I Like Your Nerve (1931)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

William C. McGann

Writers:

Roland Pertwee (written by)
Houston Branch (adaptation)

Release Date:

12 September 1931 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Disguise | Assassin | Priest | British | Waiter

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.	...	Larry O'Brien
Loretta Young	...	Diane Forsythe
Henry Kolker	...	Areal Pacheco
Claud Allister	...	Archie Lester (as Claude Allister)
Edmund Breon	...	Clive Lattimer
Boris Karloff	...	Luigi, Pacheco's butler

Runtime:

70 min | USA:62 min (Turner library print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | Spanish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Company:

Vitaphone Corporation, The

Trivia:

Vitaphone production reels #4924-4930.

Soundtrack:

Marta

Enjoyable fluff

Doug Fairbanks Jr. stars as an ugly American-style tourist stranded in a corrupt Central American Ruritania, only to fall in love with the daughter (Loretta Young) of the country's finance minister (Henry Kolker) days before her wedding to the local millionaire (Edward Breon). This First National production was obviously done on the cheap, as there are numerous technical flaws and even a few flubbed lines by Fairbanks. The film was attractively shot by Ernest Haller, however, and there are some impressive sets probably left over from a big budget feature. Sixth billed Boris Karloff has about two dozen words as Luigi, the butler, character actor Luis Alberni shows up as a local restarauteur, and Claud Allister plays a gay British diplomat ("everyone KNOWS I'm a bachelor!"). It's a cheap and cheerful early talkie, so suspend your disbelief and enjoy the ride.