Director Victor Schertzinger wrote both the story and the tunes for this lighthearted romance, the second of James Cagney's independent films for Grand National. Cagney is in fine dancing form as Terry Rooney, a successful Manhattan band leader who journeys to Hollywood in search of a
movie contract but abandons his pursuit after an unscrupulous producer (Lockhart) convinces him he's headed nowhere. Terry marries Rita Wyatt (Evelyn Daw, a young South Dakotan who landed this plum role after a single audition for Schertzinger, though her career would never again reach these
heights), the vocalist for his old band, and the two honeymoon in a tropical paradise, returni...
Released:
1937
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins