Director: ANDREW L. STONE. Screenplay: Frederick Jackson, Edmund L. Hartmann. Story: Andrew L. Stone. Photography: Charles Schoenbaum. Film editor: Harvey Manger. Art director: F. Paul Sylos. Set decorator: Earl Wooden. Music: Phil Boutelje. Songs (both Havoc) by Phil Boutelje (music) and Foster Carling (lyrics): "Loved Too Little Too Late" and "Big Sombrero". Music director: Phil Boutelje. Cartoon sequence produced by Leon Schlesinger, directed by Friz Freleng. Make-up: Ted Larsen. Costumes designed by Adrian. Assistant director: Henry Kesler. Sound recording: William H. Lynch. Assistant to producer: Carley Harriman. Associate producer: Edward Finney. Producer: Andrew L. Stone.
Copyright 20 August 1943 by Andrew L. Stone Productions, Inc. Released through United Artists: 20 August 1943. New York opening at the Palace: 23 September 1943. Australian release: 16 March 1944. 6,586 feet. 73 minutes.
Re-issued by Astor Pictures in 1950 under the title: DIAMONDS AND CRIME.
SYNOPSIS: Sailor has only 48 hours leave to get married and have his honeymoon. Alas, both events are subjected to a series of involved, if unexpected, interruptions.
COMMENT: A delightfully wacky comedy that pokes fun at marriage, movies, audiences, wheeler-dealing and grand opera (amongst other subjects), breezily directed by Andrew L. Stone and most ingratiatingly played by a fine cast of professionals who know how to extract the most fun from the screwball situations.
It's invidious to single out one or two, but I must compliment Adolphe Menjou and June Havoc (who make a great team) and I cannot praise Pola Negri too highly either. Barton Hepburn also contributes well beyond the call of duty to the crazy plot.
The support roster bursts at the seams with a parade of our favorite character players, some of whom, like Bert Roach (trapped in a taxi- cab) and Joe Devlin (word-tangled with Mickey Finn) have never had it so good.
In fact, so much laughter is generated by the movie, most of us tend to forget it's a so-called "fringe" musical which boasts two delightful songs by the sexy Miss Havoc, the first of which she kindly reprises, and the second which she deals out double-swinging by accompanying herself on a large-screen juke-box. And it's all attractively photographed, set and costumed.
Production values, including a delightful surprise cartoon finale, rate as "A" plus.
Copyright 20 August 1943 by Andrew L. Stone Productions, Inc. Released through United Artists: 20 August 1943. New York opening at the Palace: 23 September 1943. Australian release: 16 March 1944. 6,586 feet. 73 minutes.
Re-issued by Astor Pictures in 1950 under the title: DIAMONDS AND CRIME.
SYNOPSIS: Sailor has only 48 hours leave to get married and have his honeymoon. Alas, both events are subjected to a series of involved, if unexpected, interruptions.
COMMENT: A delightfully wacky comedy that pokes fun at marriage, movies, audiences, wheeler-dealing and grand opera (amongst other subjects), breezily directed by Andrew L. Stone and most ingratiatingly played by a fine cast of professionals who know how to extract the most fun from the screwball situations.
It's invidious to single out one or two, but I must compliment Adolphe Menjou and June Havoc (who make a great team) and I cannot praise Pola Negri too highly either. Barton Hepburn also contributes well beyond the call of duty to the crazy plot.
The support roster bursts at the seams with a parade of our favorite character players, some of whom, like Bert Roach (trapped in a taxi- cab) and Joe Devlin (word-tangled with Mickey Finn) have never had it so good.
In fact, so much laughter is generated by the movie, most of us tend to forget it's a so-called "fringe" musical which boasts two delightful songs by the sexy Miss Havoc, the first of which she kindly reprises, and the second which she deals out double-swinging by accompanying herself on a large-screen juke-box. And it's all attractively photographed, set and costumed.
Production values, including a delightful surprise cartoon finale, rate as "A" plus.