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Al Howard may be a star on Broadway, but he is no longer welcomed by any producer. It seems that he just trots off to Mexico any time he wants causing shows to close and producers to lose money. When his sister Molly can no longer find Al work, she teams him up with talented Dorothy for a club date in Chicago. Flush with another success, Al wants to open his own club on Broadway, so he borrows money from a gangster to open the show. Al has Dorothy, who he ignores, the gangsters dough and the gangster's sweetie Luana. All he has to do is keep them all happy, but Luana wants Al. Written by
Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
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Trivia
An additional
Harry Warren and
Al Dubin song ("Whittlin' My Wood") was written for this picture, but was cut from the final print.
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Quotes
Molly Howard, aka Lucille Thompson:
What happened?
Dorothy Wayne:
Well, man meets girl, girl meets husband, husband meets man, man meets sidewalk.
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Connections
Edited into
Musical Memories (1946)
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Soundtracks
"The Little Things You Used to Do"
(1935) (uncredited)
Music by
Harry Warren
Lyrics by
Al Dubin
Sung by
Helen Morgan at rehearsal
Reprised by
Helen Morgan on radio
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This is one of the underrated musicals of the 1930s. But it has a lot going for it, most notably the electric performance of one of the greatest entertainers before microphones, Al Jolson. Jolson demonstrates in this film why he could have audiences in the palm of his hand---the power of his voice and the awesome reach of his personality come across on the screen as they must have in a vaudeville house or on the musical comedy stage. Ruby Keeler is also fine as the femme fatale, dancing with great style (though the film could have profited from the talents of a master choreographer like Busby Berkeley!). And Barton MacLane is grand as the heavy. The songs by Harry Warren and Al Dubin are charming and winning, especially such jewels as "She's a Latin From Manhattan," "About a Quarter To Nine," and the title song. In all, a winning little film.