Nobody's Perfect
Lynn Bari graduates from a fancy girl's school, and mother Charlotte Greenwood takes her on a vacation to Hawaii, despite father Charlies Ruggles' objections. Ruggles is a successful veterinarian, but Miss Greenwood is somewhat ashamed of that, telling everyone he is a brain specialist. Ruggles shrugs and goes back to work, only to discover Miss Bari has gotten engaged to Alan Mowbray. Considering him unsuitable, he offers beach comber Cornell Wilde a hundred bucks to steal her away, unaware he is actually fabulously wealthy.
The excellent farceurs are joined by Anthony Quinn Chester Clute, and an incoherent LeRoy Mason under the direction of Ray McCarey. McCarey may not have been the genius his brother Leo occasionally was, but he knew how to run a B comedy, and there are plenty of smiles here. If Miss Bari seems a bit mature looking, it should be remembered she was only 22 when this was made, about to be dubbed "the woo-woo girl" by discerning publicists. She retired about 1969 and died 20 years later, a month shy of her 70th birthday.
The excellent farceurs are joined by Anthony Quinn Chester Clute, and an incoherent LeRoy Mason under the direction of Ray McCarey. McCarey may not have been the genius his brother Leo occasionally was, but he knew how to run a B comedy, and there are plenty of smiles here. If Miss Bari seems a bit mature looking, it should be remembered she was only 22 when this was made, about to be dubbed "the woo-woo girl" by discerning publicists. She retired about 1969 and died 20 years later, a month shy of her 70th birthday.
- boblipton
- 4 déc. 2023