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Writers:
Bernice Boone (story)
Sheridan Gibney (writer) ...
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Release Date:
5 August 1938 (USA) more
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Truly Great Entertainment - Great in theme...great in cast...and the great scalawag Charlie McCarthy
Plot:
An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter shows up... more | add synopsis
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Edgar is no dummy...... more (7 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Adolphe Menjou | ... | John Mannering |
 | Andrea Leeds | ... | Katherine 'Kay' Martin |
| George Murphy | ... | Barry Paige |
| Edgar Bergen | ... | Edgar Bergen |
| Charlie McCarthy | ... | Himself - dummy |
| Mortimer Snerd | ... | Himself - dummy |
| Rita Johnson | ... | Honey |
 | Ann Sheridan | ... | Lydia Hoyt |
| Ernest Cossart | ... | Andrews, the Butler |
| Frank Jenks | ... | Joe, theatre prompter |
| Eve Arden | ... | Cora Phelps |
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USA:104 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
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USA:Approved | Canada:G (Ontario) | Finland:K-16
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Quotes:
Edgar Bergen:
I don't think that's very funny.
Charlie McCarthy:
You don't?
Edgar Bergen:
No.
Charlie McCarthy:
Well then, why did you make me say it?
Edgar Bergen:
Oh, I see.
Charlie McCarthy:
[Aside] That kills him, yes.
[to Bergen]
Charlie McCarthy:
Uh, you're not so clever either, Mr. Bergen.
Edgar Bergen:
Oh, I'm not?
Charlie McCarthy:
No, I can see your lips move.
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Sorry. Anyways, I just saw this, it was pretty good-pretty serious plotline of aging actor Adolphe Menjou, his estranged daughter Leeds and his trying to make it back onto Broadway while hiding her existence from the press-gets undermined somewhat by the oddly large roles of Snerd and McCarthy. They are funny-but it's kinda like sticking Fozzie Bear and Grover into the middle of a 'A Brilliant Mind'...maybe not something you would see now but then? It was par for the chorus.
Fine character actors-George Murphy, young Anne Sheriden, etc all add to the mix. I liked it, it's an interesting period piece if nothing else.
**1/2 outta ****