An order clerk poses as a millionaire.An order clerk poses as a millionaire.An order clerk poses as a millionaire.
Billy Bletcher
- Ipps
- (uncredited)
Betty Jane Graham
- Child
- (uncredited)
George 'Gabby' Hayes
- Western Union Clerk
- (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
- J.W. Rollins
- (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
- Vincent Colgate
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAmong the songs cut from the version which presently survives in in the Warner Bros. library, and which is occasionally shown on Turner Classic Movies, is What Would I Care, sung by Bernice Claire and Jack Whiting at the end of reel five, which is "missing in action".
- GoofsAt the beginning of the film when Elmer is fishing, the bobber on his line is white when seen in the water, but dark when he pulls the line out of the water.
- Alternate versionsThe original 80-minute version, a full musical, was released only outside of the United States. Most of the musical numbers were cut for the domestic version. It is unknown whether a print of this longer version still exists, although the complete soundtrack to the International Sound Version (which includes all of the original songs) survives on Vitaphone discs at the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
- SoundtracksAs Long as I Have You
(1930) (uncredited)
Music by Joseph A. Burke
Lyrics by Al Dubin
Performed by Bernice Claire and Jack Whiting and chorus
Featured review
Funny and Entertaining
Have seen Joe E. Brown movies before but this was 'early Joe E.', before his screen persona became that of an overconfident country bumpkin, as in "Elmer The Great", or "Alibi Ike". It is also Pre-Code and must have been considered naughty for picture made in 1930, as the dialogue is full of double entendres, and for that matter single entendres.
As noted above, this picture is worth seeing on two counts. Brown is at his best and funniest and the musical numbers are very good - and the dancing is even better. And I didn't know Brown could dance as well as he did here. There is a lot of fun and entertainment packed into only 71 minutes.
Was not familiar with any of the supporting cast except Frank McHugh - Jack Whiting was average and Bernice Claire was lovely to look at and had a good soprano voice. See it if it comes on again, as it's not available on tape or DVD.
This movie was on ol' reliable TCM on 7/29.
As noted above, this picture is worth seeing on two counts. Brown is at his best and funniest and the musical numbers are very good - and the dancing is even better. And I didn't know Brown could dance as well as he did here. There is a lot of fun and entertainment packed into only 71 minutes.
Was not familiar with any of the supporting cast except Frank McHugh - Jack Whiting was average and Bernice Claire was lovely to look at and had a good soprano voice. See it if it comes on again, as it's not available on tape or DVD.
This movie was on ol' reliable TCM on 7/29.
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- GManfred
- Jul 29, 2010
Details
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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