- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance
- Release: 1949-04-01
- Director: Joseph Santley
- Writers: Albert Duffy , Karen DeWolf , Martin Block , Al Jarvis
- Language: English
- Stars: Jerome Courtland , Ruth Warrick , Ron Randell , Virginia Welles , Adele Jergens , Jimmy Dorsey , Martin Block , Al Jarvis , Frankie Laine , Gene Krupa
- Runtime: 79 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Make Believe Ballroom , Make Believe Ballroom (United States of America) , Amor e Melodia (Brazil) , Swingens mästare (Sweden)
- Plot: Liza Lee, fast-talking press agent for Al Jarvis, persuades Jarvis to stage a Musical Mystery Contest, with a $5000 prize to the person who can first name the most musical numbers and their performers. Drive-in carhops Gene Thomas ) and Josie Marlow run neck-and-neck in the contest, They are friendly rivals until college professor Leslie Todd begins courting Josie. Gene is thrown out of the contest on the grounds he tried to bribe sound engineer Jerskin Elliott into telling him the name and performer of the final, deciding mystery tune. Believing that Gene is innocent, Josie tricks a confession out of Elliott and clears Gene for the grand finale.
- IMDB:tt0041620
Make Believe Ballroom Cast · · · ALL
Joseph Santley
Director
Ruth Warrick
Liza Lee
Jerome Courtland
Gene Thomas
Ron Randell
Leslie Todd
Adele Jergens
Self
Virginia Welles
Josie Marlowe
Jimmy Dorsey
Self
Nat ‘King’ Cole
Self
Frankie Laine
Self
Kay Starr
Self
Gene Krupa
Self