Synopsis
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.
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Cast
- Gary CooperProfessor Bertram Potts
- Barbara StanwyckSugarpuss O’Shea
- Oskar HomolkaProf. Gurkakoff
- Henry TraversProf. Jerome
- S.Z. SakallProf. Magenbruch
- Tully MarshallProf. Robinson
- Leonid KinskeyProf. Quintana
- Richard HaydnProf. Oddly
- Aubrey MatherProf. Peagram
- Allen JenkinsGarbage Man
Recommendations
- 100
TV Guide Magazine
Terrific, crackling dialogue, especially in the slangy, machine-gun mouth of La Stanwyck. - 100
Chicago Tribune
A classic comedy. [25 May 2007, p.C7] - 80
The New York Times
Mr. Goldwyn has turned out a very nice comedy, indeed. - 80
Time Out
Marvellous performance from Stanwyck, all snap, crackle and pop as the brassy nightclub entertainer Sugarpuss O'Shea. - 80
Village Voice
The writing, as it is, is a marvel. The patter that flows forth whenever some regular Joe flaps his jaws is a wonder to hear. Garbagemen and waiters, pool hall bums and showgirls, newsboys and college boys — they’re all virtuosos singing the wisecracking arias Wilder and Brackett have given them. - 78
Austin Chronicle
One of the strangest riffs on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ever. Stanwyck is hot! - 75
Chicago Reader
Howard Hawks's 1941 version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a delight. - 70
Los Angeles Times
It’s the sort of verbally dexterous farce you’d have to be a total Crabapple Annie not to enjoy.
