Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who is about to expose the editor's ties to the mob. When the editor is killed, both reporter Banning and mobster Tony Garcia are suspected.
Frank Tuttle
Casts & Crew
Edgar Bergen
Robert Cummings
Constance Moore
John Sutton
Louis Calhern
Edgar Kennedy
Samuel S. Hinds
Harold Huber
Warren Hymer
Mortimer Snerd
Ray Turner
Stanley Andrews
Granville Bates
Dora Clement
G. Pat Collins
Alec Craig
Eddie Dunn
Edward Fliegle
Bess Flowers
Robert Greig
Anne Gwynne
Eddie Hall
John Harmon
Grace Hayle
Al Hill
Charles Irwin
Charles Lane
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
Frances Morris
Joey Ray
Frances Robinson
William Ruhl
Dick Rush
Louise Seidel
Konstantin Shayne
Milburn Stone
Charles Sullivan
Anthony Warde
Billy Wayne
Crane Whitley
Claire Whitney
June Wilkins
Charles Williams
Also Directed by Frank Tuttle
The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor at the show to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show's star, who also happens to be the owner's wife. However, he soon begins to notice that his new manager is paying more attention to his wife than he believes is appropriate...
A police captain's emotions get in the way when his daughter is kidnapped.
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter's pineapple company located in beautiful Hawaii. He gets the company to sponsor a contest in which the winner gets a Hawaiian vacation and is obligated to write articles on the islands which, when published, will constitute a publicity coup for the company. Unfortunately, Georgia Smith, the winner, feels lonely and isolated in the Islands and wants to return to the States. With help from buddy Shad Buggle Tony tries to romantically divert Georgia without letting her know his true motivation.
This is the first sound version of George Kelly's THE SHOW OFF. There was a silent version starring Ford Sterling a few years earlier and two MGM versions later on, one starring Spencer Tracy and the other Red Skelton. This version starring Hal Skelly is technically the best of the sound versions, with sure-handed comedy construction and some interesting camera-work by Archie Stout.
A songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.
A plane crash-lands on a jungle island inhabited by a scientist and his nubile young daughters. Complications ensue.
A rakish fellow involves himself with a married woman. Later his secretary endeavors to win him away with the promise of a more stable relationship. The rake is tempted, but then decides he prefers the married woman, which is fine with her husband who has an eye for the secretary.
To prove his thesis that any product--even one that doesn't exist--can be merchandized if it is advertised properly, a young man gets together with his father's savvy secretary to market a non-existent laundry soap. Complications ensue when his "product" turns out to be more successful than even he imagined--and now he has to deliver.