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7 June 1935 (USA)
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A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher. full summary | full synopsis
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what George Stevens did before his big pictures
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Bert Wheeler | ... | Johnnie |
| Robert Woolsey | ... | Newton |
| Fred Keating | ... | William Darrell |
 | Betty Grable | ... | Mary Roberts |
| Evelyn Brent | ... | Mrs. Alice Lake |
| Erik Rhodes | ... | George Clark |
| Hale Hamilton | ... | Winfield Lake |
| Charles C. Wilson | ... | Capt. Jennings (as Charles Wilson) |
| Arthur Aylesworth | ... | Lurch |
| Willie Best | ... | Sleepy |
| Lew Kelly | ... | J. Gabriel Hazel |
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81 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Victor System)
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USA:Approved (PCA #839)
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Male Singer: [singing] I'm not the same at all, / And I can blame it all; / I thought that love was a lark. / There's something strange in me, / The sudden change in me; / I walk around in the dark. / Suddenly I found a star. / You've opened my eyes. / You made me see the light, / The beauty of the night. / You've opened my eyes. / You taught me to see / The sunny side of things. / The heart within me sings. / You brought this to me.
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Male Singer: [singing] I'm not the same at all, / And I can blame it all; / I thought that love was a lark. / There's something strange in me, / The sudden change in me; / I walk around in the dark. / Suddenly I found a star. / You've opened my eyes. / You made me see the light, / The beauty of the night. / You've opened my eyes. / You taught me to see / The sunny side of things. / The heart within me sings. / You brought this to me.
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Soundtrack:
Music in My Heart
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The Nitwits puts Wheeler and Woolsey into a murder mystery and as you can imagine, they manage to cause havoc as usual. Betty Grable is on hand as Bert's love interest but she doesn't do much beyond one number they sing together early on. Most of the film is took up with daft murder and chase stuff, one or two set pieces working really well but the film isn't as snappy and fun as some of their earlier work.
The director, George Stevens, went on to direct the likes of A Place in the Sun and Woman of the Year, but this early effort shows what he was up to in the first 15 years of his long career.