That's Right - You're Wrong (1939)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

David Butler

Writers:

David Butler (story) and
William M. Conselman (story) ...

Release Date:

24 November 1939 (USA)

Genre:

Music | Comedy

Tagline:

'STUDENTS!" Gather 'round for romance, rhythm and roars...in the laugh-swing sensation of the century!

Plot:

A fictional-story film in which many of the people seen in it are using their real name portraying the...

Plot Keywords:

Hollywood | Grandmother | Theatre | Theatrical Manager | Actor

Cast

Kay Kyser	...	Kay Kyser
Adolphe Menjou	...	Stacey Delmore
May Robson	...	Grandma
Lucille Ball	...	Sandra Sand
Dennis O'Keefe	...	Chuck Deems, the Band Manager
Edward Everett Horton	...	Tom Village, a Screenwriter
Roscoe Karns	...	Mal Stamp
Moroni Olsen	...	Jonathan 'J.D.' Forbes
Hobart Cavanaugh	...	Dwight Cook, a Screenwriter
Kay Kyser Band	...	Kay Kyser's Band (as Kay Kyser's Band)
Ginny Simms	...	Ginny Simms - Band Singer
Harry Babbitt	...	Harry Babbitt
Sully Mason	...	Sully Mason
M.A. Bogue	...	Ish Kabibble (as Ish Kabibble)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ernani Bernardi	...	Clarinetist - Kay Kyser Band (as The Kay Kyser Band)
Harrison Carroll	...	Harrison Carroll

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Certification:

USA:Passed | USA:Approved (PCA #5715)

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivia:

In the movie, Kay Kyser mentions having come from Rocky Mount, North Carolina. That was his real home town, and also the birthplace of modern jazz musician Thelonious Monk.

Quotes:

Kay Kyser: It looks like at the age of 32, I've become a problem child!

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Soundtrack:

Back in Your Own Backyard

A short course in the Kollege of Musical Knowledge

The head of a big Hollywood studio is tired of making movies which are artistic successes but commercial flops, so he comes up with the idea of filming the nation's hottest live act - Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge. One of his producers just happens to have 2 writers working on a script about a bandleader, so Kay Kyser and band are brought to Hollywood to become movie stars. Unfortunately, the script calls for the bandleader to be a romantic lead, which Kay Kyser obviously isn't. After a few humorous twists and turns, Kyser and band are back on the radio where they belong.

The movie within the movie which never gets made is actually the movie you're watching, and it is obviously little more than an excuse to get Kay Kyser's act on film. The highlight, however, is Kyser's screen test in which he's a romantic gondolier playing opposite studio star Sandra Sand (Lucille Ball). You have to be familiar with his stage personality to appreciate the absurdity of it, and you will be by the time this comic gem of a scene appears. There are some other good comic moments, but the production is otherwise pretty weak. The musical act itself is dated and not likely to appeal to a modern audience unless they happen to have nostalgic yearnings for pre-television radio shows. Nevertheless, Kay Kyser and his movie have a good-natured attitude and whimsical touch which can certainly lift your spirits if you give them the chance.