Believe it or not, this film was directed by Busby Berkley and there's not an elaborate dance number, or scantily dressed women, in the film. It's about a navy man who loses his leg in a dirigible accident because he goes down with the ship. As he tells his captain, It Shall Be Done. Bill Austin, played by George Brent, is the man who won't take "no" for an answer. For some reason, he knows he'd be good in the lumber business and finagles a job with the Ricks Lumber Company owned by Cappy Ricks, played by a delightful Charles Winneger. Cappy has been put out to pasture by a couple of company managers who think he's too old for the game. He's bought a batch of useless lumber and if Bill can sell it in the worse lumber markets of Nevada, he can have the job. Of course, he does and becomes the best salesman of the company. He also falls in love with Cappy's daughter, played by Anita Louise. Cappy is a little less willing to let her go, and devises all sorts of crazy tasks to test his mettle. It gets pretty wacky by the end, but all ends well for everyone. It's a fun & funny film, and Brent proves once again he could be as light hearted as the script, not as wooden as he's sometimes regarded (not by me, though.) Mary Treen has a funny scene as the newlywed bride of one of Bill's Navy buddies.
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