Directed by:
Andrew L. StoneScreenplay:
Frederick J. JacksonCinematography:
Charles Edgar SchoenbaumCast:
Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Pola Negri, Dennis O'Keefe, Billie Burke, Paul Porcasi, Lorraine Miller, Richard Hageman, Georges Metaxa, Bert Roach, June Havoc (more)Plots(1)
After having many girls in every port of the world, womanizing sailor Sonny Phyffe (Dennis O'Keefe) finally meets his match with spunky Janie Prescott (Martha Scott) and the duo are promptly married. Sonny's father, retired Colonel and con-man Hector Phyffe (Adolphe Menjou) surfaces for the wedding with many new crooked schemes up his sleeve. Compounding the tension is the fact that the Colonel is the kept husband of high-strung Wagnerian opera star Genya Smelana (Pola Negri), who believes Hector to be much younger than he actually is...and childless. Adding to the commotion is Janie's neurotic, financially-ruined mother Mrs. Prescott (Billie Burke), who is now seeking a new fortune. Sonny and Janie are all set for their honeymoon getaway when the Colonel plunges them into a comical misadventure. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Adolphe Menjou
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
Martha Scott
USA
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Pola Negri
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Madame DuBarry (1919)
The Wildcat (1921)
Bella Donna (1923)
Dennis O'Keefe
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Fury (1936)
Billie Burke
USA
Best movies:
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Paul Porcasi
Italy
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Lorraine Miller
USA
Best movies:
The Big Sleep (1946)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Richard Hageman
Netherlands
Best movies:
3 Godfathers (1948)
The Great Caruso (1951)
Georges Metaxa
Romania
Best movies:
Swing Time (1936)
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
Bert Roach
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Love Crazy (1941)
Fury (1936)
June Havoc
Canada
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
The Iron Curtain (1948)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Byron Foulger
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Don Brodie
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Little Big Man (1970)
Chick Chandler
USA
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Mike Lally
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Harold Miller
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Bobby Barber
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Neyle Morrow
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
Jack Chefe
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
It Started with Eve (1941)
All About Eve (1950)