Summaries

Tony Martin goes to Kentucky to find talent to boost radio ratings. There it is learned that the Ritz brothers are really from New York and only pretending to be hillbillies to get on Martin's show.

Radio star Jerry Wade's program ratings are falling and he suggests to his sponsors a show that is different and he goes to Kentucky to find an idea. Caroline, a Kentucky girl in New York trying to crash into radio, learns of Wade's quest and takes her three friends--Harry, Jimmy, and Al Ritz--also aspiring to show-business fame, to Kentucky with her, where Wade discovers them in beards, guns, feuds, moonshine and every cliché that fits hillbillies. He stages a broadcast from the hills, which is not heard because of technical difficulties. He takes the whole troupe back to New York with him.—Les Adams <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • damsel in distress
  • actor shares first and last name with character
  • press agent
  • irate sponsor
  • radio program audience
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Romance
  • Music
Release date May 19, 1938
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies Twentieth Century Fox

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 27m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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