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2 December 1941 (USA) moreTagline:
The New Year's red-hot comedy! morePlot:
A group of ivory-tower lexicographers realize they need to hear how real people talk, and end up helping a beautiful singer escape from the Mob. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. moreUser Comments:
One of Barbara Stanwyck's best performances in a very funny film and role moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Gary Cooper | ... | Professor Bertram 'Pottsie' Potts | |
| Barbara Stanwyck | ... | Katherine 'Sugarpuss' O'Shea | |
| Oskar Homolka | ... | Professor Gurkakoff - Mathematics | |
| Henry Travers | ... | Professor Jerome - History | |
| S.Z. Sakall | ... | Professor Magenbruch - Physiology | |
| Tully Marshall | ... | Professor Robinson - Law | |
| Leonid Kinskey | ... | Professor Quintana | |
| Richard Haydn | ... | Professor Oddly - Botany | |
| Aubrey Mather | ... | Professor Peagram - Literature | |
| Allen Jenkins | ... | Garbageman | |
| Dana Andrews | ... | Joe Lilac | |
| Dan Duryea | ... | Duke Pastrami | |
| Ralph Peters | ... | Asthma Anderson | |
| Kathleen Howard | ... | Miss Bragg | |
| Mary Field | ... | Miss Totten |
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111 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Fun Stuff
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While filming the scene in which Potts declares his love for Sugarpuss in a dark hotel bungalow, Gregg Toland put Barbara Stanwyck in blackface to make sure that her eyes were shining through the darkness. moreGoofs:
Continuity: During the "Drumboogie" sequence, the black jazz trumpet soloist Roy Eldridge disappears from the band between shots. moreQuotes:
Sugarpuss O'Shea: Do you know what this means - "I'll get you on the Ameche"?Professor Bertram Potts: No.
Sugarpuss O'Shea: 'Course you don't. An Ameche is the telephone, on account of he invented it.
Professor Bertram Potts: Oh, no, he didn't.
Sugarpuss O'Shea: Like, you know, in the movies.
Professor Bertram Potts: Well, I see what you mean. Very interesting. Make no mistake, I shall regret the absence of your keen mind; unfortunately, it is inseparable from an extremely disturbing body.
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This film (remade in 1948 as a musical with Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo with the title, "A Song Is Born") is a hilarious vehicle for Barbara Stanwyck, who was nominated for Best Actress for her performance here. Anyone who has only seen Ms. Stanwyck in film noir such as "Double Indemnity" or in television's Big Valley should watch this or "Christmas In Connecticut" to see a fine comedic talent at work. She blows Gary Cooper off the screen! Most Recommended.