Shipping clerk Joe Holt is mistaken for a swimming champion and expected to compete in a long-distance swim race off Catalina Island.Shipping clerk Joe Holt is mistaken for a swimming champion and expected to compete in a long-distance swim race off Catalina Island.Shipping clerk Joe Holt is mistaken for a swimming champion and expected to compete in a long-distance swim race off Catalina Island.
Preston Foster
- Ed Dover
- (as Preston S. Foster)
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
- Sam Wellington
- (as Farina)
Oscar Apfel
- Armstrong
- (uncredited)
Spencer Bell
- Porter
- (uncredited)
Don Brodie
- Judge's Assistant
- (uncredited)
William Burress
- Roger Colby
- (uncredited)
A.S. 'Pop' Byron
- Elliott
- (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
- Harbor Steward
- (uncredited)
James Eagles
- Messenger
- (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
- Race Fan on Boat
- (uncredited)
June Gittelson
- Fat Swimmer in Lane #1
- (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
- Holt's Manager
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaAccording to studio records, shooting took 31 days.
- GoofsSam helps Joe grease up for the big swimming race. In the first shot (close-up), he is greasing Joe's right thigh, and Joe's leg below the knee is clean. The next close-up shows Sam working his way down Joe's calf. In a subsequent long shot, Joe's right calf is greased up to the knee, but his thigh is clean.
- SoundtracksAvalon
(uncredited)
Composed by Vincent Rose
Based on "E lucevan le stelle" from "Tosca" by Giacomo Puccini
[Played during the opening photo credits and often in the score]
Featured review
Lost Classic: You Said A Mouthful (1932)
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Writers: Robert Lord (screen play), Bolton Mallory (screen play)
Stars: Joe E. Brown, Ginger Rogers, Preston Foster
1932's You Said a Mouthful is a charming and funny vehicle for Brown that overcomes its overstuffed, uninspired plotting with plenty of gut-busting gags.
At a brisk seventy minutes, You Said a Mouthful is both very simple and strangely overcomplicated. Brown stars as Joe Holt, a clerk in a swimwear company who designs a no-sink bathing suit, solely because he is deathly afraid of water. Of course, then, the big idea of the movie should be to get this fella swimming. And it is... but the script by Robert Lord and Bolton Mallory seems to run itself ragged just to cook up a semi-plausible series of events that will lead to the scaredy-cats getting in the water.
Joe E. Brown gets needed help form of an unexpected sidekick. That's Allen Hoskins, or, as he was known with the rest of "Our Gang", Farina as Sam. Here he's the accidental adopted son of hapless inventor Joe Holt (Brown). What's nice? No one seems to really notice Farina's race. He's a wacky, bossy kid who gets to push our hero to greater things. He's a sidekick, but smarter and save's his father's butt more than once, even if it involves dropping an anchor on his head. Very hilarious gag routine.
High jinks ensue when he's mistaken for a world champion swimmer, with the possibility of beautiful Alice (Rogers) being the prize. The mistaken identity leads the cowardly Joe into a number of situations where he desperately tries to fake sick or cheat, but he ends up making a treacherous marathon swim from Catalina to the shore while Alice and Sam cheer him on.
The final race sequence is particularly madcap, cobbled together from moments shot on location and in a studio tank -- Brown is even great at physical comedy under ten feet of water! You Said A Mouthful showcases Brown's energy at its peak, the actor turns the film into a laugh riot. 8/10
1932's You Said a Mouthful is a charming and funny vehicle for Brown that overcomes its overstuffed, uninspired plotting with plenty of gut-busting gags.
At a brisk seventy minutes, You Said a Mouthful is both very simple and strangely overcomplicated. Brown stars as Joe Holt, a clerk in a swimwear company who designs a no-sink bathing suit, solely because he is deathly afraid of water. Of course, then, the big idea of the movie should be to get this fella swimming. And it is... but the script by Robert Lord and Bolton Mallory seems to run itself ragged just to cook up a semi-plausible series of events that will lead to the scaredy-cats getting in the water.
Joe E. Brown gets needed help form of an unexpected sidekick. That's Allen Hoskins, or, as he was known with the rest of "Our Gang", Farina as Sam. Here he's the accidental adopted son of hapless inventor Joe Holt (Brown). What's nice? No one seems to really notice Farina's race. He's a wacky, bossy kid who gets to push our hero to greater things. He's a sidekick, but smarter and save's his father's butt more than once, even if it involves dropping an anchor on his head. Very hilarious gag routine.
High jinks ensue when he's mistaken for a world champion swimmer, with the possibility of beautiful Alice (Rogers) being the prize. The mistaken identity leads the cowardly Joe into a number of situations where he desperately tries to fake sick or cheat, but he ends up making a treacherous marathon swim from Catalina to the shore while Alice and Sam cheer him on.
The final race sequence is particularly madcap, cobbled together from moments shot on location and in a studio tank -- Brown is even great at physical comedy under ten feet of water! You Said A Mouthful showcases Brown's energy at its peak, the actor turns the film into a laugh riot. 8/10
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Galopperande fisken
- Filming locations
- William Wrigley Jr. Summer Cottage or Mt. Ada, 76 Wrigley Road, Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA(outdoor balcony overlooking Avalon Bay)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $223,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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