....but unfortunately, it's not enough!!! After being the surprise hit of "Paramount on Parade" Clara was assigned to her only appearance in a musical (suprisingly). Just before this, she had sung in "True to the Navy" which was quickly rushed into production to tie in with the song she sang ("I'm True to the Navy") in "Paramount on Parade". Despite talk of "mike fright" she was still extremely popular but needed better films than "Love Among the Millionaires" to keep her at the top.
Introduced singing the song "That's Worth While Waiting For", Clara Bow is Pepper Whipple, a waitress at her father's (Charles Sellon) cafe, which is frequented by local railway men. The only admirers she has are "Clicker" (Stuart Erwin) and railway detective Boots McGee (Skeets Gallagher) who are both far too dopey for her. Fortunately along comes brakeman Jerry Hamilton (Stanley Smith), refined and handsome, who sweeps Pepper off her feet - they duet to the song "Believe It or Not - I've Found My Man". Of course he is not a mere brakeman but the son of the President of the railway.
Pepper is dismayed at Jerry's lack of ambition (he is keeping his wealthy life a secret) and sings him the sprightly "Love Among the Millionaires" to spur him on. The song, which is later reprised as a comic duet by Clicker and Boots, is probably the most hummable of all the songs featured, but that is no recommendation as the score is pretty sub-standard. Pepper's precocious little sister, Penelope (Mitzi Green) is around to clown with Clicker and Boots and puts her bag of tricks into a rendition of "Don't Be a Meanie" when her father goes to confront Jerry about the secrecy of his wealthy family. When Jerry takes Pepper to meet his family, she finds only his sister, Virginia (Barbara Bennett) is welcoming. It wouldn't be a Bow movie without giving her the opportunity for an emotional scene. This comes when she realizes she is standing in Jerry's way of a promotion - so at a party she pretends to be drunk and embarrasses Jerry with a raucous rendition of "Rarin' to Go" - so he will think she cannot fit in with his sophisticated friends.
It didn't help that Mitzi Green, who was at the height of her popularity, stole the film with a blistering interpretation of Clara singing "Rarin' to Go". Clara seemed to have more confidence with her dialogue and was far more relaxed and natural in front of the dreaded mike but the movie failed at the box office because the sensational publicity about her private life was at odds with her screen character, Pepper's, virtuousness. It was a sharp contrast from the flapper roles she had been playing and the public, who where constantly hearing rumours about her busy sex life, were not convinced.
Recommended for Clara.
Introduced singing the song "That's Worth While Waiting For", Clara Bow is Pepper Whipple, a waitress at her father's (Charles Sellon) cafe, which is frequented by local railway men. The only admirers she has are "Clicker" (Stuart Erwin) and railway detective Boots McGee (Skeets Gallagher) who are both far too dopey for her. Fortunately along comes brakeman Jerry Hamilton (Stanley Smith), refined and handsome, who sweeps Pepper off her feet - they duet to the song "Believe It or Not - I've Found My Man". Of course he is not a mere brakeman but the son of the President of the railway.
Pepper is dismayed at Jerry's lack of ambition (he is keeping his wealthy life a secret) and sings him the sprightly "Love Among the Millionaires" to spur him on. The song, which is later reprised as a comic duet by Clicker and Boots, is probably the most hummable of all the songs featured, but that is no recommendation as the score is pretty sub-standard. Pepper's precocious little sister, Penelope (Mitzi Green) is around to clown with Clicker and Boots and puts her bag of tricks into a rendition of "Don't Be a Meanie" when her father goes to confront Jerry about the secrecy of his wealthy family. When Jerry takes Pepper to meet his family, she finds only his sister, Virginia (Barbara Bennett) is welcoming. It wouldn't be a Bow movie without giving her the opportunity for an emotional scene. This comes when she realizes she is standing in Jerry's way of a promotion - so at a party she pretends to be drunk and embarrasses Jerry with a raucous rendition of "Rarin' to Go" - so he will think she cannot fit in with his sophisticated friends.
It didn't help that Mitzi Green, who was at the height of her popularity, stole the film with a blistering interpretation of Clara singing "Rarin' to Go". Clara seemed to have more confidence with her dialogue and was far more relaxed and natural in front of the dreaded mike but the movie failed at the box office because the sensational publicity about her private life was at odds with her screen character, Pepper's, virtuousness. It was a sharp contrast from the flapper roles she had been playing and the public, who where constantly hearing rumours about her busy sex life, were not convinced.
Recommended for Clara.