Klondike Annie (1936)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Raoul Walsh

Writers:

Mae West (play)
Marion Morgan (story) ...
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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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Philip Ahn	...	Wing (uncredited)
Richard Allen	...	Miner (uncredited)
Edna Bennett	...	Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)
Ed Brady	...	Sailor (uncredited)
James Burke	...	Bartender (uncredited)
D'Arcy Corrigan	...	Missionary (uncredited)
Nell Craig	...	Missionary (uncredited)
Jack Daley	...	Second Mate (uncredited)
Guy D'Ennery	...	Alverados (uncredited)
Pearl Eaton	...	Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)
Art Foster	...	Missionary (uncredited)
Gladys Gale	...	Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)
Chester Gan	...	Ship's Cook (uncredited)
Huntley Gordon	...	Clinton Reynolds (uncredited)
Russ Hall	...	Candy (uncredited)
Otto Heimel	...	Cocoa (uncredited)
Ilean Hume	...	Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)
John Lester Johnson	...	Sailor (uncredited)
Kathleen Key	...	Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)
Tetsu Komai	...	Lan Fang (uncredited)
Paul Kruger	...	Sailor (uncredited)
Mrs. Chan Lee	...	Blind Woman (uncredited)
Philo McCullough	...	Extra (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall	...	Officer (uncredited)
Jackson Snyder	...	Little Boy (uncredited)
Maidel Turner	...	Lydia Bowley (uncredited)
Nella Walker	...	Missionary (uncredited)
Jack Wallace	...	Third Mate (uncredited)
George Walsh	...	Quartermaster (uncredited)
Marie Wells	...	Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)
Mrs. Wong Wing	...	Ah Toy (uncredited)

Directed by
Raoul Walsh

Writing credits
Mae West		(play)
Marion Morgan		(story) and
George B. Dowell		(story)
Mae West		(screenplay)
Frank Mitchell Dazey		writer

Produced by
William LeBaron	....	producer

Original Music by
John Leipold		(uncredited)
Tom Satterfield		(uncredited)
Victor Young		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
George T. Clemens

Film Editing by
Stuart Heisler

Art Direction by
Hans Dreier
Bernard Herzbrun

Set Decoration by
A.E. Freudeman

Sound Department
Harold Lewis	....	sound
Louis Mesenkop	....	sound

Music Department
Heinz Roemheld	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Other crew
John Hammell	....	censor advisor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1936) (USA) (theatrical)
• MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) (USA) (TV)
• Continental Home Vídeo (1999) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Home Entertainment (USA) (DVD)

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:

Little Bar Butterfly

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