A small town boy prefers playing the trumpet to working.A small town boy prefers playing the trumpet to working.A small town boy prefers playing the trumpet to working.
Photos
Clem Bevans
- Pop
- (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
- Theatre Manager
- (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
- Inn Patron
- (uncredited)
John Harron
- First Bank Examiner
- (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
- Inn Patron
- (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
- Mrs. Fletcher
- (uncredited)
Jack Luden
- Inn Patron
- (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
- Night Club Guest
- (uncredited)
Jack Mower
- Second Bank Examiner
- (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell
- Inn Patron
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- George Bricker
- H.W. Hanemann(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBill's imaginary profit of $5370 would be just over $100,000 in 2021 dollars.
- GoofsBill lists the profits he's made each year from 1930 to 1937 then boasts of the total he's made in seven years, but that range of years is actually eight years, not seven.
- SoundtracksIt's Against the Law in Arkansas
Music by Bernard Hanighen
Lyrics by Charles Henderson and Winston Tharp
Performed by Johnnie Davis and Penny Singleton
Featured review
A Fun Little Movie
This is a delightful and obviously obscure little movie since nobody has ever reviewed it on IMDb until now. The lead star is a musician named Johnnie Davis who was a lively sort of fellow, and an accomplished trumpet player and singer. The two young ladies starring are Penny Singleton who went on to become famous playing Blondie in the Dagwood series. Lola Lane was the sister of Rosemary Lane and Priscilla Lane. The story involves a young man who spends a lot of time making millions on paper playing the stock market, but since he does not have any actual money to invest, he is poor, but with big ambitions. Rather than work, he spends the rest of his time playing the trumpet. He shows his paper investments to a couple of guys who work in a local bank, one of whom is the manager and the other his girlfriend's brother-in-law. He doesn't divulge the entire secret to them, just enough for them to decide to embezzle $32,000 from the bank which they use to play his system in the stock market, and since they don't know all the details, the money is promptly lost. The trumpet player has left town touring with a band, and when he returns and learns about the theft, he convinces the two bankers to give him another $50,000 for another bout with the stock market. While all this is going on, a lively love story is evolving between the girls and the guys. Without divulging too many more details, let me say this was a surprising and funny film and I hope that others will watch for it to resurface on TCM where I saw it for the first time in October 2011. You won't regret spending an hour with this one.
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- joelsockwell
- Oct 12, 2011
Details
- Runtime1 hour
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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