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The vacationing head of a successful shoe company is placed as his rival's trustee, unbeknownst to them.The vacationing head of a successful shoe company is placed as his rival's trustee, unbeknownst to them.The vacationing head of a successful shoe company is placed as his rival's trustee, unbeknownst to them.
Charles E. Evans
- Mr. Haslitt
- (as Charles Evans)
Harry C. Bradley
- Reeves Company Board Member
- (uncredited)
Don Brodie
- Hartland Company Salesman
- (uncredited)
James Bush
- Tommy's Bridge Opponent
- (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
- Mike - the Auditor
- (uncredited)
Clay Clement
- Atkinson - Hartland Company Salesman
- (uncredited)
Edward Cooper
- Jackson - Hartland's Butler
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaShot in only 18 days.
- GoofsWhen Reeves is going over the books with Jenny and Tommy, a column of figures is shown, depicting the firm's losses, and the total shown is $208,000. The actual sum should be $200,000.
- ConnectionsRemade as Everybody's Old Man (1936)
- SoundtracksYoung and Healthy
(1933) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played during the opening credits and at the end
Also played during the Hartland party
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Work Is The Curse Of The Drinking Classes
George Arliss is a shoe manufacturer, whose greatest joy is the fight against the competitor who married the girl they both loved. When he finds his competitor is dead, he goes fishing in Maine and runs into the man's two children, Bette Davis and Theodore Newton, two young wastrels who are drinking all the bootleg in the United States, while the factory's management guts the business. So he decides to reform them all.
It's another of Arliss' modern dress comedies, which are my favorites. It's also his second movie with Miss Davis -- his first was THE MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES. At this point in her career, she was considered an absolute dub, whom one executive said "has as much sex appeal as Slim Summerville." Arliss saw something in her. It turned out he was right.
It's another of Arliss' modern dress comedies, which are my favorites. It's also his second movie with Miss Davis -- his first was THE MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES. At this point in her career, she was considered an absolute dub, whom one executive said "has as much sex appeal as Slim Summerville." Arliss saw something in her. It turned out he was right.
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- boblipton
- Sep 19, 2019
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- Budget
- $193,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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