My Best Gal
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Anthony Mann
Screenplay by	Olive Cooper Earl Felton
Story by	Richard Brooks
Produced by	Harry Grey
Starring	Jane Withers Jimmy Lydon Frank Craven Fortunio Bonanova Franklin Pangborn
Cinematography	Jack A. Marta
Edited by	Ralph Dixon
Music by	Marlin Skiles
Production company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	March 28, 1944 (1944-03-28)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

My Best Gal is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Anthony Mann and written by Olive Cooper and Earl Felton. The film stars Jane Withers, Jimmy Lydon, Frank Craven, Fortunio Bonanova, George Cleveland and Franklin Pangborn.^[1][2][3] The film was released on March 28, 1944, by Republic Pictures.

Plot

Kitty O'Hara (Jane Withers) has a good singing voice but will have nothing to do with trying to use it in the theatre or on the radio. She and her grandfather, Danny O'Hara (Frank Craven), and ex-vaudeville hoofer, work in a Broadway drug store, rendezvous of young aspiring actors and performers, Danny and his friend Johnny McCloud (Jimmy Lydon), embryo writer of musicals, conspire to have Kitty's voice auditioned by a radio man. Her anger at discovering she's been tricked subsides when Johnny's induction notice into the U.S. Army arrives, and she tries to interest Broadway producer Ralph Hodges (George Cleveland) in Johnny's musical show. It is auditioned, using the talents of all young unknown performers, and Hodges wants to buy it, but without the youthful talent. Johnny rejects the offer until Danny becomes ill and needs an expensive operation, which Johnny secretly uses the money from selling his show to Hodgs. Kitty and his friends think Johnny has betrayed them.

Cast

• Jane Withers as Kitty O'Hara
• Jimmy Lydon as Johnny McCloud
• Frank Craven as Danny O'Hara
• Fortunio Bonanova as Charlie
• George Cleveland as Ralph Hodges
• Franklin Pangborn as Mr. Porter
• Mary Newton as Miss Simpson
• Jack Boyle as Freddy