Lucille Ball is a star at the studio. Staff publicity man Jack Oakie keeps coming up with publicity stunts for her that go awry.
A lot of movies are OK and that's good enough. Sometimes they contain an interesting performer and this movie has lots of them, from Lucille Ball, with her name above the title for the first time, Jack Oakie, who gets top billing, and Ruth Donnelly, Fritz Feld, Thurston Hall, and Florence Lake. It's a well constructed comedy, even if the seams show a bit, and it shows the signs of having been edited down considerably -- who uses Ruth Donnelly for three wisecracks and then cuts away?
Well, maybe that's my biases showing. The movie, as it exists, makes it clear that the star is Oakie, and Miss Ball's gags are limited. Mostly, she's still an ensemble player, best when dealing with other cast members. But she was smart and would keep on learning how to do her job, and wind up owning the entire studio as a result.
A lot of movies are OK and that's good enough. Sometimes they contain an interesting performer and this movie has lots of them, from Lucille Ball, with her name above the title for the first time, Jack Oakie, who gets top billing, and Ruth Donnelly, Fritz Feld, Thurston Hall, and Florence Lake. It's a well constructed comedy, even if the seams show a bit, and it shows the signs of having been edited down considerably -- who uses Ruth Donnelly for three wisecracks and then cuts away?
Well, maybe that's my biases showing. The movie, as it exists, makes it clear that the star is Oakie, and Miss Ball's gags are limited. Mostly, she's still an ensemble player, best when dealing with other cast members. But she was smart and would keep on learning how to do her job, and wind up owning the entire studio as a result.