A musical comedy that follows the progress of a college All America football player, Jim Crane(Grant Withers), whose swollen head is deflated when, after graduating , he takes a job as a Wall Street stock salesman. While poor at selling, he knows how to charm women and his boss has him concentrate his efforts on disposing of bad stock to gullible females, one of whom turns out to be the wife of his boss.
You should only watch this if you have a real soft spot for those creaky early talkies from the late twenties. If you’re looking for a smooth movie night, stay away. This is for the people who like seeing how movies struggled to find their feet when sound first showed up. It’s a musical comedy, technically. But the mu...
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Howard Bretherton
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"You should only watch this if you have a real soft spot for those creaky early talkies from the late twenties. If you’re looking for a smooth movie night, stay away. This is for the people who like seeing how movies struggled to find their feet when sound first showed up. It’s a musical comedy, technically. But the music feels like it was dropped in from another room. Jim Crane, played by Grant Withers, is a total jerk at the start. He’s a football star who thinks he’s the smartest guy in every..."
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Joseph E. Howard, William M. Hough, Frank R. Adams, De Leon Anthony, Robert Lord
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