Summaries

A young woman is hired as a theater usherette and encounters her matinée idol, who helps her become a hit, and soon she finds herself engaged to another man, prompting a battle of romantic wits ensues.

A famous singer and matinée idol helps a pretty young theater usher in her dreams of becoming a singer, but when her career begins to take off and she becomes engaged to a wealthy young man, he realizes he's fallen for her and plots to break up her impending marriage.[email protected]

Dancer Jane Morrow gets a job as an usherette in a movie theatre and meets Brad Morgan, popular master-of-ceremonies and band-leader. They begin a romance. Believing that Brad is showing too much interest in Jane, eccentric theatre-manager S. J. Crawford fires him. Maxine Barry, Crawford's niece, talks her uncle into giving Jane an audition, she makes good and Crawford bills her as the girl-who-broke-Brad Morgan's-heart. Press-agent "Inky" Wells decides an on-stage wedding at the theatre, between Jane and Brad, would be big-time box-office,and gets Brad to agree to it. But Brad, enraged about Jane's billing, has other plans; he intends to not show up, and leave standing alone at the theatre-altar.—Les Adams <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • damsel in distress
  • farce
  • song in title
  • laughter
  • theatre usherette
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Romance
  • Music
Release date Oct 14, 1937
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English Spanish
Filming locations Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies Paramount Pictures

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 15m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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