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30 May 1930 (USA)
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Our Boy Friend on Broadway seeking romance and adventures in the big city! (original ad) more
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A songwriter hires three chorus girls to show him the "underside" of big-city life. full summary | add synopsis
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Surprised by the high quality of this production.
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(Complete credited cast) | Charles 'Buddy' Rogers | ... | William Butler Reynolds |
| Kathryn Crawford | ... | Jacqueline |
| Josephine Dunn | ... | Maxine |
 | Carole Lombard | ... | Pauline |
| Roscoe Karns | ... | Bertram Shapiro |
| Richard Tucker | ... | F. Carstair Reynolds |
| Francis McDonald | ... | Phil Kemptom |
| Raoul Paoli | ... | Jules |
| Virginia Bruce | ... | Alma McGregor |
| Geneva Mitchell | ... | Cleo Carewe |
| Louise Beavers | ... | Messalina |
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80 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
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My Future Just Passed
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First of all I was pleased with the large amount of screen time that Carole Lombard had in the film. I would say she gets the best lines of the three girls and the best dresses. Her delivery was also not as stilted as in many other of her early films. Perhaps the quick pace and light atmosphere of the film kept the dialogue more natural. All three girls sing a song to our leading man in an attempt to win his love, but sadly Miss Lombard only talk-sings her song. I thought many of the songs were enjoyable, although none of them were up to the standards of Lombard's other musical "We're Not Dressing". I was impressed, however, by the special effect of the silhouetted dancers dancing over a montage of New York at one point during the feature number. This film did have a heart, but it would have been so much better if we had been able to see any real development of the relationship between Buddy Rogers and the girl he chooses. As it was I can't say there was any reason to chose her over the others. He said he loved her; but why?