James Dunn and Cliff Edwards leave the carnival life when they are rooked by some clever ladies. Eventually, they are reunited with them when everyone turns up at Charles 'Buddy' Rogers' Broadway revue.
It's largely a revue in itself, with Dunn& Edwards undergoing various comical misadventures as they try to crack the Great White way, with occasional production numbers. Eventually, Rogers' revue opens, Lilian Roth sings "Eadie Was A Lady" backed by three girls including Vivian Vance, while Rogers & June Knight sing "It's Only A Paper Moon" in its screen introduction. It's clearly intended as a big movie, based on a show by Nacio Herb Brown & B. G. De Sylva that originally featured Ethel Merman. It had run more than 240 performances in the 1932 season, a huge hit in a bad year for the legitimate stage. There are three musical numbers by Vincent Youmans, and E. Y. Harburg did the lyrics to several of the songs.
It's largely a revue in itself, with Dunn& Edwards undergoing various comical misadventures as they try to crack the Great White way, with occasional production numbers. Eventually, Rogers' revue opens, Lilian Roth sings "Eadie Was A Lady" backed by three girls including Vivian Vance, while Rogers & June Knight sing "It's Only A Paper Moon" in its screen introduction. It's clearly intended as a big movie, based on a show by Nacio Herb Brown & B. G. De Sylva that originally featured Ethel Merman. It had run more than 240 performances in the 1932 season, a huge hit in a bad year for the legitimate stage. There are three musical numbers by Vincent Youmans, and E. Y. Harburg did the lyrics to several of the songs.