Let's Have Fun
Cast & Crew
Charles Barton
Margaret Lindsay
John Beal
Leonid Kinskey
Sig Arno
Dorothy Ann Seese
Film Details
Synopsis
Unemployed theatrical director Boris Raskolnikoff, unemployed actor Richard Gilbert and Gilbert's little daughter Toni all share a suite at the Hotel Montrose. When their rent falls in arrears, Richard decides to take a job as a taxi driver to support them. Richard's decision spurs Boris into action, and he talks his friends, Russian restauranteurs Gregory Loosnikoff and Ivan Bloosnikoff, into investing in his play The Road to Siberia . After the production fails miserably, Boris moves to the Bronx. Before leaving Manhattan, he admonishes Richard's agent and sweetheart, Florence Blake, to prevent Richard from abandoning his career in the theater. After Boris departs, Richard and Toni leave the hotel and rent an inexpensive apartment. Hoping to promote Richard's career, Florence visits producer J. H. Bradley, who is in the process of assembling a cast and crew for a production backed by the rich boyfriend of his temperamental star, Diana Crawford. When Florence shows Diana Richard's photograph, the man-hungry actress inquires if he is married. After Florence responds in the negative, Diana offers Richard the part of her leading man. Florence also convinces Bradley to hire Boris as his dance director, and Boris returns from his exile in the Bronx. At the start of rehearsals, Diana begins her seduction of Richard. Boris, meanwhile, decides to surprise Richard by moving back into their old Montrose Hotel suite, and organizes a party to celebrate the occasion. As the hour grows late, Richard fails to appear and Toni goes to bed, disappointed. When Richard finally returns home tipsy after a night of party-hopping with Diana and her fancy friends, Boris rebukes him. Concerned that Richard has become smitten by the superficial Diana, Boris asks Florence to help bring him to his senses. To thwart Richard's budding romance, Boris invites Toni to rehearsals, and when Diana learns that Richard has a daughter, she discharges both him and Boris. Fed up with Diana's temper tantrums, Bradley fires her, even though it means losing the financial backing of her rich boyfriend. After Richard and Boris reconcile, Boris decides to ask the Russian restauranteurs to invest in Bradley's play. Before Boris arrives at the restaurant, a representative from an advertising agency offers the Russians $10,000 for the rights to The Road to Siberia . When they read the play's contract, however, they discover that Boris owns the rights. Soon after, Boris enters the restaurant and the Russians eagerly offer to buy his rights to the play. When Boris counters their offer with a deal to produce Bradley's play, the three Russians proceed to the advertising agency and collect a check for $10,000, which they invest in the drama. After Boris hires a new, married, leading lady, rehearsals begin, and the production becomes a smash hit.
Director
Charles Barton
Cast
Margaret Lindsay
John Beal
Leonid Kinskey
Sig Arno
Dorothy Ann Seese
Bert Gordon
Constance Worth
Edward Keane
Ernest Hilliard
John Tyrrell
Netta Packer
Louise Squire
John T. Murray
Walter Baldwin
Shirley Patterson
Jayne Hazard
Edward Kane
Beryl Wallace
Reginald Simpson
Ray Johnson
Wedgwood Nowell
Dick Rush
Pat Mcvey
Hallene Hill
James Morton
Al Herman
Gwen Seager
Joe Novak
Crew
Rex Bailey
Lionel Banks
Sammy Cahn
Saul Chaplin
William Claxton
Jack Fier
John Haynes
Paul Murphy
Robert Priestley
Harry Sauber
M. W. Stoloff
James Sweeney
Philip Tannura
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Notes
The working titles of this film were Laugh Your Blues Away and Shall I Tell 'Em?. Early Hollywood Reporter production charts list James Sweeney as editor, although William Claxton is listed in that position in the onscreen credits.
