She's Got Everything (1937) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

A penniless heiress goes to work as secretary to a stuffed shirt.

Cast & Crew

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Joseph Santley

Gene Raymond

Fuller Partridge

Ann Sothern

Victor Moore

Waldo Eddington

Helen Broderick

Aunt Jane Carter

Parkyakarkus

Film Details

Also Known As

She's Got That Swing

Genre

Comedy

Release Date

Dec 31, 1937

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Distribution Company

RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 12m

Sound

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Color

Black and White

Theatrical Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Film Length

8 reels

Synopsis

When debutante Carol Rogers returns from a European vacation, she discovers that her recently deceased father left her with a mountain of debts and no resources to pay them. Although besieged by an army of creditors, who have stripped her home of its belongings, Carol rejects the suggestion of her aunt, Jane Carter, to marry a South American millionaire, and instead vows to find a job and pay her father's debts herself. When Waldo Eddington, a bookmaker to whom Carol is in arrears, overhears her plan, however, he approaches the more practical Jane with a scheme: If Jane helps marry Carol to the South American millionaire, he and the other creditors will return their belongings and finance the courtship. Although Waldo persuades his fellow businessmen to participate in the deal, Carol refuses to consider the marriage. Not to be defeated, Waldo arranges for Carol to be hired as secretary to bachelor racetrack enthusiast and coffee magnate Fuller Partridge. Unaware of Waldo and Jane's scheming, Carol dedicates herself to Fuller and his coffee business, quickly driving herself to a near breakdown. Anxious to get Carol and Fuller together in a romantic setting, Waldo and Jane insist that Carol join them at a lake resort to recuperate. Although Fuller has fallen in love with Carol, he refuses to leave his work and sends her off on her own. While at the resort, Waldo is accosted by three of his creditor partners, who accuse him of squandering their advances. To placate his partners, Waldo telephones Fuller and tells him that Carol is delirious and is asking for him. Then he hires Professor Alphonso Alberto Corrio, a magician and hypnotist, to hypnotize Carol and convince her that she is delirious. Corrio, however, fails to hypnotize Carol and instead puts Jane under his spell. When Fuller arrives at the resort, Waldo and Corrio hide the still entranced Jane, who is calling out Fuller's name, in Carol's bed and fool Fuller into believing that she is Carol. Later, Fuller spends a romantic evening with Carol and, as the delighted creditors eavesdrop, finally proposes to her. The next morning, however, Fuller learns the truth about Waldo's scheme and, after tormenting her with outrageous pre-nuptial behavior, accuses Carol of entrapping him. Eventually Waldo convinces Fuller of Carol's innocence, but Carol refuses to accept Fuller's apologies and leaves him standing at the altar. Determined to marry Carol, Fuller ambushes her as she is on her way to catch an ocean liner and, armed with a justice of the peace, marries her in the back of a moving coffee truck.

Director

Joseph Santley

Cast

Gene Raymond

Fuller Partridge

Ann Sothern

Victor Moore

Waldo Eddington

Helen Broderick

Aunt Jane Carter

Parkyakarkus

Billy Gilbert

William Brisbane

Rodger, also known as Madame Helene

Solly Ward

Professor Alphonso Alberto Corrio

Herbert Clifton

Alan Bruce

Alec Craig

Justice of the peace

Fred Santley

Richard Tucker

George Irving

Jack Carson

Crew

Samuel J. Briskin

Executive Producer

Al Herman

Art Director Associate

Joseph Hoffman

Frederic Knudtson

Albert Lewis

Jack Mackenzie

Earl B. Mounce

Van Nest Polglase

Leon René

Otis René

Harry Segall

Maxwell Shane

Maxwell Shane

Darrell Silvera

Edward Stevenson

Frank Tours

Film Details

Also Known As

She's Got That Swing

Genre

Comedy

Release Date

Dec 31, 1937

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Distribution Company

RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 12m

Sound

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Color

Black and White

Theatrical Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Film Length

8 reels

Articles

She's Got Everything

January 4, 2011

In the RKO romantic comedy She's Got Everything (1937), Ann Sothern stars as Carol Rogers, a woman who is left destitute when her father dies unexpectedly and leaves her with a mountain of debt. Determined to make good, Carol takes a job as secretary to wealthy coffee magnate Fuller Partridge (Gene Raymond). When sparks fly between the two, one of Carol's creditors, Waldo Eddington (Victor Moore), starts scheming to get them to the altar so that he can get paid. When Fuller gets wind of Carol's debts, however, he begins to question her motives.

This early Ann Sothern programmer gets a boost from its talented supporting cast including Victor Moore, Helen Broderick and Gene Raymond. It was also the last time Sothern and Gene Raymond were teamed after making five movies together at RKO beginning with Hooray for Love in 1935. The two actors would, however, appear later in the 1964 political drama The Best Man but not in the same scenes together.

The reviews for She's Got Everything were tepid but not unexpected for a modestly budgeted programmer. Variety noted that "Players put up a strenuous struggle with the script but their efforts avail them little." The New York Times reviewer pointed out that "Miss Sothern wears many fine clothes, like the graceful manikin [sic] that she is, and sings one song, "It's Sleepy Time in Hawaii," like the vocalist that she isn't."

Producer: Albert Lewis
Director: Joseph Santley
Screenplay: Harry Segall (writer); Maxwell Shane (screenplay and (uncredited)); Joseph Hoffman (story (uncredited)); Monroe Shaff (uncredited)
Cinematography: Jack MacKenzie
Art Direction: Van Nest Polglase
Music: Roy Webb (uncredited)
Film Editing: Frederic Knudtson
Cast: Gene Raymond (Fuller Partridge), Ann Sothern (Carol Rogers), Victor Moore (Waldo Eddington, a Bookie), Helen Broderick (Aunt Jane Carter), Harry Parke (Nick Zyteras (as Parkyakarkus)), Billy Gilbert (Chaffee, a Creditor), William Brisbane (Roger, aka Madame Helene), Solly Ward (Dr. Alphonso Alberto Corrio).
BW-70m.

by Andrea Passafiume

SOURCES:
Ann Sothern: A Bio-Bibliography by Margie Schultz (Greenwood Press)
IMDB

She's Got Everything

She's Got Everything

In the RKO romantic comedy She's Got Everything (1937), Ann Sothern stars as Carol Rogers, a woman who is left destitute when her father dies unexpectedly and leaves her with a mountain of debt. Determined to make good, Carol takes a job as secretary to wealthy coffee magnate Fuller Partridge (Gene Raymond). When sparks fly between the two, one of Carol's creditors, Waldo Eddington (Victor Moore), starts scheming to get them to the altar so that he can get paid. When Fuller gets wind of Carol's debts, however, he begins to question her motives. This early Ann Sothern programmer gets a boost from its talented supporting cast including Victor Moore, Helen Broderick and Gene Raymond. It was also the last time Sothern and Gene Raymond were teamed after making five movies together at RKO beginning with Hooray for Love in 1935. The two actors would, however, appear later in the 1964 political drama The Best Man but not in the same scenes together. The reviews for She's Got Everything were tepid but not unexpected for a modestly budgeted programmer. Variety noted that "Players put up a strenuous struggle with the script but their efforts avail them little." The New York Times reviewer pointed out that "Miss Sothern wears many fine clothes, like the graceful manikin [sic] that she is, and sings one song, "It's Sleepy Time in Hawaii," like the vocalist that she isn't." Producer: Albert Lewis Director: Joseph Santley Screenplay: Harry Segall (writer); Maxwell Shane (screenplay and (uncredited)); Joseph Hoffman (story (uncredited)); Monroe Shaff (uncredited) Cinematography: Jack MacKenzie Art Direction: Van Nest Polglase Music: Roy Webb (uncredited) Film Editing: Frederic Knudtson Cast: Gene Raymond (Fuller Partridge), Ann Sothern (Carol Rogers), Victor Moore (Waldo Eddington, a Bookie), Helen Broderick (Aunt Jane Carter), Harry Parke (Nick Zyteras (as Parkyakarkus)), Billy Gilbert (Chaffee, a Creditor), William Brisbane (Roger, aka Madame Helene), Solly Ward (Dr. Alphonso Alberto Corrio). BW-70m. by Andrea Passafiume SOURCES: Ann Sothern: A Bio-Bibliography by Margie Schultz (Greenwood Press) IMDB

She's Got Everything

March 8, 2014

Long before she made a hit in television's Private Secretary, Ann Sothern broke in her steno pad as a would-be heiress who turns to secretarial work to pay off her late father's debts. Honest labor doesn't pay off fast enough for her newly inherited creditors, however, who band together under the leadership of bookie Victor Moore and Sothern's aunt, Helen Broderick, to land her a rich husband. The obvious choice is her boss, coffee magnate Gene Raymond in his fifth film with Sothern, but it takes extensive machinations, a musical solo by Sothern and a comic hypnotist to get the groom to come across with a proposal. Sothern had signed a seven-year contract with RKO in 1935, but after two years of B movies, most of them co-starring Raymond, she asked out of her contract. That proved a wise move, as a year later her scene-stealing performance in support of Fredric March and Joan Bennett in Trade Winds (1938) landed her a contract at MGM, where she would receive much better roles. Nonetheless She's Got Everything had its charms, thanks largely to a comic supporting cast including Moore, Broderick, Billy Gilbert and radio clown Parkyakarkus.

By Frank Miller

She's Got Everything

Long before she made a hit in television's Private Secretary, Ann Sothern broke in her steno pad as a would-be heiress who turns to secretarial work to pay off her late father's debts. Honest labor doesn't pay off fast enough for her newly inherited creditors, however, who band together under the leadership of bookie Victor Moore and Sothern's aunt, Helen Broderick, to land her a rich husband. The obvious choice is her boss, coffee magnate Gene Raymond in his fifth film with Sothern, but it takes extensive machinations, a musical solo by Sothern and a comic hypnotist to get the groom to come across with a proposal. Sothern had signed a seven-year contract with RKO in 1935, but after two years of B movies, most of them co-starring Raymond, she asked out of her contract. That proved a wise move, as a year later her scene-stealing performance in support of Fredric March and Joan Bennett in Trade Winds (1938) landed her a contract at MGM, where she would receive much better roles. Nonetheless She's Got Everything had its charms, thanks largely to a comic supporting cast including Moore, Broderick, Billy Gilbert and radio clown Parkyakarkus. By Frank Miller

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Notes

The working title of this film was She's Got That Swing. Although not listed in the screen credits, Hollywood Reporter production charts and Motion Picture Herald's "In the Cutting Room" credit Joseph Hoffman and Maxwell Shane as co-authors of an original screen story. Hollywood Reporter news items add George Noisom, Frank O'Connor, Major Sam Harris, Bruce Sidney, Colonel Starrett Ford, Tiny Ward, Leota Lorraine, Harry Bowen and Pat Flaherty to the cast. Their participation in the final film has not been confirmed.

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