In fact, the cast is about the only thing "Page Miss Glory" has in its favor. It is a 1930's comedy which has Marion Davies playing a slow-witted rube (think Gomer Pyle) who comes to the Big City to find a job. She catches on as a housemaid in a hotel, where Pat O'Brien and Frank McHugh are staying. They are con men who hear about a beauty contest on the radio and cook up a scheme to win the prize money.
It's not worth going into detail from there, because what follows is a dull story with a lousy script and jokes that fall flat, many of which have 'so's your old man'-type punch lines (I told you it was a 30's comedy). The camera lingers too long on some jokes and situations, taking some of the starch out of the humor, and Miss Davies overplays her part and flattens other spots which could have been funnier.
O'Brien and Mc Hugh do their best, with O'Brien relying on his loud, rapid-fire delivery to gin up excitement. Mary Astor is on hand with little to do and is given some stale dialogue, and the same for Allen Jenkins, Barton MacLane and Patsy Kelly. The title song is fair at best. All in all, a forgettable effort directed by, of all people, Mervyn LeRoy, who should have known better.
It's not worth going into detail from there, because what follows is a dull story with a lousy script and jokes that fall flat, many of which have 'so's your old man'-type punch lines (I told you it was a 30's comedy). The camera lingers too long on some jokes and situations, taking some of the starch out of the humor, and Miss Davies overplays her part and flattens other spots which could have been funnier.
O'Brien and Mc Hugh do their best, with O'Brien relying on his loud, rapid-fire delivery to gin up excitement. Mary Astor is on hand with little to do and is given some stale dialogue, and the same for Allen Jenkins, Barton MacLane and Patsy Kelly. The title song is fair at best. All in all, a forgettable effort directed by, of all people, Mervyn LeRoy, who should have known better.