An eccentric woman learns she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed, but when she meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Carole Lombard | ... | Hazel Flagg | |
| Fredric March | ... | Wally Cook | |
| Charles Winninger | ... | Dr. Enoch Downer | |
| Walter Connolly | ... | Oliver Stone | |
| Sig Ruman | ... | Dr. Emil Eggelhoffer (as Sig Rumann) | |
| Frank Fay | ... | Master of Ceremonies | |
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Troy Brown Sr. | ... | Ernest Walker (as Troy Brown) |
| Maxie Rosenbloom | ... | Max Levinsky | |
| Margaret Hamilton | ... | Vermont Drugstore Lady | |
| Olin Howland | ... | Vermont Baggage Man | |
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Raymond Scott and His Quintet | ... | Novelty Swing Orchestra (as Raymond Scott and his Quintette) |
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Hazel Flagg of Warsaw, Vermont receives the news that her terminal case of radium poisoning from a workplace incident was a complete misdiagnosis with mixed emotions. She is happy not to be dying, but she, who has never traveled the world, was going to use the money paid to her by her factory to go to New York in style. She believes her dreams can still be realized when Wally Cook arrives in town. He is a New York reporter with the Morning Star newspaper. He believes that Hazel's valiant struggle concerning her impending death is just the type of story he needs to resurrect his name within reporting circles after a recent story he wrote led to scandal and a major demotion at the newspaper. He proposes to take Hazel to New York both to report on her story but also to provide her with a grand farewell to life. She accepts. Wally's story results in Hazel becoming the toast of New York. In spending time together, Wally and Hazel fall in love. Hazel not only has to figure out what to do ... Written by Huggo
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26 November 1937 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$1,831,927 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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(1852) (uncredited)
Written by Stephen Foster
Sung a cappella by Charles Winninger
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The role of Hazel Flagg was originally intended for Janet Gaynor after the huge success of A Star Is Born (1937). See more »Goofs
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Oliver Stone: I am sitting here, Mr. Cook, toying with the idea of removing your heart... and stuffing it like an olive!See more »
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A very witty comedy based in new york and the life of a reporter who seems to be coming up short. He can only get the job of writing obituaries in the paper and he is contanstantly trying to get back on his editors good side.It is a very good screwball comedy with romance as well as very good comedy through witty lines and funny actions by the characters.There's is a bit of a twist in the story when the main character realizes what is really going on but has to make a choice due to the fact he has fallen for the girl who is supposed to be his story.The musical part by Oscar Levant both mocks and celebrates the musical style that was being used during that time period.It is also possible to view in color because it was shot in technicolor so you can see what new york looked like back in the 30's which is pretty interesting.