A cabaret dancer witnesses a murder and is forced to hide from gangsters by disguising herself as a male Princeton student.A cabaret dancer witnesses a murder and is forced to hide from gangsters by disguising herself as a male Princeton student.A cabaret dancer witnesses a murder and is forced to hide from gangsters by disguising herself as a male Princeton student.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
- Buzz Jones
- (as Edward Nugent)
- Martha - the Mercers' Maid
- (uncredited)
- Detective
- (uncredited)
- Lawton's Secretary
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhile filming this picture, the spirit gum holding Bing Crosby's ears back failed; he insisted on completing the film with his ears out, and never used the gum again.
- Quotes
Curly Flagg: Can I play the part? What's it like?
Gus McNeal: Well, you're dancing in a nightclub. A gangster comes after you. Somebody like, er, George Raft.
Curly Flagg: Swell!
Gus McNeal: He tries to make love to you but you fight him off.
Curly Flagg: Comedy, huh?
Gus McNeal: Oh, no, no, no. This is serious. You are a pure, sweet girl.
Curly Flagg: Yeah?
Gus McNeal: Yeah. But some instinct tells you what he wants so you fight him off. He tears part of your clothes off. And you stand there before him half-clothed.
Curly Flagg: Swell!
Gus McNeal: Now then, your brother comes in just in time and shoots him. You run away so you won't have to appear as a witness against your brother and a college boy finds you and hides you.
Curly Flagg: Say, that's a co-incidence.
Gus McNeal: Yeah, isn't it? Well, you and the boy fall in love with each other. But his father, a fanatic, accuses you of being a bad girl. You convince the father that you are pure so he tries to get you. He tears your clothes off.
Curly Flagg: Yay!
Gus McNeal: This time, the son rescues you. And marries you.
Curly Flagg: Then he tears my clothes off?
Gus McNeal: That is an idea.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Kid Millions (1934)
- SoundtracksPut a Little Rhythm in Every Little Thing You Do
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Sung and danced by Miriam Hopkins
From the hotcha number Hopkins sings and dances during the opening credits to the sequence where the movie studio head and crew descend on Princeton to put Hopkins in the movies, she proves herself a delightful comedienne.
Despite first billing, Crosby has little to do outside of his songs. Hopkins steals every scene she's in (not unusual) and is terrific in the singing and dancing numbers. Carlisle is solid in her second film and so is the underrated Nugent.
Henry Stephenson, Henry Kolker, George Barbier, Warrem Hymer, Lynne Overman, Judith Allen, Maude Turner Gordon, Vince Barnett co-star.
Basically remade in 1942 with Judy Canova and again in 1955 with Betty Grable.
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- Apr 28, 2006
Details
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1