Leon brags about his "super-deluxe" gas station, which he claims is run by chorus girls.Leon brags about his "super-deluxe" gas station, which he claims is run by chorus girls.Leon brags about his "super-deluxe" gas station, which he claims is run by chorus girls.
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Billy Bletcher
- Lonesome Driver
- (uncredited)
Mildred Dixon
- Chorus girl
- (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
- Sign Salesman
- (uncredited)
Cliff Saum
- Repo Man
- (uncredited)
Eddie Shubert
- Chauffeur
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThis was the first of two three-strip Technicolor live-action shorts, completed and released by WB four months before La Cucaracha (1934), which is often identified as the first one. Good Morning, Eve! (1934) was the second one.
- Quotes
Walter Webb: Well, I gotta be goin' home. Look after things, Will.
Will: And I won't take any wooden nickels.
Walter Webb: Wooden nickels? You wouldn't?
- SoundtracksService with a Smile
(1934) (uncredited)
Written by Cliff Hess
Performed by Female Gas Station Attendants
Featured review
Technicolor Makes the Film
Service with a Smile (1934)
*** (out of 4)
Leon Errol plays a gas station owner who gets a call in the middle of the night saying his piece of junk station has blown up. Knowing he's going to get the insurance money, he decides to make his status out to be something much better than it actually was. Errol tells a story about a neon lights station being ran by chorus girls. SERVICE WITH A SMILE comes from Vitaphone, features a familiar comic and best of all is in glorious 3-strip Technicolor. There's no question about it but the Technicolor is the reason to check out this two-reeler. Those familiar with these early color films know that the quality of the color is usually very high as long as the materials are good and thankfully they're terrific here. Just check out the sequence in the bedroom with Errol gets the news. The color on his pajamas just jumps right off the screen as do the beautiful looking blankets on the bed. The colors of the room just leap right out at you and this is especially true once we get to the fantasy sequence with all the red neon and the girls. The music numbers are also fairly good and a lot of credit goes to the set designer for making everything look so good. Errol gets a few funny lines here but mostly he's just introducing the music numbers and the girls but hey, there's nothing wrong with that!
*** (out of 4)
Leon Errol plays a gas station owner who gets a call in the middle of the night saying his piece of junk station has blown up. Knowing he's going to get the insurance money, he decides to make his status out to be something much better than it actually was. Errol tells a story about a neon lights station being ran by chorus girls. SERVICE WITH A SMILE comes from Vitaphone, features a familiar comic and best of all is in glorious 3-strip Technicolor. There's no question about it but the Technicolor is the reason to check out this two-reeler. Those familiar with these early color films know that the quality of the color is usually very high as long as the materials are good and thankfully they're terrific here. Just check out the sequence in the bedroom with Errol gets the news. The color on his pajamas just jumps right off the screen as do the beautiful looking blankets on the bed. The colors of the room just leap right out at you and this is especially true once we get to the fantasy sequence with all the red neon and the girls. The music numbers are also fairly good and a lot of credit goes to the set designer for making everything look so good. Errol gets a few funny lines here but mostly he's just introducing the music numbers and the girls but hey, there's nothing wrong with that!
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- Nov 1, 2013
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- Broadway Brevities (1933-1934 season) #25: Service with a Smile
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- Runtime17 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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