I found this hidden gem on a streaming movie channel. I knew I was in for some great pre-code fun when the beginning started with a lady holding two large globes to her chest! The movie starts with Pat (a very underrated Shirley Grey) and Max Silver (Leon Ames, then known as Leon Waycoff) professioning their love for each other. Pat then says good night and goes to her apartment. Max later comes up, claiming he wants to call a cab. He calls the cab, but didn't go back downstairs. You know what happens next.
Cut to Max's parents home, where his parents congratulate him on finally becoming a doctor and his residency in Vienna. They are also Orthodox Jewish and have picked out the woman he will marry. It's not Pat.
Pat finds out from the newspaper she has been dumped. Life goes on. She goes to Luna Park in Coney Island and somehow gets stuck in the ladies room in a restaurant. The owner (Henry Armetta) asks Eddie (Jack Oakie) who is eating there, to help get her out without breaking down his door. He and Eddie get her out by a window but rip her dress in the process. Pat asks Eddie to escort her home because of her ripped dress. He does and he asks her out. After some hemming and hawing she does.
Eddie's job is collecting coins in gum machines. He's a working class, two fisted guy and very likeable. Max is not. He comes back and thinks he can pick up where he left off. Pat, who is now dating Eddie, keeps telling him no, which he doesn't take for an answer.
She and Eddie get engaged, but she skips her engagement party to be with Max. Nevertheless she marries Eddie on the rebound. On their wedding night, she tells him about her involvement with Max and it would be okay if he left, knowing this. He stays.
Fast forward, the slip into a happy married life until a accident lands her in the hospital.", needing a delicate spinal surgery. Knowing Max is a renowned doctor, he begs for his help. The surgery is a success, but Eddie feels that Pat still has feelings for Max. He sells his business to pay the doctor bill, even though Max did it for free. Eddie then leaves. Max sees this as an opening and gives Pat a boat ticket for Vienna (separate cabinets for show, Max says). Will she leave with Max? I won't tell the end, but it all works out.
I usually like Leon Ames. He's the loving father in Meet Me in St. Louis and the boisterous Colonel Kirkwood in Mr. Ed. His behavior in this movie was so selfish and mean, I was rooting for Eddie to beat the crap out of him.
Anyway, if you have a smart TV and are looking for great pre-code entertainment see this movie.
Cut to Max's parents home, where his parents congratulate him on finally becoming a doctor and his residency in Vienna. They are also Orthodox Jewish and have picked out the woman he will marry. It's not Pat.
Pat finds out from the newspaper she has been dumped. Life goes on. She goes to Luna Park in Coney Island and somehow gets stuck in the ladies room in a restaurant. The owner (Henry Armetta) asks Eddie (Jack Oakie) who is eating there, to help get her out without breaking down his door. He and Eddie get her out by a window but rip her dress in the process. Pat asks Eddie to escort her home because of her ripped dress. He does and he asks her out. After some hemming and hawing she does.
Eddie's job is collecting coins in gum machines. He's a working class, two fisted guy and very likeable. Max is not. He comes back and thinks he can pick up where he left off. Pat, who is now dating Eddie, keeps telling him no, which he doesn't take for an answer.
She and Eddie get engaged, but she skips her engagement party to be with Max. Nevertheless she marries Eddie on the rebound. On their wedding night, she tells him about her involvement with Max and it would be okay if he left, knowing this. He stays.
Fast forward, the slip into a happy married life until a accident lands her in the hospital.", needing a delicate spinal surgery. Knowing Max is a renowned doctor, he begs for his help. The surgery is a success, but Eddie feels that Pat still has feelings for Max. He sells his business to pay the doctor bill, even though Max did it for free. Eddie then leaves. Max sees this as an opening and gives Pat a boat ticket for Vienna (separate cabinets for show, Max says). Will she leave with Max? I won't tell the end, but it all works out.
I usually like Leon Ames. He's the loving father in Meet Me in St. Louis and the boisterous Colonel Kirkwood in Mr. Ed. His behavior in this movie was so selfish and mean, I was rooting for Eddie to beat the crap out of him.
Anyway, if you have a smart TV and are looking for great pre-code entertainment see this movie.