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June Moon

  • 19311931
  • 1h 19m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
42
YOUR RATING
Sam Hardy, June MacCloy, and Jack Oakie in June Moon (1931)
  • Comedy
Aspiring lyricist Fred Stevens leaves Schenectady for New York City, with hopes of making it big in the songwriting business.Aspiring lyricist Fred Stevens leaves Schenectady for New York City, with hopes of making it big in the songwriting business.Aspiring lyricist Fred Stevens leaves Schenectady for New York City, with hopes of making it big in the songwriting business.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
42
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • A. Edward Sutherland
  • Writers
    • George S. Kaufman(play)
    • Ring Lardner(play)
    • Vincent Lawrence
  • Stars
    • Jack Oakie
    • Frances Dee
    • Wynne Gibson
Top credits
  • Director
    • A. Edward Sutherland
  • Writers
    • George S. Kaufman(play)
    • Ring Lardner(play)
    • Vincent Lawrence
  • Stars
    • Jack Oakie
    • Frances Dee
    • Wynne Gibson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 4User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Jack Oakie in June Moon (1931)
    Jack Oakie and Ernest Wood in June Moon (1931)
    Jack Oakie in June Moon (1931)
    Sam Hardy, Jack Oakie, and Ernest Wood in June Moon (1931)
    June MacCloy and Jack Oakie in June Moon (1931)
    June MacCloy and Jack Oakie in June Moon (1931)
    Wynne Gibson, June MacCloy, Jack Oakie, and Ernest Wood in June Moon (1931)
    Wynne Gibson and June MacCloy in June Moon (1931)
    Frances Dee and Jack Oakie in June Moon (1931)

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    Jack Oakie
    Jack Oakie
    • Frederick Martin Stevensas Frederick Martin Stevens
    Frances Dee
    Frances Dee
    • Edna Bakeras Edna Baker
    Wynne Gibson
    Wynne Gibson
    • Lucille Searsas Lucille Sears
    Harry Akst
    • Maxie Schwartzas Maxie Schwartz
    June MacCloy
    June MacCloy
    • Eileen Fletcheras Eileen Fletcher
    Ernest Wood
    • Paul Searsas Paul Sears
    Harold Waldridge
    Harold Waldridge
    • Young Goebelas Young Goebel
    Sam Hardy
    Sam Hardy
    • Sam Hartas Sam Hart
    Ethel Kenyon
    Ethel Kenyon
    • Goldieas Goldie
    • (as Ethel Sutherland)
    Frank Darien
    Frank Darien
    • Window Cleaneras Window Cleaner
    Jean Laverty
    Jean Laverty
    • Miss Rixeyas Miss Rixey
    • (as Jean Barry)
    Eddie Dunn
    Eddie Dunn
    • Joe McCloskeyas Joe McCloskey
    • Director
      • A. Edward Sutherland
    • Writers
      • George S. Kaufman(play)
      • Ring Lardner(play)
      • Vincent Lawrence
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      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. However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and may not have ever been televised.
    • Quotes

      Maxie Schwartz: If songwriters always wrote about their home state, what a big Jewish population Tennessee must have.

    • Connections
      Version of Blonde Trouble (1937)
    • Soundtracks
      June Moon
      Written by Ring Lardner and George S. Kaufman

    User reviews4

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Invaluable, but not perfect
    The other reviewers here condescend to this film, making a great deal out of the changes that Paramount made in the original play. Yes, the changes are a shame, but eventually all the textual quibbling is beside the point.

    The main thing is that this movie has something the 1974 all-star revival doesn't have - laughs. Contemporary actors can bring all sorts of wonderful professionalism to a script like this, but they can't deliver the lines, not a one of them. The tone is never right.

    In revivals of comedy of the 20s and 3os, today's actors always appear like tourists from another planet. Either the characters are made too real, in which case they're sunk by acting out of Freud and the Method, or they're brittle caricatures seen from outside and above, in which case we don't care about the characters and the dialog just lays there. Jack Oakie miscast can do something no living performer can, and that's make this kind of writing live.

    Wynne Gibson, whom you probably don't know, can ignite these wisecracks and convulse an audience. Estelle Parsons, whom you should know as an awesome actress with a phenomenal resume, in 1974 couldn't make anything more than a damp fizzle with the same lines, and it may have more to do with cultural changes over time than any personal fault.

    Harry Akst, composer of "Baby Face," "Dinah," and "Am I Blue?" puts in a phenomenal appearance as Max, doing Oscar Levant's shtick a dozen years before Oscar Levant did, and with infinitely more grace and charm.

    There are finer film comedies out there, and more respectful screen adaptations of Broadway shows, but every single person in this film is funnier than his or her counterpart in the 1974 revival, and in this material, that's crucial.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 21, 1931 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Night Life
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 19 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.20 : 1

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