Top Banana

Top Banana (1954)

Genres - Musical, Comedy  |   Sub-Genres - Musical Comedy, Showbiz Comedy  |   Release Date - Jan 27, 1954 (USA - Unknown), Feb 22, 1954 (USA)  |   Run Time - 100 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan

Shot on location in New York City's Winter Garden Theatre, this is essentially a filmed performance of Phil Silver's hit Broadway show in which he plays a moody and egotistical television comic (allegedly patterned after Milton Berle). Trouble begins when the ratings for Jerry Biffle's (Silvers) television show begin to sag. The producer spice up the show by adding sales clerk Sally Peters (Judy Lynn) and handsome young Cliff Lane (Danny Scholl) as love interests. Jerry falls in love with Sally, but Sally is in love with Cliff. The ensuing tension is most problematic for Jerry's every diplomatic personal assistant Vic Davis (Jack Albertson).

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burlesque, business, career, celebrity, clerk, comedian, complications, dance [art], entertainer, girlfriend, love, problems, production [showbiz], ratings, romance, show, show-business, songwriter, stars [celebrities], television, silver