Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.
Harry Einstein
- Parkyakarkus
- (as Parkyakarkus)
Helen Lowell
- Hattie 'Ma' Carson
- (as Helene Lowell)
Jack La Rue
- Mr. Thrust
- (as Jack LaRue)
Dona Drake
- Mademoiselle Fifi
- (as Rita Rio)
Sid Fields
- Chorley Lennox
- (as Sidney H. Fields)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to contemporary articles in the New York Times and Variety, Clarence Budington Kelland wrote his story as a vehicle for Harold Lloyd. The novel was serialized in The Saturday Evening Post from May 25 to June 29, 1935.
- GoofsWhen Eddie listens to the correspondence course record on his portable phonograph, there's a record in the compartment in the cover. It shows part of the sleeve for Columbia "New Process" records, dating to about 1926. In a tighter shot in the same scene, the record is gone.
- Quotes
Eddie Pink: Dead men don't hiccup.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
- SoundtracksFirst You Have Me High (Then You Have Me Low)
(1935) (uncredited)
Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics by Lew Brown
Sung by Ethel Merman and danced by chorus including The Goldwyn Girls
Also sung by Eddie Cantor a cappella
Featured review
A Lead Balloon
I usually like Eddie Cantor. And this has an agreeable supporting cast. But I found this a chore. Yes, the Dreamland amusement park is appealing. And it has some wonderful Harold Arlen songs. I love the one he and Ethel Merman sing about retiring to a farm. What a funny image that conjures up!
Merman is believable as a nightclub singer. But she isn't believable as a heartthrob. The dancing is fine but I found it hard not to compare it to the Warner's Berekely movies. And in comparison, it does not fare well.
Cantor's movies often have a strange charm. They're goofy but lovable. This one works way too hard. The final sequence seemed inept. I kept thinking how fabulous it would have been with Buster Keaton. Or with Harold Lloyd. With Cantor, it was as light as a cement cream puff.
Merman is believable as a nightclub singer. But she isn't believable as a heartthrob. The dancing is fine but I found it hard not to compare it to the Warner's Berekely movies. And in comparison, it does not fare well.
Cantor's movies often have a strange charm. They're goofy but lovable. This one works way too hard. The final sequence seemed inept. I kept thinking how fabulous it would have been with Buster Keaton. Or with Harold Lloyd. With Cantor, it was as light as a cement cream puff.
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- Handlinghandel
- Apr 10, 2006
Details
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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