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Title: The Smart Set-Up (1931)
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Walter O'Keefe | ... |
Walter 'Wally' Keen
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Margaret Lee | ... |
Patsy Grant
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A womanizing night club singer who has his pick of many beautiful showgirls tries to climb socially and break into society but soon discovers the social and class differences are insurmountable.
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Patsy Grant: Oh, I don't know. Maybe it's because you haven't been in hot water as long as the rest of them, and so you're not hardboiled.
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(uncredited)
Music by J. Fred Coots
Played when Wally arrives at the penthouse party
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Vitaphone production reels #1280-1281. See more »Quotes
Walter 'Wally' Keen: You know there's something about you that's different. When you tell a fella something, he can believe it.Patsy Grant: Oh, I don't know. Maybe it's because you haven't been in hot water as long as the rest of them, and so you're not hardboiled.
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"Red-Headed Baby"(uncredited)
Music by J. Fred Coots
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A VITAPHONE Short Subject.
A social climbing Broadway crooner thinks he's made THE SMART SET-UP when he's invited to attend a swanky Park Avenue party.
This is a fairly interesting & generally competent little film. Although Walter O'Keefe is not the most talented singer, his manner is easy to like & the songs are pleasant. The highlight comes when he's able to put a group of rich snobs very much in their places.
Often overlooked or neglected today, the one and two-reel short subjects were useful to the Studios as important training grounds for new or burgeoning talents, both in front & behind the camera. The dynamics for creating a successful short subject was completely different from that of a feature length film, something akin to writing a topnotch short story rather than a novel. Economical to produce in terms of both budget & schedule and capable of portraying a wide range of material, short subjects were the perfect complement to the Studios' feature films.