Lillian Bennett runs a theatrical boarding house in New York City. She doesn't want her débutante daughter Helen Bennett, reared in finishing schools away from New York, to know of her own glamorous stage career or her present occupation, as she dreads the possibility Helen would want a stage career, and she encourages her to marry her wealthy suitor, Rodney Stokes.
Is it worth a watch? Honestly, only if you’ve got a soft spot for 1930s musical comedy chaos and performers who clearly had a lot of caffeine before shooting. If you want a tight plot or anything resembling realistic human behavior, you’re going to hate this. It’s light, it’s loud, and it’s completely unbothered by log...
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"Is it worth a watch? Honestly, only if you’ve got a soft spot for 1930s musical comedy chaos and performers who clearly had a lot of caffeine before shooting. If you want a tight plot or anything resembling realistic human behavior, you’re going to hate this. It’s light, it’s loud, and it’s completely unbothered by logic. Lillian Bennett is pulling the oldest trick in the book: the "my daughter can't know I was a showgirl" routine. She’s running this boarding house in NYC, packed with stage per..."
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George Waggner, P.G. Wodehouse
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