Two wisecracking manicurists flee an irate gangster.Two wisecracking manicurists flee an irate gangster.Two wisecracking manicurists flee an irate gangster.
Brooks Benedict
- Man on Dance Floor
- (uncredited)
André Cheron
- Jacques
- (uncredited)
Yola d'Avril
- French Manicurist
- (uncredited)
Maxine Doyle
- Silent Outdoor Girl of America
- (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
- Man on Dance Floor
- (uncredited)
Lillian Harmer
- Outdoor Girls of America Leader
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe film was completed three months before its release, but Warner Bros. decided to delay the release of the film until after the birth of Joan Blondell's child so that Blondell would not be off the screen for too long a period.
- GoofsAfter Ashcraft tells Marie to get out of his room, she heads toward Rosie's room. Marie does a frantic knock on the door then tries the door handle but the door is locked. Since she wasn't aware that Dr. Sascha had locked Rosie's room; Marie should have first tried the door handle and upon discovering that it was locked then start banging on the door frantically. Glenda Farrell as the actor knowing that the door was locked caused the character to react prematurely thus leading to an error.
- Quotes
Dynamite 'Dynie' Carson: You been sniffin' that nose candy again?
- ConnectionsReferenced in The FBI Story (1959)
Featured review
Fast-paced nonsense
Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell spout zippy dialog as a couple of manicurists moving up in the world in this very silly comedy.
Robert Armstrong is Dynamite, a good-natured tough guy who wants to marry Blondell—who is keen on that idea despite Glenda's outspoken disapproval ("If you was the bearded lady in the circus, you'd still be too good for Dynamite"). All three end up on a boat bound for Paris, where Armstrong meets millionaire Hugh Herbert and quickly declares himself Herbert's bodyguard.
The plot itself makes very little sense but is held together, more or less, by the personalities of the four stars, who seem determined to make it something fun, however thin the story. The dialog is certainly colorful—packed with phrases like "a low down mug" and "That guy getting fresh?"—and generally delivered as rapidly as humanly possible (especially by Blondell and Farrell, certainly a couple of Hollywood's all-time great fast talkers).
Overall, it's not particularly memorable but very easy to take for the hour or so it lasts.
Robert Armstrong is Dynamite, a good-natured tough guy who wants to marry Blondell—who is keen on that idea despite Glenda's outspoken disapproval ("If you was the bearded lady in the circus, you'd still be too good for Dynamite"). All three end up on a boat bound for Paris, where Armstrong meets millionaire Hugh Herbert and quickly declares himself Herbert's bodyguard.
The plot itself makes very little sense but is held together, more or less, by the personalities of the four stars, who seem determined to make it something fun, however thin the story. The dialog is certainly colorful—packed with phrases like "a low down mug" and "That guy getting fresh?"—and generally delivered as rapidly as humanly possible (especially by Blondell and Farrell, certainly a couple of Hollywood's all-time great fast talkers).
Overall, it's not particularly memorable but very easy to take for the hour or so it lasts.
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- Princess of Kansas City
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- Runtime1 hour 4 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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