The Gaiety Girls (1937)
Director:
Thornton FreelandWriters:
Arthur Macrae (scenario), Robert Stevenson (scenario)Stars:
Jack Hulbert, Patricia Ellis, Arthur RiscoeBritish musical-comedy star Jack Hulbert and Hollywood ingenue Patricia Ellis share top billing in Gaiety Girls (aka Paradise for Two). Hulbert plays Martin, a straight-laced Parisian millionaire who falls in love with saucy chorus girl Jeannette (Ellis). The plot requires that Martin pose as a reporter who is called upon by Jeannette to pose as her wealthy benefactor: in other words, he's hired to impersonate himself! With all this going on, it's a wonder that our hero has time to offer a few song-and-dance numbers of his own, but Jack Hulbert does not disappoint his fans. Billed fourth in Gaiety Girls is Googie Withers, whose name would mean a lot more at the box-office within a few short years.
Here is the link to the film at the Internet Movie database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029375/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
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Dated, but the music is a true delight
I'm a big fan of the film composer, Mischa Spoliansky. However, like most films of this genre, the plot is a tad tedious, though it does have it's comedic moments, the debonaire Jack Hulbert delivers a good performance as does Patricia Ellis,and of course the music doesn't disappoint.
