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Release Date:
16 July 1937 (USA)
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Tagline:
90 ROARING MINUTES OF LAUGHS! (original 11x14 title lobby card) more
Plot:
A fun-loving couple, finding that they died and are now ghosts, decide to shake up the stuffy lifestyle of a friend of theirs. full summary | full synopsis
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Ghost
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Bank
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Accident
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Hotel Detective
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Second Chance
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
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(4 articles)
Birthday Suit: You've Seen Demi's
(From FilmExperience. 11 November 2009, 4:00 AM, PST)
Full Programme announced for the 2009 London Film Festival
(From The Hollywood News. 9 September 2009, 3:57 AM, PDT)
(From FilmExperience. 11 November 2009, 4:00 AM, PST)
Full Programme announced for the 2009 London Film Festival
(From The Hollywood News. 9 September 2009, 3:57 AM, PDT)
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Roland Young Is Wonderful
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Constance Bennett | ... | Marion Kerby |
 | Cary Grant | ... | George Kerby |
 | Roland Young | ... | Cosmo Topper |
 | Billie Burke | ... | Mrs. Clara Topper |
| Alan Mowbray | ... | Wilkins |
| Eugene Pallette | ... | Casey |
| Arthur Lake | ... | Elevator Boy |
| Hedda Hopper | ... | Mrs. Grace Stuyvesant |
| Virginia Sale | ... | Miss Johnson |
| Theodore von Eltz | ... | Hotel Manager |
| J. Farrell MacDonald | ... | Policeman (as J. Farrell McDonald) |
| Elaine Shepard | ... | Secretary |
| Doodles Weaver | ... | Rustic |
| Si Jenks | ... | Rustic |
| Three Hits and a Miss | ... | Themselves - Vocal Quartette |
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97 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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USA:Approved (PCA #3272) |
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) |
USA:TV-G (TV rating) |
Finland:K-16 |
Germany:o.Al.
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The fancy finned-back car driven by the Kerbys was custom built by the Bohman & Schwartz Co. using a 1936 Buick Roadmaster chassis. Originally the producers had in mind to use a coffin-nosed Cord, but it wasn't large enough. In the custom-made Buick there were special compartments for camera equipment, etc. The Buick resembles a Cord, but the supercharger pipes on the side were just decorations (a Cord comes with an actual supercharger). After filming the Buick was bought by the Gilmore Oil Co. and was used for promotional purposes for many years. It was updated in 1954 with a Chrysler Imperial chassis and drive train. The car driven by Cosmo Topper is a 1936 Lincoln Model K.
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Quotes:
Marion Kerby:
Hey, George, is this 10:30 in the morning?
George Kerby: No, this is Topper's bank.
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George Kerby: No, this is Topper's bank.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Somewhere, Tomorrow (1983)
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Soundtrack:
Old Man Moon
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Constance Bennett and Roland Young as superb in this charming comedy. Cary Grant is in it too. George and Marion get killed in a car wreck but hang around to change the life of stuffy banker, Cosmo Topper.
Nice performances by the stars and some OK 1937 special effects. Not quite a screwball comedy, but things get going toward the end. The film is rather too staid for the first hour.
Billie Burke is fun as are Eugene Palette and Arthur Lake. Alan Mowbray seems miscast. Virgina Sale is good as the secretary but Hedda Hopper is wasted.
I fondly remember the TV series but I imagine it doesn't hold up. This was a huge hit and helped establish Grant as a comedy star, revived Bennett's career, and put Young on the map with an Oscar nomination.