Always Leave Them Laughing

1949
Approved
1h 56m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

507

YOUR RATING

Milton Berle, Bert Lahr, Virginia Mayo, and Ruth Roman in Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)

A young comic plays second-rate nightclubs and chintzy resorts in his struggle to break into the big time.

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Slapstick Comedy Drama

A young comic plays second-rate nightclubs and chintzy resorts in his struggle to break into the big time.A young comic plays second-rate nightclubs and chintzy resorts in his struggle to break into the big time.A young comic plays second-rate nightclubs and chintzy resorts in his struggle to break into the big time.

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

507

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The "Fountain Pen Sketch" was taken from the hit musical "Make Mine Manhattan" that opened in New York on 15 January 1948 at the Broadhurst Theatre, 235 W. 44th St. and ran for 429 performances, and starred Sid Caesar. Max Showalter, who performs that specialty number in this movie, was also in that opening night cast playing the same role, as well as others.

Goofs
After Kip meets with Eagen, a brief clip is shown of a train heading to Boston, with a Southern Pacific locomotive. The Southern Pacific Railroad served California and the south west, and would not have gone to Boston or anywhere in the northeast.

Quotes
Monte Wilson: [Checking out Kip's suit] Very conservative.
Kipling 'Kip' Cooper: Conservative? Why it could be elected on a Republican ticket without anyone in it.

Connections
Referenced in The Milton Berle Show: Episode #2.11 (1949)

Soundtracks
Always Leave Them Laughing
(1949) (uncredited)
Written by Sammy Cahn and Milton Berle
Sung during the opening credits and first scene by Lynn Davis, Lorinne Crawford,
Flo Farmer, Mary Castle, Alice Wallace and Nita Talbot
Reprised by them with Milton Berle at the end
Variations in the score throughout