A scatterbrained heiress opens her home to a succession of unemployed actors and vaudeville performers, then decides to produce her own show, much to the consternation of her father, her sister and her sister's boyfriend, who is actually after the young girl's money.
Acting
Gracie Allen's dizzy logic is an Olympic sport
Writing
Burns & Allen's vaudeville timing honed to perfection
Director
Norman Z. McLeod
George Burns
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Gracie Allen
George Barbier
Harrison Allen
Betty Furness
Phyllis Allen
Andrew Tombes
Botts
Rafael Alcayde
Ramon del Ramos (as Rafael Storm)
James Burke
Broken-Nose Reilly
Lee Kohlmar
Mr. Flugsnort
Milla Davenport
Mrs. Flugsnort
Irving Bacon
Thompson
Frank Darien
Clyde
Dell Henderson
Lloyd
Harry Holman
Stuffy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released in 1935, this captures vaudeville's dying days—Burns & Allen were literally preserving their act for celluloid as their medium collapsed.
George and Gracie were already radio superstars; Paramount rushed this out to capitalize before their contract expired. The 'plot' was built around their existing stage bits.
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