Here Come the Girls (1953 film)
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Here Come the Girls is a comedy film
Comedy film
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 directed by Claude Binyon
Claude Binyon
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, filmed in Technicolor
Technicolor
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, produced by Hope's company Hope Productions Inc., and released by Paramount Pictures
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.

Storyline

Bob Hope stars as an inept chorus boy in a turn of the century stage show. After being fired, he finds himself being used as bait to catch an attacker when a killer goes after the real star.

Cast

  • Bob Hope
    Bob Hope
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     as Stanley Snodgrass
  • Tony Martin
    Tony Martin (entertainer)
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     as Allen Trent
  • Arlene Dahl
    Arlene Dahl
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     as Irene Bailey
  • Rosemary Clooney
    Rosemary Clooney
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     as Daisy Crockett
  • Millard Mitchell
    Millard Mitchell
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     as Albert Snodgrass
  • William Demarest
    William Demarest
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     as Dennis Logan
  • Fred Clark
    Fred Clark
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     as Harry Fraser
  • Robert Strauss
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     as Jack the Slasher
  • Zamah Cunningham as Mrs. Emily Snodgrass
  • Frank Orth
    Frank Orth
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    as Mr. Hungerford
  • The Four Step Brothers as Dance Specialty

Production notes

Was likely planned for 3-D, film has many of the gimmicks usually seen in a 3D film such as knives being thrown at the screen. The working titles of this film were Girls Are Here to Stay and Champagne for Everybody. Sources conflict about the film's running time. Copyright records list the running time as 100 minutes, or 12 reels, while the Hollywood Reporter review gives the length as 86 minutes and other reviews list it as 77 to 78 minutes. The viewed print ran approximately 77 minutes.

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