Farmers take in an injured racketeer and try to reform him.Farmers take in an injured racketeer and try to reform him.Farmers take in an injured racketeer and try to reform him.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Tenen Holtz
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (scenes deleted)
William Arnold
- Al - Henchman
- (uncredited)
Arthur Belasco
- Henchman
- (uncredited)
Lucile Browne
- Blonde with Headache
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film had it's world premiere at Loew's Fox Theatre in Washington on 17 August 1934. (Evening Star,((Washington DC)) 16 August 1934)
- GoofsWhen Pauline is arranging the preserves, Lucky comes into the cupboard and they kiss. She has her left arm completely around his neck, and seconds later the arm is on his chest.
- ConnectionsRemade as I'll Wait for You (1941)
- SoundtracksThe Dream Was So Beautiful
(1934) (uncredited)
Music by Nacio Herb Brown
Lyrics by Arthur Freed
Sung by Louise Henry at the New Paree cabaret
Played as background music often
Featured review
You can practically see the dividing line between the precode and code eras in this film
It's a modest movie. Not a big deal. But it's got some things in it I like. First, it stars Robert Montgomery, and Maureen O'Sullivan, which though not a guarantee of a good movie, sure is a sign of promise. And in this case it pays off. Montgomery plays a racketeer who has to lam it to the countryside to wait for some heat to die down. The odd thing is, I could not really figure out what his "racket" was. There he is injured and stays with a family to recover, meeting and chumming it with the daughter. That's where the dividing line is. In the first part you are in precode gangster land. Then Montgomery wakes up in a four poster bed with a gingham bedspread - he has arrived in production code land. The plot's flimsy, for sure, on both sides of the line, but it's there to provide the opportunity for Montgomery and O'Sullivan to meet and chatter. And that's the main attraction. The banter between the simple, ingenuous, yet clear-headed and no-nonsense country lass, and the sophisticated, jaded, out-of-his-element city feller, as they get to know each other, like each other, and fall in love. The style of their exchanges has an informal, conversational feel, as if they were talking, not reciting lines.
Of course, the love story is accompanied by his character reformation into a good person, or one that looks to be in the future. But it's handled discretely, and if you ignore it, it doesn't spoil things. The supporting cast is a bunch of pros, so they know how not to step on things: Elizabeth Patterson and Whitford Kane as the ma and pa, Mickey Rooney-for once not insufferably irritating playing an insufferably irritating son, and Edward Arnold as the dogged cop. One other thing I like about the movie is that it achieves portraying a lively, energetic, spontaneous family scene without being noisy, discordant, and irritating. Something a lot of movies attempt, but fail miserably at doing.
Of course, the love story is accompanied by his character reformation into a good person, or one that looks to be in the future. But it's handled discretely, and if you ignore it, it doesn't spoil things. The supporting cast is a bunch of pros, so they know how not to step on things: Elizabeth Patterson and Whitford Kane as the ma and pa, Mickey Rooney-for once not insufferably irritating playing an insufferably irritating son, and Edward Arnold as the dogged cop. One other thing I like about the movie is that it achieves portraying a lively, energetic, spontaneous family scene without being noisy, discordant, and irritating. Something a lot of movies attempt, but fail miserably at doing.
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- AlsExGal
- Mar 6, 2016
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Tri mesece v raju
- Filming locations
- Santa Cruz, California, USA(farm scenes)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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