A movie star, stranded in the country, trifles with a young man's affections.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Mae West | ... | Mavis Arden | |
| Warren William | ... | Morgan | |
| Randolph Scott | ... | Bud Norton | |
| Alice Brady | ... | Mrs. Struthers | |
| Elizabeth Patterson | ... | Aunt Kate Barnaby | |
| Lyle Talbot | ... | Francis X. Harrigan | |
| Isabel Jewell | ... | Gladys | |
| Margaret Perry | ... | Joyce Struthers | |
| Etienne Girardot | ... | Prof. Herbert Rigby | |
| Maynard Holmes | ... | Clyde | |
| John Indrisano | ... | Chauffeur | |
| Alyce Ardell | ... | Jeanette (French maid) | |
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Nick Stewart | ... | Nicodemus (as Nicodemus Stewart) |
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Charles Irwin | ... | Master of Ceremonies |
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Walter Walker | ... | Andy Kelton |
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Movie star Mavis Arden, as amorous in private as she is pure in public, gets involved with a politician despite her watchdog publicist Morgan. Planning to meet her beau again at the next stop on her personal appearance tour, Mavis is stranded at a remote rural boarding house, with a pretentious landlady, sensible old maid, rabid film fan waitress...and strapping young mechanic Bud Norton, whom to Mavis is just the plaything of an idle hour... Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
18 November 1936 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Personal Appearance See more »Filming Locations:
General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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Runtime:
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Mavis Arden: I'm just looking for someone to read it.
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Written by Arthur Johnston
Lyrics by Johnny Burke
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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. Its earliest documented telecast took place in Seattle Thursday 30 April 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7). It was released on DVD 4 April 2006 as one of five titles in Universal's Mae West: The Glamour Collection, and again 8 March 2016 as one of nine titles in Universal's Mae West: The Essential Collection. See more »Goofs
Story is set in mid-Thirties but at premiere of Mavis Arden's latest movie, stock footage of audiences watching the film are people dressed in fashions and hairstyles of some ten years earlier. See more »Quotes
Morgan: You're a great star and can't take a risk. Your private life has got to be an open book.Mavis Arden: I'm just looking for someone to read it.
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MOMENTWritten by Arthur Johnston
Lyrics by Johnny Burke
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If you want to know who inspired Lady Gaga and Madonna, just look at Mae West. She stars and wrote the screenplay for this film vehicle of hers. She knew how to market herself in her career. In this film, she played Mavis Arden, a celebrity on her way to Los Angeles where she gets stranded in a small town in middle America. I believe it was Gettysburg. Anyway, she acts rude and offensive when her car breaks down in the small town but she comes back with an apology. Mae West characters are never really vicious or obnoxious. In this film, she is surrounded by great supporting cast of characters. While this film is about her, she doesn't forget the other characters and the storyline about her falling in love with a country aspiring inventor and mechanic. The film may have some issues with storyline and script but it's satisfactory with a surprising ending.