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Director:
Writers:
Lawrence Riley (play)
Mae West (screenplay)
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Release Date:
18 November 1936 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The story of the touring movie star...and the country boy!
Plot:
A movie star, stranded in the country, trifles with a young man's affections. full summary | add synopsis
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Mae West as a glamorous movie star who finds herself stuck for the night in a small rural inn with too many admirers. more (6 total)

Cast

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Mae West ... Mavis Arden
Warren William ... Morgan

Randolph Scott ... Bud Norton
Alice Brady ... Mrs. Struthers
Elizabeth Patterson ... Aunt Kate Barnaby

Lyle Talbot ... Francis X. Harrigan
Isabel Jewell ... Gladys
Margaret Perry ... Joyce Struthers
Etienne Girardot ... Prof. Herbert Rigby
Maynard Holmes ... Clyde
John Indrisano ... Chauffeur
Alyce Ardell ... Jeanette (French maid)
Nick Stewart ... Nicodemus (as Nicodemus Stewart)
Charles Irwin ... Master of Ceremonies
Walter Walker ... Andy Kelton
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Additional Details

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Personal Appearance (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
82 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

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Trivia:
One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. more
Quotes:
Morgan: You mean I'm practically your slave.
Mavis Arden: You're not. Slaves are generally useful.
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Movie Connections:
References Der blaue Engel (1930) more
Soundtrack:
MOMENT more

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Mae West as a glamorous movie star who finds herself stuck for the night in a small rural inn with too many admirers., 10 May 2007
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Author: (MAKSQUIBS@yahoo.com) from United States

This was Paramount's attempt to star Mae West not as her usual sui generis self, but in a well-made B'way blvd farce. (The play ran a remarkable 501 perfs and gave its original star, Gladys George, a nice Hollywood career in standout character parts.) Unlike the Marx Bros, whose similar try @ RKO in ROOM SERVICE/'38, failed to come off, Paramount really went to bat for Mae. This is a first-class pic (megged by Henry Hathaway, well cast & richly shot by the great Karl Struss) about a famous movie star forced to spend a night amid the hoi polloi at a country inn. Randolph Scott is handsome & charming as the local Mae vamps while Warren William turns out to be about the best consort Mae would ever land. Alice Brady, Elizabeth Patterson, Isabel Jewell & the rest all get tasty character turns to play and if you can bear the racial stereotypes, it's a kick to see Nicodemus Stewart and recognize the voice of Brer Bear from SONG OF THE SOUTH. Yet, the play feels like it could have worked even better @ M-G-M for Jean Harlow & William Powell. For West, it represents something of a career capitulation.

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