William Powell scams his way into high society, but 1929 has other plans.
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.
Acting
Powell's grinning con man act papers over the script's cracks.
Costume
Williams drowning in furs while Lansbury owns the nightclub aesthetic.
Director
Norman Taurog
William Powell
Terence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill
Esther Williams
Kay Lorrison
Angela Lansbury
Dusty Millard
James Gleason
Snarp
Lewis Stone
Father Nolan
Rags Ragland
Fishface
Frank McHugh
Three Finger
Slim Summerville
Eel
Roman Bohnen
Father O'Doul
Charles Arnt
Cy Nolan - O'Neill's Secretary
Louis Jean Heydt
Mike Flaherty
Charles Trowbridge
Uncle Joe Lorrison
Henry O'Neill
Lewis J. Malbery
William Phillips
Dave Fernby
Matt Moore
Father Duffy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Esther Williams' desperate bid to prove she could act without water; MGM promptly threw her back in the pool for 'Million Dollar Mermaid' instead.
The film's working title was 'The Saint's Holiday'—ironically, the saint in question is barely religious, and the holiday is Black Tuesday.
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