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7 October 1938 (USA)
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Two architects lose their heads over a glamorous actress. | add synopsis
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Kay Francis Star Vehicle
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(Complete credited cast) | Kay Francis | ... | Fay Carter |
 | George Brent | ... | Richard 'Dick' Orr |
| Ian Hunter | ... | Peter 'Pete' Snowden |
| Gloria Dickson | ... | Mrs. Carla Orr |
| Isabel Jeans | ... | Miss Marian Plantagenet |
| Penny Singleton | ... | Miss Reid, Orr's Secretary |
| Dennie Moore | ... | Miss Blackstone, Snowden's Secretary |
| Selmer Jackson | ... | Mr. Thompson |
| Herbert Rawlinson | ... | Mr. Harrison |
| Emmett Vogan | ... | Joe Spencer, Fay's Agent (as Emmet Vogan) |
| James B. Carson | ... | W.P. 'Bill' Carstairs, Theatrical Manager |
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70 min
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USA:Approved (PCA #4153)
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Revealing mistakes: At the opening night of Fay's play "Springboard", pages from the program are shown to indicate the play's progress. The one for the second act reads: "Springboard, Act II, Interior Fay Carter's living room, next day." Fay Carter is the *actress*. Unless the character has the same name as the star, this was an error.
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Daydreaming (All Night Long)
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Kay Francis stars as a minor actress who wants to make it on Broadway. She meets a bored architect (Ian Hunter) who has always wanted to produce a play. She has one. They team up and she becomes the toast of the Great White Way. But Hunter also has a partner (George Brent)and it's love at first sight. But he has a grasping wife (Gloria Dickson)....
Fast-paced with a lot of one liners, this little Warners film is fun from the getgo. Francis is, as always, a delight to watch. Brent and Hunter are solid. Dickson is suitably vile as the shrew wife. Isabel Jeans is very funny as Marion, playing a combination of Alice Brady and Eric Blore. The 2 secretaries are nicely played by Dennie Moore and Penny Singleton.
This was one of Kay's final film for Warners, and you'll note they had already demoted her to first billing but beneath the title. Her legal battles with the studio were front-page news in the late 30s. The studio put her in B films and then blamed her for slipping at the box office. Still, Francis had the last laugh; she turned in great performances even in the drek Warners gave her (while handing the plums to the new Warners queen, Bette Davis).