Professional Sweetheart

1933
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1h 13m

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Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, Frank McHugh, Zasu Pitts, and Gregory Ratoff in Professional Sweetheart (1933)

A vice-free radio singer wants to experience the dark side of life, so a press agent convinces her sponsor to choose a "professional sweetheart" from her fans.A vice-free radio singer wants to experience the dark side of life, so a press agent convinces her sponsor to choose a "professional sweetheart" from her fans.A vice-free radio singer wants to experience the dark side of life, so a press agent convinces her sponsor to choose a "professional sweetheart" from her fans.

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6.0/10

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- 1 win total

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Trivia
"Professional Sweetheart" was Ginger Rogers' first film for RKO and - ironically, since so much of the plot revolves around getting Rogers' character to sign a radio contract - she had not yet signed a long-term contract with RKO when she made this film. She would sign a contract with the studio later in the year, just before making Carioca (1933), her first film with Fred Astaire.

Goofs
While undressing in her bedroom, Miss Glory complains she's not allowed to wear any makeup when she is very plainly wearing excessive amounts of makeup, including lipstick and heavy black eye makeup, in that scene.

Quotes
Glory Eden: I wanna sin and suffer, and now I'm only sufferin'.

Connections
Featured in The Love Goddesses (1965)

Soundtracks
My Imaginary Sweetheart
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Akst
Lyrics by Edward Eliscu
Performed first by Ginger Rogers (dubbed by Etta Moten)
Performed later by Theresa Harris
(who may have been dubbed by Etta Moten)

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4/10

Annoyingly silly

Considering that this was Ginger Rogers' first film at RKO you'd have expected something better. Merian Cooper had just taken charge of RKO and consequently this film does have the art deco look and feel of that studio's subsequent output during his tenure such as the Fred and Ginger musicals. It might look ok and it actually starts off quite well but after about half an hour you realise that this is rubbish!

We're used to silly stories in these types of films but this one is so ridiculous with ridiculously one dimensional unrealistic characters, it just becomes annoying. Ginger Rogers' character is almost as unbelievable as the absurd management team who are almost as unbelievable as the stupid hillbilly (bizzarely called an Anglo-Saxon, even though he doesn't seem to be a Germanic tribesman?) Such shallow characters make it difficult to develop any empathy for any of them.

So the story is stupid, the characters are badly written but for some reason it's still reasonably amusing and entertaining. Logically you shouldn't watch this nonsense but once you start you inexplicably get hooked.