Garden of the Moon

1938
Approved
1h 34m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

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Pat O'Brien, Margaret Lindsay, and John Payne in Garden of the Moon (1938)

Comedy Musical Romance

Romance blooms between a publicist and a singing band leader in the Garden of the Moon night club.Romance blooms between a publicist and a singing band leader in the Garden of the Moon night club.Romance blooms between a publicist and a singing band leader in the Garden of the Moon night club.

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

324

YOUR RATING

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Pat O'Brien, Curt Bois, and John Payne in Garden of the Moon (1938)

Margaret Lindsay and John Payne in Garden of the Moon (1938)

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Trivia
The roles played by John Payne and Margaret Lindsay were originally intended for Dick Powell and Bette Davis. Powell took a layoff rather than make this film.

Goofs
Toni Blake's (Margaret Lindsay) first name on her office door is spelled "Tony" in one scene, and "Toni" in another shortly later.

Quotes
Slappy Harris: Say, you ought to be able to get us a lot of publicity. You know, Don is a solid tenor, when he gets nice and groovy, its out of this world.
Toni Blake: How's that?
Slappy Harris: I mean its a killer duck. Well, when he starts us cats sending, you ought to see the alligators pack around the grandstand.
Toni Blake: I don't mean to be rude, but, are you giving me the double-talk?
Don Vincente: Ha-ha. Nah, that's just a little swing lingo. He means the customers like our work.
Toni Blake: Does he speak English too?
Don Vincente: Of course he does. Slappy, say a few words in English for the lady.
Slappy Harris: Oh, she knows what I mean. She's no icky.

Crazy credits
The credits are printed into a restaurant menu and the pages are turned by a male hand.

Soundtracks
Garden of the Moon
(1938) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Al Dubin and Johnny Mercer
Played during the opening credits and often in the score
Sung by Mabel Todd with Harry Seymour on piano
Also sung by John Payne with the orchestra

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Featured review

5/10

garden of the moon

A fairly lackluster affair with a very subdued Busby B. And as we all know a Busby B without his patented, pre psychedelic staging and pre nuclear energy is kinda like Clayton Kershaw without his slider or The Stones without Jagger. In other words, nothing in this eminently ordinary 1938 musical comes within an ocean of the mind bending/blowing, which is where the good Busby B musicals start.. And that includes the songs, Payne in place of Powell, Lindsey in place of Lombard, and an aggressively unfunny Pat O'Brien who, try as hard as he might, cannot shed his usual Irish hard ass and replace it with charm. Give it a C.

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