Rudy Vallee did not have the fortune of being Crosby to transfer as a crooning star from the 1930's into the 1940's, although he did well as a character actor. In this B Universal comedy, he gets to prove his talent as a comedian in probably his last leading part, and he is very amusing as a past-his-prime singer and Playboy whose sudden marriage to fellow singer Helen Parrish is threatened by his being unable to give up his fascination with other women. When he goes off on a tour and leaves her behind, she pairs up with the square Jerome Cowan who convinces her to get a divorce... Or does he?
This is a rare chance to see the same year's "Wolf Man" in a rare comedy performance and truly hysterical as he attempts to better himself with elocution lessons that when spoken in a deadpan manner make Lon Chaney Jr. truly as funny as the other comics he's around. Chaney is the boyfriend of hard-boiled waitress Iris Adrian whom Vallee uses to make Parrish jealous. Adrian get some delicious wisecracks at Chaney's expense, utilizing the still used phrase of "Better to keep your mouth shut and avoid people thinking that you're an idiot than to open it and erase all doubt."
There are several musical numbers that add spice to this programmer, and Vallee even gets to repeat his 30's hit, "The Man on the Flying Trapeze". Other comics such as Gus Schilling and Shemp Howard add funny moments as the elevator operator and apartment receptionist who get more perplexed as the antics between Parrish, Cowan, Vallee, Adrian and Chaney get all the more amusing. At just an hour, this flys by and is filled with much more amusements then many comedies which ran close to two hours.
This is a rare chance to see the same year's "Wolf Man" in a rare comedy performance and truly hysterical as he attempts to better himself with elocution lessons that when spoken in a deadpan manner make Lon Chaney Jr. truly as funny as the other comics he's around. Chaney is the boyfriend of hard-boiled waitress Iris Adrian whom Vallee uses to make Parrish jealous. Adrian get some delicious wisecracks at Chaney's expense, utilizing the still used phrase of "Better to keep your mouth shut and avoid people thinking that you're an idiot than to open it and erase all doubt."
There are several musical numbers that add spice to this programmer, and Vallee even gets to repeat his 30's hit, "The Man on the Flying Trapeze". Other comics such as Gus Schilling and Shemp Howard add funny moments as the elevator operator and apartment receptionist who get more perplexed as the antics between Parrish, Cowan, Vallee, Adrian and Chaney get all the more amusing. At just an hour, this flys by and is filled with much more amusements then many comedies which ran close to two hours.