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Norman Taurog - Musical comedies and Boys Town

Which actors played the leads in Fifty Roads to Town?

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Director Norman Taurog, wearing a hat and glasses, sits beside actor Mickey Rooney, who is smiling, on the set of the film Boys Town, with camera equipment visible behind them. — Norman Taurog Norman Taurog (right) with Mickey Rooney on the set of Boys Town (1938).

In the 1937 screwball comedy Fifty Roads to Town, the lead roles were played by Don Ameche and Ann Sothern, who portrayed snowbound companions.1