Top Banana (1954) is a movie musical based on the musical of the same name starring Phil Silvers, and released by United Artists. It stars most of the original cast. It is also notable for being originally shot in 3-D, but was released "flat".
The film also stars Rose Marie, Danny Scholl, Judy Lynn, Jack Albertson and Joey Faye.
The setting of the story is early 1950s New York City and focuses around the early television community.
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Top Banana (1954) is a movie musical based on the musical of the same name starring Phil Silvers, and released by United Artists. It stars most of the original cast. It is also notable for being originally shot in 3-D, but was released "flat".
The film also stars Rose Marie, Danny Scholl, Judy Lynn, Jack Albertson and Joey Faye.
The setting of the story is early 1950s New York City and focuses around the early television community.
Jerry Biffle (Phil Silvers) is the star of the Blendo Soap Program. He has been invited to participate in an autograph-signing party for his new book at an important department store. Jerry meets Sally Peters (Judy Lynn), one of the department store models, and makes her part of his TV troupe. As part of his campaign to court Sally, Jerry gets Cliff Lane (Danny Scholl), the tenor of his TV company, to sing to her over the phone. When Sally and Cliff meet, they fall in love, with Biffle ignorant of the complications.
Biffle engineers a big publicity wedding...
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