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Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour

1943 film

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ20649518 ↗
Source-derived summary

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Hugh Bennett and written by Edwin Blum and Aleen Leslie. The film stars Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, John Litel, Olive Blakeney, Diana Lynn and Frances Gifford. The film was released on April 30, 1943, by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

Henry Aldrich becomes the most sought after guy in town when he wins a date with a movie star.

Cast

Jimmy Lydon as Henry Aldrich

Charles Smith as Dizzy Stevens

John Litel as Mr. Sam Aldrich

Olive Blakeney as Mrs. Aldrich

Diana Lynn as Phyllis Michael

Frances Gifford as Hilary Dane

Gail Russell as Virginia Lowry

Vaughan Glaser as Mr.

Editorial summary

“Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour” enters the record as 1943 film. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Henry, Aldrich and Gets can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1943—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1943. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Henry, Aldrich and Gets.
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Why this record matters

“Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Henry, Aldrich and Gets provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q20649518. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1943.

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Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.