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6.6/10   39 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Viña Delmar (story)
James Seymour (adaptation)
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Release Date:
3 January 1936 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
...Loaded to the brim with everything that goes for happiness, joy and laugher, more tunes, laffs, girls, fun and romance than you've seen in a dozen musical hits!
Plot:
Former burlesque producer moves into legitimate theatre and does well until he marries a socialite.... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
Friends help a broke Broadway producer to put on a show more (7 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Warner Baxter ... Kerry Bolton
Alice Faye ... Pat Doran
Jack Oakie ... Joe Cooney
Mona Barrie ... Rosalind Cleve
Arline Judge ... Connie
Dixie Dunbar ... Marie
Gregory Ratoff ... Kolpolpeck
Herbert Mundin ... English Impresario
Fats Waller ... Ben
Nick Long Jr. ... Anthony Lamb
Kenny Baker ... Arthur
Charles Quigley ... Stanley Drake
Paxton Sisters ... Specialty Dancers
Al Shaw ... Lew Henkle (as Shaw)
Sam Lee ... Gus Keefe (as Lee)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min (FMC Library Print)
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Language:
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #1777) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Featured in Take It or Leave It (1944) more
Soundtrack:
Whose Big Baby Are You? more

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Friends help a broke Broadway producer to put on a show, 30 September 2006
5/10
Author: jpickerel from United States

Contains a cast of veteran (by then) actors and actresses, whose combined presence would normally be counted on to produce a top notch musical, but is somehow lacking the punch to put it completely over the top. The writing isn't really crisp, either; Jack Oakie could have phoned this one in. Neither is the music itself memorable, although the closer, "Who's Big Baby are You?" might have had you humming on the way out of the theater. Bright spots were few, but a Fats Waller number is something to look for, and Mona Barrie is fine as the calculating Broadway socialite. Perhaps this is one that would really benefit from being seen on the big screen. Television doesn't do it justice, maybe.

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