Artists & Models (1937), 6+

Mac Brewster (Benny) is head of an advertising firm that is in debt. The million-dollar Townsend Silver contract could save the firm, but the wealthy playboy Alan Townsend (Arlen) wants an ... 
(97 min) Released 1937-08-04
Director: Raoul Walsh
Stars: Jack Benny, Ida Lupino, Richard Arlen, Gail Patrick.
Vincente Minnelli ... staging director: "Public Melody No. 1"
LeRoy Prinz ... musical numbers staged by

Genres: Comedy | Musical
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I like Ida Lupino and Gail Patrick (in general, and here.) GP doesn't play a be-atch this time, but she is a society dame. Hedda Hopper acts, playing the wise-cracking aunt (or some such), but with little screen time. BTW, Jack Benny (1894-1974) was already well-past his 39th birthday in 1937.

Wow, the Soundtracks list a bunch of songs and only 1 has any performer attached; I submitted changes:

• Ch 3: opening number by Yacht Club Boys about Sasha Pasha, a stupendous producer, with wardrobe borrowed by both versions of Max Bialystock in The Producers (1967 and 2005). This was absent from the Soundtracks.
• Ch 5: Pop Goes the Bubble, sung by Judy Canova in the tub
• Ch 6: no title for the music, but there's a circus being performed in JB's office
• Ch 7: Whispers in the Dark, sung by Connie Boswell w/ Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra, 2 sync'd swimmers (where? perhaps in the moat around the orchestra? We only see them in 2-shots, above and under water). The singer is kept in the dark because of the lyrics?
• Ch 8: Stop You're Breaking My Heart, sung by JC, danced by JC & Ben Blue. This song is used a lot in the score, with different arrangement(s?).
• Ch 9: Mister Esquire, danced by Ben Blue and Patterson's Personettes (marionettes); I like the instruments playing themselves, and the model luxury building
• Ch 11: Jesse James (folk song, absent from the Soundtracks) by Canova trio
• Ch 12: Public Melody No. 1,  sung by Martha Raye in tropical makeup on Harlem street scene w/black actors, played & recited by Louis Armstrong   (staging this is Vincente Minnelli's first film credit) 
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• I Have Eyes ??
• Moonlight and Shadows ??
• Found both songs on YouTube from Artie Shaw w/ Helen Forrest, and Bing Crosby respectively, and still can't locate them in the movie.

The musical interludes make little sense; some are tied to the characters, others are not. But if they entertain, numbers can just exist. And most of these do entertain (the Bubbles bug me; use FFWD since nextChapter skips too much.) And I like the sets and costumes. I ran the movie several times over the day because I was doing other things.

Paramount, dir. Walsh; 6+