title: Hitchhike to Happiness
text: # Hitchhike to Happiness
  
  Hitchhike to Happiness is a 1945 musical that was nominated at the 18th Academy Awards in the category of Best Musical score. Which Morton Scott was nominated for.
  
  ## Plot
  
  A famous radio singer returns to New York City to reunite with her old friends who are unaware of who she is due to how she uses a stage name. She falls in love with a struggling songwriter as well.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Al Pearce as Kipling 'Kippy' Ellis
  * Dale Evans as Alice Chase
  * Brad Taylor as Joe Mitchell
  * William Frawley as Sandy Hill
  * Jerome Cowan as Tony Riggs
  * Willie Trenk as Ladislaus Prenska
  * Arlene Harris as Dolly Ward
  * Joyce Compton as Joan Randall
  * Maude Eburne as Mrs. Randall
  * Irving Bacon as Dennis Colby
  