Palmy Days

Palmy Days
Theatrical release poster
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Produced by Samuel Goldwyn
Written by Eddie Cantor
Morrie Ryskind
David Freedman
Starring Eddie Cantor
Charlotte Greenwood
George Raft
Music by Harry Akst
Cinematography Gregg Toland
Edited by Sherman Todd
Production
company
Distributed by United Artists
Release date
 October 3, 1931 (1931-10-03)
Running time
 77 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $1,601,000[1][2]

Palmy Days is a 1931 American Pre-Code musical comedy film written by Eddie Cantor, Morrie Ryskind, and David Freedman, directed by A. Edward Sutherland, and choreographed by Busby Berkeley (who makes a cameo appearance as a fortune teller). The film stars Eddie Cantor. The famed Goldwyn Girls make appearances during elaborate production numbers set in a gymnasium and a bakery ("Glorifying the American Doughnut"). Betty Grable, Paulette Goddard, Virginia Grey, and Toby Wing are among the bevy of chorines.

Cast (in credits order)

Reception

The film was one of the most popular movies of the year.[3]

New York Times movie critic Mordaunt Hall, described Palmy Days as "a more or less funny diatribe" with "two or three inconsequential melodies and a great deal to gaze, including pretty damsels from the Pacific Coast and effectively photographed groups of dancers."[4]

Product placement

Brand-name products rarely appeared in movies of this period, partly because of the campaign against that practice by the motion picture trade periodical Harrison's Reports. In an editorial, that publication reported the on-screen appearance of an Underwood Typewriter and product of Continental Baking Company.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers", International Motion Picture Almanac 1937-38 (1938) (pg. 942); accessed April 19, 2014
  2. ↑ "WHICH CINEMA FILMS HAVE EARNED THE MOST MONEY SINCE 1914?". The Argus. Melbourne. March 4, 1944. p. 3 Supplement: The Argus Weekend magazine. Retrieved August 6, 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ Everett Aaker, The Films of George Raft, McFarland & Company, 2013 p 18
  4. ↑ New York Times, Movie Review, "Palmy Days (1931) The Screen; A Frolic, With Mr. Cantor" September 24, 1931
  5. ↑ Harrison's Reports 28 November 1931, page 189


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