An elderly, brash drunk is hired to help improve the image of a controversial dancer, and the two women form an unlikely friendship.An elderly, brash drunk is hired to help improve the image of a controversial dancer, and the two women form an unlikely friendship.An elderly, brash drunk is hired to help improve the image of a controversial dancer, and the two women form an unlikely friendship.
Jack Boyle
- Walsh
- (as John Boyle)
Joe Arado
- Undetermined Role
- (uncredited)
Helen Barclay
- Secretary
- (uncredited)
Jack Baston
- Undetermined Role
- (uncredited)
Harold Berquist
- Bailiff
- (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
- Bradley - Court Clerk
- (uncredited)
Charles Brinley
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
Don Brodie
- Photographer
- (uncredited)
Lorena Carr
- Secretary
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhile many cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the 76-minute print available today, they were left in the cast list because of the missing nine minutes.
- GoofsAt about 0:30:00 when Alabam holds the note Johnny wrote, the hand holding the note has no or clear nail polish, yet Carole Lombard is wearing very dark polish.
- Quotes
Patricia 'Patsy' Patterson: It's only youngsters that have to watch their step. Old people don't have to be respectable. Old people are respectable in spite of themselves.
- ConnectionsFollows Lady for a Day (1933)
- SoundtracksM-O-T-H-E-R, a Word That Means the World to Me
(1915) (uncredited)
Music by Theodore Morse
Lyrics by Howard Johnson
Sung by Abe Dinovitch in the bar, with piano accompaniment
Partially sung a cappella by May Robson at her trial
Played on piano and partially sung by Carole Lombard
Featured review
Apple Annie Rides Again
Carole Lombard plays a fan dancer (working under the moniker "Alabam, the Human Heat Wave") who hooks up with a haggardly, dice rolling, beer guzzler named Patsy when she adopts her out of the "old ladies home" as her new mother, a publicity stunt for Mother's Day. Moving in with Alabam into her swanky apartment, the two women soon bond over shots of straight whiskey, Alabam buys the old lady a new wardrobe, then both try to reform the other of their bad ways. And yes indeed, there is a male love interest for Lombard, a character who fits somewhat loosely into this whole plot.
Interesting film, the first half better than the second, I thought, but I do like the interaction between Carole Lombard and May Robson who plays Patsy - they come across as pretty chummy, which works well for this story. Lombard appears in a number of gorgeous outfits here, everything from glamorous, fur-sleeved dress to satin rompers (how 'bout that ragged old hat with the dead bird hanging off it that Patsy wears in the beginning?!). Worth seeing.
Interesting film, the first half better than the second, I thought, but I do like the interaction between Carole Lombard and May Robson who plays Patsy - they come across as pretty chummy, which works well for this story. Lombard appears in a number of gorgeous outfits here, everything from glamorous, fur-sleeved dress to satin rompers (how 'bout that ragged old hat with the dead bird hanging off it that Patsy wears in the beginning?!). Worth seeing.
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- movingpicturegal
- Aug 17, 2006
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- Hello Big Boy
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- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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