{{short description|1945 film directed by Del Lord}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{infobox film | name = Blonde from Brooklyn | image = Blonde from Brooklyn (1945) lobby card.jpg | caption = Lobby card | director = Del Lord | producer = Ted Richmond<br>Irving Briskin | writer = | screenplay = Erna Lazarus | based_on = | starring = Bob Haymes<br>Lynn Merrick<br>Thurston Hall<br>Mary Treen | music = | cinematography = Burnett Guffey | editing = Jerome Thoms | studio = Columbia Pictures | distributor = Columbia Pictures | released = {{Film date|1945|6|21}} | runtime = 65 minutes | country = United States | language = English }} '''''Blonde from Brooklyn''''' is a 1945 American musical comedy film directed by Del Lord and starring Bob Haymes, Lynn Merrick, Thurston Hall, and Mary Treen. The film was released by Columbia Pictures on June 21, 1945.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members//catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=24334|title=Blonde from Brooklyn|work=afi.com|accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/blonde-from-brooklyn-v85396|title=Blonde from Brooklyn|work=AllMovie|accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69062/blonde-from-brooklyn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019141555/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69062/Blonde-from-Brooklyn/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 19, 2015|title=Blonde from Brooklyn|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=27 June 2018}}</ref>
==Plot== Returning soldier Dixon Harper meets cute with promising radio singer Susan Parker. Susan is mistaken for an heiress to a southern plantation by blustery colonel Farnsworth and she ignores wise cracking friend Diane to see the ruse through.
== Cast == {{div col|colwidth=20em}} *Bob Haymes as Dixon Harper (as Robert Stanton) *Lynn Merrick as Susan Parker aka Susanna Bellwithers *Thurston Hall as 'Colonel' Hubert Farnsworth *Mary Treen as Diane Peabody *Eddie Bartell as Ricky Lester (uncredited) *Hugh Beaumont as Lieutenant (uncredited) *Carlyle Blackwell Jr. as Serviceman (uncredited) *Chester Clute as Mr. Weams (uncredited) *Dick Curtis as Soldier (uncredited) *Myrtle Ferguson as Miss Quackenfish (uncredited) *Byron Foulger as Harvey (uncredited) *Chuck Hamilton as Reporter (uncredited) *Tom Hanlon as Announcer (uncredited) *Hugh Hooker as Serviceman (uncredited) *Marilyn Johnson as WAC (uncredited) *John Kelly as Bartender (uncredited) *Arthur Loft as Daniel Frazier (uncredited) *Anne Loos as Secretary (uncredited) *Robert Love as Serviceman (uncredited) *Alphonse Martell as Maitre'd (uncredited) *William Newell as Waiter (uncredited) *Leighton Noble as Leighton Noble, Orchestra Leader (uncredited) *Joe Palma as Reporter (uncredited) *Bert Roach as Drunk (uncredited) *Wally Rose as Serviceman (uncredited) *Walter Soderling as W. Wilson Wilbur (uncredited) *Brick Sullivan as Reporter (uncredited) *LeRoy Taylor as Sailor (uncredited) *Gwen Verdon as Girl in Nightclub (uncredited) *Regina Wallace as Mrs. Frazier (uncredited) *Matt Willis as Curtis Rossmore (uncredited) *Dick Winslow as Orchestra Leader (uncredited) {{div col end}}
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0037545|title=Blonde from Brooklyn}}
Category:1945 musical comedy films Category:American musical comedy films Category:1945 films Category:Columbia Pictures films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Del Lord Category:1945 American films Category:1945 English-language films Category:English-language musical comedy films
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