Linda, Be Good

1947 film
  • October 18, 1947 (1947-10-18)
Running time
67 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Linda, Be Good is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Elyse Knox, John Hubbard and Marie Wilson. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lewis H. Creber.[1]

Sidney W. Pink took the film and added some additional footage of a line of burlesque dancers in 3-D and released it under the alternative title I Was a Burlesque Queen in 1953.[2]

Plot

A married woman joins a burlesque troupe to gather research for a novel she is writing without her husband knowing. However this leads to complications when she meets her husband's boss.

Cast

  • Elyse Knox as Linda Prentiss
  • John Hubbard as Roger Prentiss
  • Marie Wilson as Margie LaVitte
  • Gordon Richards as Sam Thompson
  • Jack Norton as Jim Benson
  • Ralph Sanford as Nunnally LaVitte
  • Joyce Compton as Mrs. LaVitte
  • Frank J. Scannell as Eddie Morgan
  • The Cameo Girls as Chorus Line
  • Leonard Bremen as Sgt. Hrublchka
  • Gerald Oliver Smith as Butler
  • Claire Carleton as Myrtle
  • Allan Nixon as Officer Jones
  • Byron Foulger as Bookshop Owner
  • Edward Gargan as Frankie
  • Muni Seroff as Maitre d'Hotel
  • Mira McKinney as Mrs. Thompson
  • Professor Lamberti as Prof. Lamberti
  • Sir Lancelot as Calypso Singer
  • Marjorie Stapp as Cameo Girl
  • Joi Lansing as Cameo Girl

References

  1. ^ Stephens p.65
  2. ^ "3-D Strippers". Variety. September 2, 1953. p. 7. Retrieved February 24, 2024 – via Internet Archive.

Bibliography

  • Michael L. Stephens. Art Directors in Cinema: A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary. McFarland, 1998.

External links

  • Linda, Be Good at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • I Was a Burlesque Queen at IMDb
  • Linda Be Good at TCMDB
  • Linda Be Good at BFI
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