Breakfast in Hollywood

(1946)

88 minutes.

Directed by Harold Schuster

Cast: Bonita Granville, Beulah Bondi, Tom Breneman, Billie Burke, Zasu Pitts, Spike Jones and Nat King Cole

Film / Musical / Comedy

Based on Tom Breneman's popular radio show, Breakfast in Hollywood, this film focuses on the morning before a show by following various members of its audience as they make their way to the studio. Among them are Elvira Spriggens, who hopes Breneman will notice her crazy hat; Dorothy Larsen, who is trying to find her fiancé, a sailor; Annie Reed, an elderly woman who lives alone with her old dog, Tippy; and Frances Cartwright, a dowdy, middle-aged woman with a philandering husband. Highlights include performances by Nat King Cole and his King Cole Trio, as well as Spike Jones and the City Slickers.