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7 July 1939 (USA) morePlot:
Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
what a disappointment moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Jack Benny | ... | Bob Temple | |
| Dorothy Lamour | ... | Diana Wilson | |
| Edward Arnold | ... | Sir John Arlington | |
| Binnie Barnes | ... | Lady Arlington | |
| Monty Woolley | ... | Henri Dubois | |
| Isabel Jeans | ... | Mme. Dubois | |
| Phil Harris | ... | Ted Nash | |
| Betty Grable | ... | Susan Hayes | |
| E.E. Clive | ... | Hotchkiss, Arlington's Butler | |
| Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson | ... | Rochester (as Eddie Anderson) | |
| Merriel Abbott Dancers | ... | Themselves, The Merriel Abbott Dancers | |
| Matty Malneck | ... | Matty Malneck, Orchestra Leader (as Matty Malneck and His Orchestra) | |
| Matty Malneck's Orchestra | ... | Matty Malneck's Orchestra | |
| The Pina Troupe | ... | Themselves, The Pina Troupe |
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Fun Stuff
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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. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Susan's hair style changes just before she leaves the house party. moreQuotes:
Bob Temple: Use a little imagination, Rochester. What would you order if you wanted to make an impression?Rochester: How about fish and chips and a couple of bottles of gin?
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I have always been a big fan of Jack Benny.I was looking forward to watching this film but what a letdown.It was desperately unfunny.There was absolutely no chemistry between him and his co stars.The musical numbers were poor and badly staged.The plot seemed to be a feeble rip off of A Damsel In Distress.Who thought that Edward Arnold was suitable casting as an English aristocrat?Jack Benny was very good in situation comedy but not really at physical comedy.The acrobat sequence is an embarrassment.Lamour is lacking any spark,maybe she was at her best in a sarong.The whole mess limps along to an ending that makes no sense at all.So as has been said elsewhere this makes "The Horn Blows at midnight"seem like a minor classic.