(70 min) Released 1936-01-20
Director: Joseph Santley
Stars: Ben Lyon, Joan Marsh, Edward J. Nugent
Genres: Comedy | Music
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027495/
Watched online.
Release falls between Strike Me Pink and Anything Goes.
Starting at minute 6:15, Nick Condos dances for a minute. At 1:04:20 the OTA radio dance lesson program begins, and various individuals are shown dancing at home or work, including chef Nick Condos dancing atop everything in his kitchen, including a 3-tier organizer where he reminds me of Bill Robinson dancing on his custom staircase in Harlem is Heaven ('32). The whole number, at 6 different venues with 1-2 dancers each, lasts only 4 minutes, but it's very good. Oddly, at the radio station, we glimpse a Condos brother in the audience (not dancing) on the right side of the screen; is it Nick too, or a brother?
The story is pretty good, and the actors look different enough that I can follow it despite their being almost all strange faces to me. Isabel Jewell will be one of the crash survivors in Lost Horizon ('37); in High Sierra ('41) her credit is "Blonde", which likely would be more apt in lower case. Lloyd Bridges is listed in the cast as "Young Man", but I didn't look for him.
Really only recommended because of Nick Condos (fore and aft appearances), and the rest of that closing number.
Republic, dir. Santley; 7-
