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5.7/10   166 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Norman Reilly Raine (screenplay) &
Horace Jackson (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
16 July 1938 (USA) more
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Plot:
Linda Lawrence rises from secretary to account executive in an advertising agency. She falls in love with ex-football star Jimmy Hall and marries him... more | add synopsis
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Priscilla Lane Smashes the Glass Ceiling more (5 total)

Cast

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Wayne Morris ... James 'Jimmy' Hall
Priscilla Lane ... Linda Lawrence Hall

Humphrey Bogart ... Harry Galleon

Hugh Herbert ... Harvey C. Bates
Johnnie Davis ... Tad Turkel
Penny Singleton ... Nancy Crowel Turkel
Mona Barrie ... Miss Beatrice 'Bea' Harris
Marcia Ralston ... Wanda Townsend

Gene Lockhart ... Bill Dalton
Kathleen Lockhart ... Mrs. Dalton
Donald Briggs ... George Onslow
Nedda Harrigan ... Mrs. Gertrude Nelson
Eric Stanley ... Mr. Nelson
Claud Allister ... Rudolf, Bates' Butler (as Claude Allister)
Renie Riano ... Mrs. 'Pinky' Pinkel, the Landlady
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Additional Details

Runtime:
69 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #4036)

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Linda Lawrence Hall: [told by Jimmy that he's just been on the phone with her Aunt Minnie] My Aunt Minnie has been dead for five years.
James 'Jimmy' Hall: She didn't say where she was calling from!
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Soundtrack:
Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?) more

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9 out of 15 people found the following review useful.
Priscilla Lane Smashes the Glass Ceiling, 1 August 2001
8/10
Author: Randy_D from Michigan

Being an unabashed 'Lane, Priscilla' (qv) fan, Men Are Such Fools would be a delight to watch if only for the wonderful Miss Lane alone. But as a neat little bonus you get 'Bogart, Humphrey' (qv) in a rare, at that time, non-gangster role.This combination makes for an enjoyable movie about a young woman determined to succeed in the advertising business.

However, the one problem I have with this movie is Wayne Morris, or at least the character he plays.

As in another movie Mr. Morris was in with Miss Lane, _Love, Honor and Behave (1938)_ (qv), there is this undercurrent that seems to imply that you can show a woman how much you love her by physically pushing her around.

I understand that things were different back then, but it is still a bit difficult to watch any guy resort to physical contact with a woman in order to win her over. This is by no means a big part of this movie, but it is noticeable after seeing it happen over a series of films from that era.

That being said, the positives far outweigh any of the negatives. With Priscilla Lane starring and Humphrey Bogart in support, you can't go wrong spending your time with Men Are Such Fools.

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