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7.9/10   844 votes
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Director:
Writers:
H.C. Witwer (story)
Laird Doyle (screenplay)
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Release Date:
26 September 1936 (USA) more
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Plot:
The managers of heavyweight champion Larry Cain and Broadway musical star Mabel O'Dare scheme up a romance to give the celebrities more glamour... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
Just doesn't make good any which way more (13 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Marion Davies ... Mabel O'Dare

Clark Gable ... Larry Cain
Allen Jenkins ... Dodo
Roscoe Karns ... Aloysius K. Reilly
Walter Catlett ... Jacob 'Jake' Sherman
Robert Paige ... Ronny Cauldwell (as David Carlyle)
Hobart Cavanaugh ... Milo, the Stage Manager
Ruth Donnelly ... Aunt Mimi
Pert Kelton ... Toddy Williams
William Collier Sr. ... Pat 'Pop' Walters
Sammy White ... Specialty (Coney Island Number)
E.E. Clive ... Charles 'Chuck' Fendwick
Allen Pomeroy ... Fighter Tom Reed
Robert Middlemass ... Mr. George, Cafe Proprietor
Joseph Crehan ... Reed's Manager
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Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Featured in Three Cheers for the Girls (1943) more
Soundtrack:
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Just doesn't make good any which way, 3 April 2001
6/10
Author: psteier from New York

The picture seems to be put together from a lot of other pictures (musicals, boxing, backstage on Broadway, romance), but the pieces are of little interest in themselves and don't fit well together.

To me, the many quick jokes are the best part of the picture. Also good are a dance number (in which Marion Davies is clearly outmatched), Roscoe Karns as a PR man, and Allen Jenkins as Clark Gable's boxing trainer.

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