Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)

Director:

Lew Landers

Writers:

Joe Bigelow (story)
Olive Cooper (writer)

Release Date:

11 November 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Movie star Annabel Allison has further comic adventures with her wacky publicity agent.

Plot Keywords:

Screwball | Sequel | Nobility | Novelist | Rivalry

Cast

Jack Oakie	...	Lanny Morgan
Lucille Ball	...	Annabel Allison
Ruth Donnelly	...	Josephine 'Jo'
Bradley Page	...	Howard Webb, Chief of Wonder Pictures
Ralph Forbes	...	Viscount Ronald River-Clyde
Frances Mercer	...	Natalie Preston
Donald MacBride	...	Thompson, RR Conductor
Alice White	...	Marcella, Hotel Manicurist
Chester Clute	...	Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager
Jean Rouverol	...	Laura Hampton
Clare Verdera	...	Viscountess River-Clyde
Edward Gargan	...	Longshoreman at dance
Pepito	...	Poochy the Accordion Player

Also Known As:

Annabel Takes a Trip

Runtime:

67 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #4603)

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Quotes:

Josephine: Annabel's fallen in love!
Howard Webb: She can't do that. It's not in her contract.

Movie Connections:

Follows The Affairs of Annabel (1938)

Jack Oakie and Lucille Ball are wasted in an unfunny screenplay.

A lackluster screenplay doesn't help this comedy about a movie star, Lucille Ball, whose publicity man, Jack Oakie, uses stupid schemes to get her name in the newspapers. Unfortunately, very little of the film is funny, but it was nice to see a very young Lucille Ball, even in black and white. Ball, Oakie, Bradley Page and Ruth Donnelly reprised their roles in this second and last film based on the characters created in the 1938 film "The Affairs of Annabel" by Charles Hoffman. There would have been more in the series, but Oakie wanted too large a fee for his services.