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Director:
Tay Garnett
Writers:
Clarence Budington Kelland (novel)
Gene Towne (writer) ...
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Release Date:
29 October 1937 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
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Plot:
A former child star falls in love with a stuffy accountant, who wants to learn why his firm's movie studio is losing money. full summary | add synopsis
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On DVD: "Patti Smith: Dream of Life," "The Deal"
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Great Send-up of the Movie Business more (18 total)

Cast

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Leslie Howard ... Atterbury Dodd
Joan Blondell ... Lester Plum

Humphrey Bogart ... Doug Quintain
Alan Mowbray ... Koslofski
Marla Shelton ... Thelma Cheri
C. Henry Gordon ... Ivor Nassau

Jack Carson ... Tom Potts
Tully Marshall ... Fowler Pettypacker
J.C. Nugent ... Junior Pettypacker
William V. Mong ... Cyrus Pettypacker
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Runtime:
91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #3647)
Company:
Walter Wanger Productions more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Atterbury Dodd: Hasn't anyone an answer for stupidity besides "that's the picture business"?
Studio Employee: I'm sorry Mr. Dodd, but that's the only answer.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984) more
Soundtrack:
That Old Feeling more

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Great Send-up of the Movie Business, 12 September 1999
Author: Alessa-3 from Michigan

This is one of the funniest films I have seen in a long time! Leslie Howard plays a rigid, naive accountant who is sent to Hollywood to look at the books of a movie studio. Blondell plays his boarding house neighbor,a movie stand-in who becomes his secretary, teacher and confidant. Humphrey Bogart has a rare comic role as a movie producer, and does extremely well in it. In fact, he has one of the funniest scenes. Thrown out of a bar because he's drunk, he and his little Scottie dog stand outside it. Bogart wears a placard saying "this cafe is unfair to me", and the dog wears a placard saying the same thing. Shirley Temple is also satirized in this film. If you love old movies, you shouldn't miss this one!

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