Pool shark James Dunn is a neer-do-well who can't seem to make an honest living at doing anything other than rackin' em up and putting the eight ball in the left corner pocket. He's devoted to his girlfriend Dorothy Wilson but when she introduces him to her parents (John Wray and Beaulah Bondi) he is exposed by dad for being the wastrel that he is. Dunn is determined to make good in order to win their approval and get down the aisle with her, but every one of his efforts at success fails. Even when he goes into the athletics department of a department store, he fails to land a job, even by pretending to be a salesman and selling a pool table along the way. Her parents try to pair her with a more "honorable" fellow (Allen Vincent), but she manages to sneak out to see him on the side.
This is an enjoyable comedy/drama with fine performances and good dialog. Bondi plays one of her "grasping" mothers who gets things her way by always pretending to be sick, especially when Wilson tries to avoid going out with Vincent. It is a story typical of programmers of its time, but well made and briskly moving. An enjoyable slice of life subplot involves the boarding house Dunn lives in (run by Louise Fazenda) and the issues with the bell paging system Dunn puts in to alert the tenants to their phone calls. Overall, a good film that will leave a smile on your face.
This is an enjoyable comedy/drama with fine performances and good dialog. Bondi plays one of her "grasping" mothers who gets things her way by always pretending to be sick, especially when Wilson tries to avoid going out with Vincent. It is a story typical of programmers of its time, but well made and briskly moving. An enjoyable slice of life subplot involves the boarding house Dunn lives in (run by Louise Fazenda) and the issues with the bell paging system Dunn puts in to alert the tenants to their phone calls. Overall, a good film that will leave a smile on your face.