# Talent Scout

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{{short description|1937 film by William Clemens}}
{{distinguish|talent scout}}
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{{Infobox film
| name =   Talent Scout 
| image =File:Talent Scout film.jpg
| caption =
| director = [William Clemens](/source/William_Clemens_(film_director))
| producer = {{ubl|[Bryan Foy](/source/Bryan_Foy)|[Hal B. Wallis](/source/Hal_B._Wallis)}}
| writer = {{ubl|[George Bilson](/source/George_Bilson)|[William Jacobs](/source/William_Jacobs_(writer))|[George Bricker](/source/George_Bricker)|[John Pearson](/source/John_Pearson_(actor))}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[Donald Woods](/source/Donald_Woods_(actor))|[Jeanne Madden](/source/Jeanne_Madden)|[Fred Lawrence](/source/Fred_Lawrence_(actor))}}
| music = [Howard Jackson](/source/Howard_Jackson_(composer))
| cinematography = [Rex Wimpy](/source/Rex_Wimpy)
| editing = [Terry O. Morse](/source/Terry_O._Morse)
| studio = [Warner Bros. Pictures](/source/Warner_Bros._Pictures) 
| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
| released =  {{Film date|1937|07|24}}
| runtime = 62 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Talent Scout''''' is a 1937 American [musical](/source/musical_film) [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [William Clemens](/source/William_Clemens_(film_director)) and starring [Donald Woods](/source/Donald_Woods_(actor)), [Jeanne Madden](/source/Jeanne_Madden) and [Fred Lawrence](/source/Fred_Lawrence_(actor)).<ref>Bingen p.243</ref> It is also known by the [alternative title](/source/alternative_title) of '''''Studio Romance'''''.

The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/art_director) [Esdras Hartley](/source/Esdras_Hartley).

==Plot==
After being fired from his job at a [film studio](/source/film_studio), a [talent agent](/source/talent_agent) attempts to build his new discovery into a [star](/source/film_star).

==Cast==
{{cast listing|
* [Donald Woods](/source/Donald_Woods_(actor)) as Steve Stewart  
* [Jeanne Madden](/source/Jeanne_Madden) as Mary Brannigan 
* [Fred Lawrence](/source/Fred_Lawrence_(actor)) as Raymond Crane  
* [Rosalind Marquis](/source/Rosalind_Marquis) as Bernice Fox  
* [Joseph Crehan](/source/Joseph_Crehan) as A.J. Lambert  
* [Charles Halton](/source/Charles_Halton) as M.B. Carter  
* [Teddy Hart](/source/Teddy_Hart_(actor)) as Moe Jerome  
* [Mary Treen](/source/Mary_Treen) as Janet Morris  
* [Robert Paige](/source/Robert_Paige) as Bert Smith  
* [Albert Herman](/source/Albert_Herman) as Jack Scholl  
* [Joan Valerie](/source/Joan_Valerie) as Ruth - Secretary  
* [John Pearson](/source/John_Pearson_(actor)) as Jed Hudkins  
* [Frank Faylen](/source/Frank_Faylen) as Master of Ceremonies  
* [John Harron](/source/John_Harron) as Charlie - Bus Driver  
* Mary Doyle as Miss Grant - Carter's Secretary  
* [Harry Fox](/source/Harry_Fox) as Robert Donnolly - Rehearsal Director
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* Steven Bingen. ''Warner Bros.: Hollywood's Ultimate Backlot''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0029636}}

Category:1937 films
Category:1930s musical drama films
Category:American musical drama films
Category:Films directed by William Clemens
Category:Warner Bros. films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1937 drama films
Category:1937 English-language films
Category:1937 American films
Category:Films scored by Howard Jackson (composer)
Category:English-language musical drama films

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