director
+*[[Harry Revel]] as Pianist
+*[[Mack Gordon]] as Song publisher
+*[[Art Jarrett|Arthur Jarrett]]
+*[[Virginia Sale]]
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
-*{{imdb title|id=0024570|title=Sitting Pretty}}
+* {{IMDb title|id=0024570|title=Sitting Pretty}}
+* {{amg title|id=110422|title=Sitting Pretty}}
+* {{tcmdb title|id=90330|title=Sitting Pretty}}
+{{Harry Joe Brown}}
 [[Category:1933 films]]
-[[Category:Musical comedy films]]
+[[Category:1933 musical comedy films]]
+[[Category:American musical comedy films]]
+[[Category:Films directed by Harry Joe Brown]]
+[[Category:Paramount Pictures films]]
+[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
+[[Category:1930s English-language films]]
+[[Category:1930s American films]]
+{{musical-comedy-film-stub}}