(87 min) Released 1937-11-14
Director: Irving Cummings
Stars: Bert Lahr, Jimmy Savo, Billy House, Mischa Auer, Alice Brady.
Genres: Comedy | Musical | Romance
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029234/
Watched online, poor quality print.
This is sort of zany, but not zany enough for me. Apparently not for the person who wrote the plot summary either, because it was FOUR characters causing mischief in H'wood, not two: the 3 men in the poster (Auer on the left, then House and Savo) plus Bert Lahr not pictured. Alice Brady as a socialite they are trying to manipulate so their adopted daughter (exact custody not clear, but her mother was their friend and died when the daughter was an infant) can marry Brady's son. I was busy and waited a few hours to write this, and don't remember how it ends.
It's a musical because the men and the daughter are vaudeville performers, so they sing some, and move to the music some.
Probably the only reason this is 6- and not 5+ is that it was good to see Mischa Auer in a featured role, appearing throughout the film, equally important with the other 3. He usually is a minor if not bit player. He deserved better.
Universal, dir. Cummings; 6-
