Mister Big (1943 film)

Mister Big is a 1943 musical directed by Charles Lamont, starring Donald O'Connor, Gloria Jean and Peggy Ryan. The film features the song "Rude, Crude, and Unattractive".^[1]

This was the final of seven, successive B movie musicals that Universal Pictures cast with Donald O’Connor after he signed in 1941. When his popularity soared prior to release, the studio added $50,000 in musical numbers and distributed it as an A. His subsequent films were all A's.^[2]

^ Mister Big Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 10, Iss. 109, (Jan 1, 1943): 114.
^ MR. BIG HIMSELF: Being a Brief Biographical Note About Young Donald O'Connor New York Times 13 June 1943: X4.

[1] Mister Big Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 10, Iss. 109, (Jan 1, 1943): 114.

[2] MR. BIG HIMSELF: Being a Brief Biographical Note About Young Donald O'Connor New York Times 13 June 1943: X4.

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