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6.5/10   10 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Claude Binyon (writer)
Gene Fowler (play)
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Release Date:
18 July 1934 (USA) more
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Disappointing mess more (1 total)

Cast

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Jack Oakie ... Nicky Nelson
Ben Bernie ... Joe Davis
Dorothy Dell ... Lily Raquel
Alison Skipworth ... The Countess
Roscoe Karns ... Sailor Burke
Arline Judge ... Jackie Donovan
William Frawley ... Larry Hale
Lew Cody ... Axel Hanratty
Paul Cavanagh ... Alvin Ritchie
Monte Vandergrift ... Man from Board of Health
Jill Dennett ... Wanda
Lee Kohlmar ... Professor Jonas
Tony Merlo ... Headwaiter
Ben Taggart ... Detective
Charles McAvoy ... Cop
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Thank Your Stars (UK)
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Runtime:
64 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Before this movie was released in July 1934, two of its actors had died. Lew Cody died of heart disease on 31 May 1934, and 19-year-old Dorothy Dell was killed in a car accident eight days later. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Some Like It Hot (1939) more
Soundtrack:
With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming more

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1 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
Disappointing mess, 21 November 2005
5/10
Author: malcolmgsw from london

As a great fan of thirties musicals i watched this film in anticipation of an enjoyable 80 minutes.The writers on this are well known and i always rather like Jack Oakie.He always plays the same sort of character.Lots of ambition but never really achieves anything.This is the time of his career when he was the star rather than being the comedy support of actors such as John Payne.Well unfortunately i was sadly disappointed.The story was very derivative ,the comedy almost non existent and the delights of hearing Ben Bernie sing rather wore thin after a short time.the best thing about this film was Alison Skipworth.The music was OK.It has one evergreen "With My Eyes Wide Open" which is sung a number of times.

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