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Description   Every Night At Eight:  Alice Faye, Frances Langford, and Patsy Kelly play three humble factory workers (with a Hollywoodized wardrobe beyond the budget of any genuine factory girl) who occasionally sing together for the fun of it. They harbor dreams of becoming famous, but the prospect isn't likely until bandleader George Raft hears the girls harmonizing. He promotes the girls into top radio stars, while each of the girls entertains romantic thoughts about Raft. Since Alice Faye was top-billed, it is she who wins Raft at the end. The likable Every Night at Eight sparked a minor controversy in the rarefied world of 1960s film criticism. "Auteur" theorist Andrew Sarris pointed out a brief scene in which star George Raft awakens from a nightmare, cited other such scenes in the work of director Raoul Walsh, and used this "evidence" to support his theory that Walsh was a true auteur who left his "signature" on each of his films. Anti-auterist Pauline Kael spoke for many when she advised Sarris to go fly a kite. Melody In Spring: Radio tenor Lanny Ross made a game bid for film stardom in  Melody in Spring. Though Ross, cast as one John Craddock, is given top billing, the picture belongs to the delightful screen team of Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland as Warren and Mary Blodgett, sponsors of a popular network radio program. On vacation in Switzerland, the Blodgetts make the acquaintance of Craddock, who falls in love with the couple's pretty daughter Jane (Ann Sothern). The main plot concerns Blodgett's quest for a rare Swiss antique clock, which results in chaos for all concerned. Everything turns out all right, as Jane throws over her stuffy fiancé in favor of Craddock, who finds success as the star of the Blodgett's weekly radio tunefest. The inimitable Hermann Bing and the three Gale sisters --Joan, Jane and June -- dominate the supporting cast.   Cast Every Night At Eight George Raft - Tops Cardona Alice Faye - Dixie Dean Frances Langford - Susan Moore Patsy Kelly - Daphne O'Connor Jimmy Hollywood - Radio Rogue Melody In Spring Lanny Ross - John Craddock Mary Boland - Mary Blodgett Ann Sothern - Jane Blodgett George Meeker - Wesley Prebble Herman Bing - Wirt Joan Gale - Suzan June Gale - Suzette Charlie Ruggles - Warren Blodgett

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