Meet the People

Meet the People (1944) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical comedy film made, and set, during World War II, and starring Lucille Ball and Dick Powell and featuring Virginia O'Brien, Bert Lahr, Rags Ragland and June Allyson. The film takes its title from a successful Los Angeles musical revue, which ran on Broadway from December 25, 1940 to May 10, 1941. Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra, Spike Jones and his City Slickers, and Virginia O'Brien were also in the original stage cast. O'Brien sings the hit song "Say That We're Sweethearts Again".

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Meet the People
Directed by	Charles Reisner
Screenplay by	Sig Herzig Fred Saidy Virginia Kellog (add'l contribs, uncredited)[1]
Based on	Meet the People 1940 play by Sol and Ben Barzman and Louis Lant[1]
Produced by	E.Y. Harburg[1]
Starring	Lucille Ball Dick Powell
Cinematography	Robert L. Surtees
Edited by	Alex Troffey
Music by	Harold Arlen, et al.
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release dates	June 1, 1944 (1944-06-01) (Los Angeles)[1] September 7, 1944 (1944-09-07) New York City (New York City)
Running time	90 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,302,000[2]
Box office	$960,000[2]