Kiss the Boys Goodbye

Overview

New York chorus girl Cindy Lou Bethany becomes frustrated when she prepares for an audition for a Broadway musical, but the auditions close and her roommate, Gwen Abbott, is hired to be secretary to Top Rumson, the show's financial backer. Gwen tells Cindy that the director, Lloyd Lloyd, and composer, Dick Rayburn, have been sent to the South on a talent search for a classic Southern belle type to star in the show, although their shows usually feature Myra Stanhope, an actress whose style is hopelessly inappropriate for this show. Desperate for work, Cindy returns to her aunt Lily Lou and uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany's home in the South and schemes to get Lloyd and Rayburn to audition her.

Cast

Don Ameche

Lloyd Lloyd

Mary Martin

Cindy Lou Bethany

Oscar Levant

Dick Rayburn

Virginia Dale

Gwendolyn Abbott

Barbara Jo Allen

Myra Stanhope

Raymond Walburn

Top Rumson

Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Lily Lou Bethany

Jerome Cowan

Bert Fisher

Connee Boswell

Polly

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

George

Minor Watson

Uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany

Jean Porter

Girl Going to Audition (uncredited)