A zany musical about an amateur musician in search of work who impersonates a big band leader.A zany musical about an amateur musician in search of work who impersonates a big band leader.A zany musical about an amateur musician in search of work who impersonates a big band leader.
Edward J. Nugent
- Sport
- (as Eddie Nugent)
William A. Boardway
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Symona Boniface
- Musicale Guest
- (uncredited)
Patti Brill
- Orphan
- (uncredited)
Dorothy Gray
- Orphan
- (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
- NBC Radio Announcer
- (uncredited)
Gladden James
- Stevens - Reporter
- (uncredited)
Norman Peck
- Swiftie
- (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
- Mrs. Whitehall's Maid
- (uncredited)
Malcolm Waite
- Ted Grant
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRudy Vallee's movie debut.
- Quotes
Opening Title Card: Every small town has its small town band with big town ideas.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story: Birth of a Titan (1987)
- SoundtracksI Love You, Believe Me, I Love You
(1929) (uncredited)
Music by Rubey Cowan and Phil Boutelje
Lyrics by Philip Bartholomae
Played by The Connecticut Yankees
Sung by Rudy Vallee
Featured review
Marie Dressler and the music save this film
This film is for those who are interested in early talkies, and early talkie musicals in particular. If you are not in that group, then skip this film.
The plot has Rudy Bronson (Valee) and his band going to Long Island to attempt to audition for Ted Grant, who has loaned his name to a musical correspondence course that Bronson took and according to a newspaper clipping is looking for new talent. Promptly thrown out by the butler, the band members decide to break into Grant's home through the garden entrance, set up their instruments, and play for Grant anyway. However, Grant has already left to go back to New York. A series of misunderstandings has Bronson mistaken for the famous Grant by a neighbor, Mrs. Ethel Bertha Whitehall (Marie Dressler). A series of musical performances and comic misunderstandings later, and Mrs. Whitehall's niece has fallen for Bronson, with everyone still thinking he is Ted Grant. However will he get out of this dilemma?
The musical performances are quite good and include several big hits of that time including the title song which Valee also performs in "Glorifying the American Girl" which also came out in 1929. There is also a dancing performance by a group of chorus girls that involves some interesting formations that are photographed from a top view several years before Busby Berkeley made this sort of thing an art form. Rudy Valee and the other players leave much to be desired in the acting department, leaving plenty of room for Marie Dressler to steal the show as the comic society matron.
The plot has Rudy Bronson (Valee) and his band going to Long Island to attempt to audition for Ted Grant, who has loaned his name to a musical correspondence course that Bronson took and according to a newspaper clipping is looking for new talent. Promptly thrown out by the butler, the band members decide to break into Grant's home through the garden entrance, set up their instruments, and play for Grant anyway. However, Grant has already left to go back to New York. A series of misunderstandings has Bronson mistaken for the famous Grant by a neighbor, Mrs. Ethel Bertha Whitehall (Marie Dressler). A series of musical performances and comic misunderstandings later, and Mrs. Whitehall's niece has fallen for Bronson, with everyone still thinking he is Ted Grant. However will he get out of this dilemma?
The musical performances are quite good and include several big hits of that time including the title song which Valee also performs in "Glorifying the American Girl" which also came out in 1929. There is also a dancing performance by a group of chorus girls that involves some interesting formations that are photographed from a top view several years before Busby Berkeley made this sort of thing an art form. Rudy Valee and the other players leave much to be desired in the acting department, leaving plenty of room for Marie Dressler to steal the show as the comic society matron.
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- AlsExGal
- Nov 27, 2009
Details
- Runtime1 hour 5 minutes
- Color
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