Klondike Annie (1936)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Raoul Walsh

Writers:

Mae West (play)
Marion Morgan (story) ...

Release Date:

21 February 1936 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

She Made the Frozen North... Red Hot!

Plot Keywords:

Sled Dog | Dog Sled | Mistaken Identity | Based On Play

Cast

Mae West	...	The Frisco Doll / Rose Carlton / Sister Annie Alden
Victor McLaglen	...	Bull Brackett
Phillip Reed	...	Insp. Jack Forrest
Helen Jerome Eddy	...	Sister Annie Alden
Harry Beresford	...	Brother Bowser
Harold Huber	...	Chan Lo
Lucile Gleason	...	Big Tess (as Lucille Webster Gleason)
Conway Tearle	...	Vance Palmer
Esther Howard	...	Fanny Radler
Soo Yong	...	Fah Wong, Rose's Maid
John Rogers	...	Buddie
Ted Oliver	...	Grigsby
Lawrence Grant	...	Sir Gilbert
Gene Austin	...	Organist
Vladimar Bykoff	...	Marinoff

Also Known As:

Frisco Kate (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:A (original rating) (cut) | UK:U (re-rating)

Filming Locations:

General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

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.

Quotes:

Bull Brackett: I can always tell a lady.
The Frisco Doll: Yeah? Whaddya tell 'em?

Soundtrack:

It's Better to Give Than to Receive

Raoul Walsh Directs Mae West

My only reason of watching this rather trifling Mae West vehicle is that the director is Raoul Walsh. I've never been a big Mae West fan, though I thoroughly liked "She Done Him Wrong" and "I'm No Angel." I had some hopes for "Klondike Annie," but it lamentably turned out one of her dullest efforts. Mae's suggestive one-liners are surprisingly exhausting; her characterization of "the Frisco Doll" is rather fake and unremarkable. Walsh's direction is curiously flat and there's very little of his trademark exuberance to wither the contrived silliness of Mae's script (adapted from her own play "The Frisco Kate").

I saw it back to back with another Mae West movie called "Every Day's a Holiday"(1937). Though Walsh is a vastly superior director than Edward Sutherland, I much prefer that one because it's breezier, funnier, and more enjoyable.

The only good or likable things in "Klondike Annie" are Mae's romantic liaison with the rugged Victor Mclaglen as the rough, grumbling captain of the ship, and the moment when Mae impersonates the Salvation Army missionary. The rest is forgettable