Scatterbrain (1940)

Directors

Gus Meins

Cast

Alan Mowbray, Billy Gilbert, Isabel Jewell, Luis Alberni, Wallace Ford

The story

Eddie MacIntyre, press agent, talent scout, and right-hand man to J.R. Russell, Producer/Director of Perfection Pictures, is planning a scheme in which he will "plant" his girlfriend, actress Esther Harrington, in the Ozark Mountains, then "discover" her for the role of "Ruthybelle" in Perfection's upcoming production, "Thunder Over the Ozarks." With the full approval of Nicholas Raptis, Goldwynian president of Perfection Pictures, Eddie farms Esther out to a hillbilly family to remain until she is "discovered"---a discovery to be accompanied by fanfare and publicity. Russell has heard a recording or Esther's voice, but he has never seen…

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