Wynne Gibson is starring in Alan Dinehart's new show. She's also stringing Edward Arnold along. He's just given her a very expensive piece of jewelry. But he realizes that some thief may try to take it away from her, and hurt her in the process, so he decides to get her a bodyguard. Publicist Johnny Hines is ecstatic, since it's something to get her name in the papers. Unfortunately, it turns out to be Edmund Lowe.
Normally I have issues with Lowe. He was a very competent actor, but too many of his performance involved him being sophisticated, in the sort of role that many could play. Occasionally he cut loose in movies like WHAT PRICE GLORY, and showed what he could do. He does that here. He raises the pitch of his voice half an octave and speaks nasally, a working-class Irishman who clearly resents the whole situation, but it's a job, and he's going to do it right. He and Miss Gibson annoy each other, and it's very real, with a frisson of sexual attraction.
There are also other fine performances, including Fuzzy Knight as a songwriter, and Marjorie White (in her final film performance) as Miss Gibson's former partner in a two-act. You can see an easy camaraderie between the ladies as they start to dance with Knight playing the piano. Director William Beaudine gets excellent performances out of his entire cast, and the result is a surprisingly lively little movie.
Normally I have issues with Lowe. He was a very competent actor, but too many of his performance involved him being sophisticated, in the sort of role that many could play. Occasionally he cut loose in movies like WHAT PRICE GLORY, and showed what he could do. He does that here. He raises the pitch of his voice half an octave and speaks nasally, a working-class Irishman who clearly resents the whole situation, but it's a job, and he's going to do it right. He and Miss Gibson annoy each other, and it's very real, with a frisson of sexual attraction.
There are also other fine performances, including Fuzzy Knight as a songwriter, and Marjorie White (in her final film performance) as Miss Gibson's former partner in a two-act. You can see an easy camaraderie between the ladies as they start to dance with Knight playing the piano. Director William Beaudine gets excellent performances out of his entire cast, and the result is a surprisingly lively little movie.
