People Are Funny overview

Synopsis:

Art Linkletter had only recently taken over the popular audience-participation radio series People are Funny from Art Baker when he appeared as "himself" in this lighthearted musical comedy. The film's plot concerns a rivalry between two radio producers, both of whom want to produce a weekly radio series in which audience members indulge in silly stunts for huge cash prizes. A romance develops between supposedly slow-on-the-uptake radio producer Pinky Wilson (Jack Haley) and writer Corey Sullivan (Helen Walker), while wealthy sponsor Ormsby Jamison (Rudy Vallee) tries to determine if People are Funny is a saleable concept.


see full synopsis

Movie Details:

  • Director: Sam White
  • Studio: Pine-Thomas Productions
  • Year: 1946
  • Run Time: 94 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Comedy
  • Filmed in: B&W