....but what a tedious movie! Before she hit the big time in the late 1930s Alice had to grind out a couple of programmers in which her "blonde dream" looks and sultry singing were all the films had to recommend them. Lew Ayre's career was at a low ebb and even though this was his first movie with a new Fox contract it wasn't an improvement on his recent ones. In fact this movie was supposed to showcase the hot new comedy team of Mitchell and Durant - but it fell flat!! Not only did they have a violent "3 Stooges" approach to comedy, they had no appeal and were very unfunny.
They are introduced immediately as Peanuts and Eddie singing "She Learned About Sailors" and even Lew Ayres, as hapless gob Larry Wilson, gets into the act. In Shanghai Larry meets singer Jean (Faye) who, in the reason to see this movie, sings the catchy "Here's the Key to My Heart". Of course they are both attracted to each other but decide to try a week of just being friends to see if they are compatible. The rest of the movie is made up of mistaken feelings and Peanut's and Eddie's interference to put things right.
Jean eagerly rushes to Honolulu to meet Larry. He doesn't know anything about it, having written her a letter in which he tried to spare her feelings but the dynamic duo have intercepted the letter and Jean then overhears him in another booth using the same "line" on a different girl. Of course everything turns out all right, the annoying thing being that Alice only sings one song and that occurs within 5 minutes of the film's start. The rest of the movie being devoted to the tiresome comedy of a duo who, fortunately, didn't prove popular.
They are introduced immediately as Peanuts and Eddie singing "She Learned About Sailors" and even Lew Ayres, as hapless gob Larry Wilson, gets into the act. In Shanghai Larry meets singer Jean (Faye) who, in the reason to see this movie, sings the catchy "Here's the Key to My Heart". Of course they are both attracted to each other but decide to try a week of just being friends to see if they are compatible. The rest of the movie is made up of mistaken feelings and Peanut's and Eddie's interference to put things right.
Jean eagerly rushes to Honolulu to meet Larry. He doesn't know anything about it, having written her a letter in which he tried to spare her feelings but the dynamic duo have intercepted the letter and Jean then overhears him in another booth using the same "line" on a different girl. Of course everything turns out all right, the annoying thing being that Alice only sings one song and that occurs within 5 minutes of the film's start. The rest of the movie being devoted to the tiresome comedy of a duo who, fortunately, didn't prove popular.
