Ross Hunter tries out his new lipstick on Ann Savage and kisses her. She slaps him, of course, but when it turns out they live in the same rooming house, his partners, amateur songwriter Billy Gilbert, and artist Fritz Feld charm her. They decide to enter the lipstick in the annual industry show, but competitor Alan Mowbray....
It's a surprisingly strong cast in this black & white musical from Columbia, including Glenda Farrell, Hugh Herbert, Ina Ray Hutton, and Thurston Hall. Everyone has a part to play in the clockwork plot, with the result that Ross Hunter comes off as wan and unappealing. Good thing he had producing to fall back on. Miss Savage is surprisingly charming after seeing her mostly as sociopaths in films noir. A set of unexceptional but decent songs complete the film without particularly distinguishing it.
It's a surprisingly strong cast in this black & white musical from Columbia, including Glenda Farrell, Hugh Herbert, Ina Ray Hutton, and Thurston Hall. Everyone has a part to play in the clockwork plot, with the result that Ross Hunter comes off as wan and unappealing. Good thing he had producing to fall back on. Miss Savage is surprisingly charming after seeing her mostly as sociopaths in films noir. A set of unexceptional but decent songs complete the film without particularly distinguishing it.