I've Got Your Number (1934)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Ray Enright

Writers:

William Rankin (story)
Warren Duff (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

24 February 1934 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Two telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes.

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Practical Joke | Male Female Relationship | Employment Dismissal | Detective

Cast

Joan Blondell	...	Marie Lawson
Pat O'Brien	...	Terry Riley
Allen Jenkins	...	John 'Johnny'
Glenda Farrell	...	Bonnie, aka Madame Francis
Eugene Pallette	...	Joseph 'Joe' Flood
Gordon Westcott	...	Nicky
Henry O'Neill	...	Mr. John P. Schuyler
Hobart Cavanaugh	...	Happy Dooley
Renee Whitney	...	Loretta Kennedy
Wallis Clark	...	Mr. Madison
Robert Ellis	...	Turk Garrison
Douglas Cosgrove	...	Detective Turner
Selmer Jackson	...	Joe, a Gangster (as Selmar Jackson)
Louise Beavers	...	Crystal
Henry Kolker	...	Lawyer Robert Kirkland

Runtime:

69 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Vitaphone

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The ending, with Joan Blondell in bed, was filmed in her home. She was recovering from an emergency appendectomy and her doctor would not let her travel to the studio.

Miss Blondell & Miss Farrell Request The Pleasure Of Your Company

A harried switchboard operator & a ditzy medium get involved with a couple of brash telephone repairmen & a dangerous gang of thieves...

I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER was the sort of ephemeral comic frippery which the Hollywood studios produced almost without effort during the 1930's. Well made & highly enjoyable, Depression audiences couldn't seem to get enough of these popular, funny photo dramas.

Joan Blondell & Glenda Farrell are perfectly cast as the fast -talking female leads. Although Joan gets both top billing and the romantic scenes, - and they share no screen time together in this early pairing - both gals are as talented & watchable as they are gorgeous.

Pat O'Brien, obnoxiously cocky & self assured, appears as Blondell's persistent suitor. Whether tapping wires or tackling crooks, he is equally jaunty. Behind him comes a small parade of character actors - Allen Jenkins, Eugene Pallette, Henry O'Neill, Hobart Cavanaugh, Louise Beavers - all equally adept at delighting an audience.

Much of the dialogue & plot development indicates this film made it just under the wire before the imposition of the Production Code.

While never stars of the first rank, Joan Blondell (1906-1979) & Glenda Farrell (1904-1971) enlivened scores of films at Warner Bros. throughout the 1930's, especially the eight in which they appeared together. Whether playing gold diggers or working girls, reporters or secretaries, these blonde & brassy ladies were very nearly always a match for whatever leading man was lucky enough to share equal billing alongside them. With a wisecrack or a glance, their characters showed they were ready to take on the world - and any man in it. Never as wickedly brazen as Paramount's Mae West, you always had the feeling that, tough as they were, Blondell & Farrell used their toughness to defend vulnerable hearts ready to break over the right guy. While many performances from seven decades ago can look campy or contrived today, these two lovely ladies are still spirited & sassy.