Small town girl Rosemary Lane heads off to NYC to become a famous actress. Boyfriend Eddie Albert follows her, bringing his family's life savings and a vague plan to buy a hotel. It's not long before this sweet and naïve couple encounter....
Wayne Morris and Ronald Reagan - a couple of stage producers who have a play but no money to produce it. Their friends and acquaintances are not forthcoming with cash. "Isn't it a wonderful thing," Morris notes, "how poor people can get when you're trying to raise some dough?"
Jane Wyman is hilarious as Reagan's wife. We meet her in his office, all dolled up, feet on his desk. She has won a big sweepstakes and is loaded--but she's not going to let Reagan blow her money on another lousy play. She hands him some bills: "Cuddles, there's your daily allowance." Reagan smiles delightedly. "TWO bucks?"
When our producers encounter Albert and his money, they quickly convince him to invest in their show and readily agree to hire Lane for the lead role. Complications set in when Ruth Terry shows up--she was the big star of their last flop and wants to star in this one too. She can't easily be brushed off because her boyfriend has taken an interest: "He's getting out of Alcatraz in three weeks. And boys? The kind of pineapples he throws don't come from Honolulu."
The great cast also includes Milburn Stone as the tough boyfriend and Tom Kennedy as his dim but enthusiastic henchman.
It's very funny, with lots of fast talking and a couple of neat plot turns. Rosemary Lane and Eddie Albert are just fine as the attractive lead couple--even though they are at times nearly drowned out by all the wackiness around them.
Wayne Morris and Ronald Reagan - a couple of stage producers who have a play but no money to produce it. Their friends and acquaintances are not forthcoming with cash. "Isn't it a wonderful thing," Morris notes, "how poor people can get when you're trying to raise some dough?"
Jane Wyman is hilarious as Reagan's wife. We meet her in his office, all dolled up, feet on his desk. She has won a big sweepstakes and is loaded--but she's not going to let Reagan blow her money on another lousy play. She hands him some bills: "Cuddles, there's your daily allowance." Reagan smiles delightedly. "TWO bucks?"
When our producers encounter Albert and his money, they quickly convince him to invest in their show and readily agree to hire Lane for the lead role. Complications set in when Ruth Terry shows up--she was the big star of their last flop and wants to star in this one too. She can't easily be brushed off because her boyfriend has taken an interest: "He's getting out of Alcatraz in three weeks. And boys? The kind of pineapples he throws don't come from Honolulu."
The great cast also includes Milburn Stone as the tough boyfriend and Tom Kennedy as his dim but enthusiastic henchman.
It's very funny, with lots of fast talking and a couple of neat plot turns. Rosemary Lane and Eddie Albert are just fine as the attractive lead couple--even though they are at times nearly drowned out by all the wackiness around them.