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A timid professor inherits a large sum of money and decides to fund a terrible musical.A timid professor inherits a large sum of money and decides to fund a terrible musical.A timid professor inherits a large sum of money and decides to fund a terrible musical.
Loretta Andrews
- Chorus Girl
- (uncredited)
Oscar Apfel
- Lawyer's Representative
- (uncredited)
Reginald Barlow
- Billington
- (uncredited)
Jack Baxley
- Tom - Sheriff's Deputy
- (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
- Jenkins
- (uncredited)
Jim Farley
- Station Agent
- (uncredited)
DeWitt Jennings
- Sheriff of Lincoln County
- (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
- Process Server
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSecond of three films in MGM's pairing of Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante as a comedy team. The other pictures were The Passionate Plumber (1932) and What-No Beer? (1933).
- GoofsWhile Professor Post (Buster Keaton) is dragged by the train, clutching his luggage, his hat flies off and he is unable to grab it. In the next shot, his hat is once again firmly on his head.
- Quotes
Eleanor Espere: Tell me, Timmy. Have you ever seriously thought of marriage?
Professor Post: Yes... that's why I'm single.
- ConnectionsFeatured in That's Entertainment! (1974)
- SoundtracksGood Times Are Here Again
(1932) (uncredited)
Music by David Snell and Charles Maxwell
Lyrics by Samuel Marx
In the score during the opening credits and at the end
Played on piano by Jimmy Durante and sung by the chorus at the opera house
Played often in the score
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The great ones can always adapt.
Keaton fans, you will not "die a thousand deaths" if you view this. Nothing Keaton does is bad, if for nothing else then for his presence. That being said, Buster was a silent start who was best when doing stuff created by his own mind. By 1932, the silent era was dead and the studios owned the movies. That Buster Keaton of "Seven Chances" and "Steamboat Bill Jr." was no more. That could never be recreated.
Times changed, films changed, and Buster adapted. Better this Buster than no Buster.
The story is funny, and there is some amusing slapstick. Buster plays his role well, adds some Buster to it, and is believable as a clueless college professor. Jimmy Durante is larger than life, in a hammy sort of way, but it's a good contrast with Keaton if anything. The movie works, and the closing scenes the show on Broadway is madcap with a modicum of brilliance.
We can ask what if. What if the silent era had never ended? What if Keaton and Arbuckle had not been separated so suddenly? What if the studios had taken over the industry with their formulae? Look, this is a pretty good film. It's not Keaton being tragically reduced to nothing. (Such was never possible! The great ones always adapt.) The tragedy is what happened to Roscoe Arbuckle. What happened to Buster? He hung in there and made people laugh.
Times changed, films changed, and Buster adapted. Better this Buster than no Buster.
The story is funny, and there is some amusing slapstick. Buster plays his role well, adds some Buster to it, and is believable as a clueless college professor. Jimmy Durante is larger than life, in a hammy sort of way, but it's a good contrast with Keaton if anything. The movie works, and the closing scenes the show on Broadway is madcap with a modicum of brilliance.
We can ask what if. What if the silent era had never ended? What if Keaton and Arbuckle had not been separated so suddenly? What if the studios had taken over the industry with their formulae? Look, this is a pretty good film. It's not Keaton being tragically reduced to nothing. (Such was never possible! The great ones always adapt.) The tragedy is what happened to Roscoe Arbuckle. What happened to Buster? He hung in there and made people laugh.
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- mkilmer
- Aug 20, 2006
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- Also known as
- Oss flickor emellan
- Filming locations
- Chatsworth Depot, Chatsworth, California, USA(train station)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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