The Ames Company tries to keep Uncle Cedric uninvolved. But Cedric hires Joe and Minnie, buying her a dress shop with bookkeeper Colleen. Scandal follows when Donald is infatuated with Colle... Read allThe Ames Company tries to keep Uncle Cedric uninvolved. But Cedric hires Joe and Minnie, buying her a dress shop with bookkeeper Colleen. Scandal follows when Donald is infatuated with Colleen, who makes the shop profitable.The Ames Company tries to keep Uncle Cedric uninvolved. But Cedric hires Joe and Minnie, buying her a dress shop with bookkeeper Colleen. Scandal follows when Donald is infatuated with Colleen, who makes the shop profitable.
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- Warren - Page Boy
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSeventh of eleven feature films starring Joan Blondell and Dick Powell released from 1931 to 1941. They would be married from 1936-1944.
- Quotes
Colleen Reilly: [Ames has a black eye] What you need is some beefsteak for that eye.
Donald Ames 3rd: Oh, that's just propaganda put out by the meat packers so they can sell more beef.
Colleen Reilly: Come on, you're not gonna' tell a Reilly how to cure a black eye.
- Crazy creditsAfter the main titles, most of the principals (Powell, Keeler, Oakie, Blondell, Fazenda, Wilson, and Alberni) and introduced and sing about what they're going to do in the picture that follows. The exceptions are Herbert (who giggles) and Draper (who tap dances)
- ConnectionsEdited into Six Hits and a Miss (1942)
- SoundtracksBoulevardier from the Bronx
(1936) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Al Dubin
Sung and danced by Joan Blondell and Jack Oakie
Unfortunately, this film has just a few spurts of comedy, mostly in the dialog. It's musical part is moderately good. The film has a good cast for the period. Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert and Jack Oakie.
Ruby Keeler doesn't have a good singing voice at all. She even said that she dreaded it when she had to sing. So, one wonders why Warner Brothers had her sing at all. She was very good as a tap dancer.
Paul Draper does some excellent tap dancing as Paul Gordon. This was his first of just two films he made. Much of his career was on Broadway where he danced and choreographed shows. The fashion dance scene is a bit of an extravaganza but even it couldn't compare to those lavish productions by Busby Berkley at MGM.
Here are the funniest lines in this film.
Cedric Ames, "You know, all my life, I've wanted to have a hat and a cane just like this." Joe Cork, "All my life I've always wanted to have a boss just like you."
Logan, "Anything can happen to Mr. Ames if he's left alone with anyone for some time."
Logan, "I'm afraid your uncle has delusions of becoming a business executive again. We must find something for him to do." Donald Ames, "Well, I'll try to talk him into going around the world as soon as I get back from Chicago." Logan, "Yeah, but it's such a small world."
Logan, "What can we get him to do that would be harmless?" Donald Ames, "Have him cut out paper dolls." Logan, "Ah, he'd cut his fingers off." Donald, "Give him a pair of boxing gloves - no, you better not do that. He might knock himself out."
Minnie, 'Did you girls see anything of that book I was reading this noon?" Lois (uncredited), "What's the name of it, Minnie?" Minnie, "I don't know. It had a yellow back with a picture of a girl stabbin' herself on it."
Mabel, "Oh, please, Mr. Ames, have another one. I work on commission, you know. And everything I get goes toward my tonsils."
Colleen, after a knock on their door, "See who it is, pop." Pop Reilly, "I regret to say I am busy."
Minnie Hawkins, "His biography? Oh, I've always wanted to write one. Can I help?" Joe Cork, "Fair enough. I'll take you to a swell chop suey parlor where they've got a pen." Minnie, "Oh, swell."
Donald Ames, "Minnie, you've never been abroad, have you?" Minnie, "See here." Donald, "Oh, I mean Europe, Paris, London."
Colleen, "What you need is some beefsteak for that eye." Donald, "Oh, that's just propaganda put out by the meat packers so they can sell more beef." Colleen, "Come on, you're not gonna tell a Reilly how to cure a black eye?"
Donald, "Tell the lady he's in a coma. He's been in one for four years."
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- Apr 1, 2020
Details
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1