Alice in Movieland

In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her arrival. Instead of instant success, she meets disappointment after disappointment, and she needs the unexpected encouragement of her grandmother and an aging, former star whom she meets at a talent night. Finally, she gets a call to be an extra, and she's so hopeful that the regulars decide to make a fool of her. Is this the end of Alice's dream? Not if the porter has anything to say about it.

Joan Leslie

(Alice Purdee (as Joan Brodel))

Nana Bryant

(Agatha Winters)

Clara Blandick

Clarence Muse

David Bruce

(Assistant Director (uncredited))

Lucia Carroll

(Girl with Bill (uncredited))

Richard Clayton

(Autograph Hound (uncredited))

Maurice Costello

(Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited))

Garrett Craig

(John Adair (uncredited))

Richard Cramer

(Movie Set Crewman (uncredited))

Peggy Diggins

(Phone Operator (uncredited))

Ann Edmonds

(Autograph Hound (uncredited))

Paulette Evans

(Phone Operator (uncredited))

Frank Faylen

(Master of Ceremonies (uncredited))

William Forrest

(2nd Director (uncredited))

Inez Gay

(Phone Operator (uncredited))

Sol Gorss

(Microphone Man (uncredited))

Alan Hale

(Carlo's Guest (uncredited))

Phyllis Hamilton

(Script Girl (uncredited))

Stuart Holmes

(Henry (uncredited))

Lois Landon

(Mrs. Purdee (uncredited))

Ethelreda Leopold

(Blonde Patron in Carlo's (uncredited))

Marion Mack

(Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited))

Frank Mayo

(Sam Purdee (uncredited))

Philo McCullough

(Western Player (uncredited))

Charles Morton

(Onlooker (uncredited))

Jack Mower

(Camera Man (uncredited))

Alexander Pollard

(Headwaiter (uncredited))

Dorothy Raye

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Ronald Reagan

(Carlo's Guest (uncredited))

John Ridgely

(Bill (uncredited))

Sally Sage

(Phone Operator (uncredited))

Alexis Smith

(Carlo's Guest (uncredited))

Larry Steers

(Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited))

Craig Stevens

(Carlo's Guest (uncredited))

Frank Wilcox

(1st Director (uncredited))

Jack Wise

(Autograph Hound (uncredited))

Maris Wrixon

(Operator (uncredited))

Jane Wyman

(Carlo's Guest (uncredited))