Men are Such Fools is a 1938 American romantic comedy directed by Busby Berkeley and written by Norman Reilly Raine and Horace Jackson. The film stars Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Hugh Herbert, Johnnie Davis, and Penny Singleton. The film was released by Warner Bros. on July 16, 1938.[1][2] The movie is adapted from the novel by the same name, Men Are Such Fools, by Faith Baldwin.
| Men Are Such Fools | |
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| Directed by | Busby Berkeley |
| Screenplay by | Norman Reilly Raine Horace Jackson |
| Based on | Men Are Such Fools 1936 novel by Faith Baldwin |
| Produced by | Jack L. Warner |
| Starring | Wayne Morris Priscilla Lane Humphrey Bogart Hugh Herbert Johnnie Davis Penny Singleton |
| Cinematography | Sidney Hickox Charles Schoenbaum |
| Edited by | Jack Killifer |
| Music by | Heinz Roemheld |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editLinda Lawrence skyrockets from a stenographer's desk to a job as account executive in an advertising agency. Though more interested in a career than in marriage, she falls in love with ex-football hero Jimmy Hall after his forceful courtship. They marry after Jimmy promises that he will not ask Linda to resign her position. Linda is pursued by her boss, Harvey Bates, and by Harry Galleon, a big radio contact man who can further her career if she will be "nice" to him. Jimmy becomes jealous, and Linda steps down to become a suburban housewife just as her name is becoming famous in the advertising and radio worlds.
Deciding that Jimmy is unambitious and content in a futureless job, Linda secretly promotes a junior partnership for him in an expanding firm. He refuses the job and she walks out on him, returning to her career. Jimmy then accepts the partnership and becomes successful, crashing the newspaper chatter columns as a Broadway playboy. After waiting a year for Jimmy to get in touch with her, Linda announces a trip to Paris, ostensibly to get a divorce and marry Harry, who has converted his proposition to a proposal. This brings Jimmy on the run to stop her, which of course is what she wanted all along. Their reconciliation throws Harry into the arms of Beatrice Harris, a sardonic vamp whom he had cast aside years before.[3]
Cast
edit- Wayne Morris as Jimmie Hall
- Priscilla Lane as Linda Lawrence
- Humphrey Bogart as Harry Galleon
- Hugh Herbert as Harvey Bates
- Johnnie Davis as Tad Turkel
- Penny Singleton as Nancy
- Mona Barrie as Beatrice Harris
- Marcia Ralston as Wanda Townsend
- Gene Lockhart as Bill Dalton
- Kathleen Lockhart as Mrs. Dalton
- Donald Briggs as George Onslow
- Nedda Harrigan as Mrs. Nelson
- Eric Stanley as Mr. Nelson
- Claud Allister as Rudolf
- Renie Riano as Mrs. Pinkel (credited as Reine Riano)
- James Nolan as Bill Collyer (uncredited)[4]
- Carole Landis as June Cooper (uncredited)[5]
- Vivienne Osborne as Lili Arno (uncredited)
References
edit- ^ "Men Are Such Fools (1938) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ^ Sandra Brennan (2014). "Men-Are-Such-Fools - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ^ McCarty, Clifford (1965). Bogey - The Films of Humphrey Bogart. Cadillac Publishing Co., Inc.
- ^ McCarty, Clifford (1965). Bogey - The Films of Humphrey Bogart. Cadillac Publishing Co., Inc.
- ^ McCarty, Clifford (1965). Bogey - The Films of Humphrey Bogart. Cadillac Publishing Co., Inc.
External links
edit- Men Are Such Fools at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Men Are Such Fools at IMDb
- Men Are Such Fools at the TCM Movie Database
- Men Are Such Fools at AllMovie
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