Two wisecracking manicurists flee an irate gangster.Two wisecracking manicurists flee an irate gangster.Two wisecracking manicurists flee an irate gangster.
Brooks Benedict
- Man on Dance Floor
- (uncredited)
André Cheron
- Jacques
- (uncredited)
Yola d'Avril
- French Manicurist
- (uncredited)
Maxine Doyle
- Silent Outdoor Girl of America
- (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
- Man on Dance Floor
- (uncredited)
Lillian Harmer
- Outdoor Girls of America Leader
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSecond of five films pairing Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell as a comedy team released by Warner Bros. from 1933 to 1935, the other four being Havana Widows (1933), Traveling Saleslady (1935), We're in the Money (1935), and Miss Pacific Fleet (1935).
- GoofsAfter Ashcraft tells Marie to get out of his room, she heads toward Rosie's room. Marie does a frantic knock on the door then tries the door handle but the door is locked. Since she wasn't aware that Dr. Sascha had locked Rosie's room; Marie should have first tried the door handle and upon discovering that it was locked then start banging on the door frantically. Glenda Farrell as the actor knowing that the door was locked caused the character to react prematurely thus leading to an error.
- Quotes
Dynamite 'Dynie' Carson: You been sniffin' that nose candy again?
- ConnectionsReferenced in The FBI Story (1959)
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This farce has some good laughs at first, but it peters out half-way through.
Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell play fast-talking, wise-cracking blondes, roles they often had because they did it so well. They wind up trying to escape from small-time hood Robert Armstrong, who believes Blondell gave her engagement ring to Gordon Westcott, who actually stole it from her. The chase is on when Westcott meets Armstrong and shows the ring to him. He steals it back again, but is furious enough to wring Blondell's neck if he catches up with her. The fun in the first part is all in the chase, with the girls staying one step ahead of Armstrong, first by donning scout uniforms to get on their convention train, and then by jumping into a cab already occupied by two aldermen going to Paris by ship. Armstrong flew to New York to get there ahead of the train and followed the cab, with all three boarding the ship. Before you know it, they are on their way to Paris, but broke. The girls use their wiles to get passage money, and Armstrong uses his gun to force millionaire Hugh Herbert to hire him as a bodyguard. Farrell is more the gold digger of the two, and when she hears a millionaire is on board, they pose as French manicurists to get into his room, where Armstrong is waiting, but more pacified. At this point, the focus of the film changes, much to its detriment. The three hatch a plan to get Herbert's wife, Renee Whitney, to stop fooling around with Ivan Lebedeff in Paris and come back to Herbert. The idea is to trap Lebedeff in a room with one of the girls, so that Whitney can see how unfaithful he is to her. It didn't quite work out that way, with Herbert in for a big surprise.
The first half of the film was genuinely funny, with lots of quips and one-liners, including Farrell reminding Blondell that girls these days need three things - money, jack, and dough. The second half was more tedious than funny, and except, perhaps, for the surprise ending, was a waste of time.
The first half of the film was genuinely funny, with lots of quips and one-liners, including Farrell reminding Blondell that girls these days need three things - money, jack, and dough. The second half was more tedious than funny, and except, perhaps, for the surprise ending, was a waste of time.
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- Dec 10, 1998
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- Princess of Kansas City
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- Runtime1 hour 4 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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