How's About It?
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Erle C. Kenton
The Andrews Sisters
Robert Paige
Grace Mcdonald
Shemp Howard
Walter Catlett
Film Details
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Synopsis
The Andrews Sisters--Patti, LaVerne and Maxene--work as elevator operators at a music publishing building while awaiting their break into show business as singers. At their building, George Selby, the president and chief songwriter of the Selby Music Co., decides to take his first vacation in five years. His one-month holiday is cut short by thirty days, however, when he is served with a $100,000 lawsuit. George is accused in the suit of stealing the lyrics to his song "I Do" from a similarly titled poem by telephone operator Marion Bliss. George then learns that his young assistant, Bobby, had given him a calendar featuring Marion's poem as a birthday gift. George goes to see Whipple, his lawyer, who points out to the songwriter the similarities between the song and the poem. Meanwhile, process server Alfonso continues his attempts to romance Patti and goes so far as to tell the Andrews Sisters that he is friendly with both a talent scout and band leader Buddy Rich. Later, George goes to Marion's apartment, where he learns that the suit is the idea of her boyfriend, lawyer Oliver Greentree. Acting on the advice of Whipple, George offers Marion a job as a staff songwriter, which she accepts. Oliver warns Marion that George has no intention of publishing her work, so before George leaves on his vacation, Marion and Oliver insist that he publish and exploit at least one of her songs in the next month or be faced with the plagiarism suit again. After reading her intentionally bad songs, George agrees to take Marion on an all-day outing, much to the chagrin of the jealous Oliver. The lawyer soon learns that he has good reasons for his feelings, as George and Marion fall in love. Unfortunately, George walks into Marion's office just as she is describing her new love to Oliver, and mistakenly assumes that she is talking about the lawyer. After George tells Marion off, she decides to reopen her lawsuit. In court, the two litigants become so upset at their lawyers' attacks upon the other that they literally kiss and make up in the midst of the trial. Afterward, George, Marion and their friends go to a nightclub to listen to Buddy Rich and his orchestra. With George's help, the Andrews Sisters finally get their chance to sing with the orchestra leader, and happily Alf takes credit for their success.
Director
Erle C. Kenton
Cast
The Andrews Sisters
Robert Paige
Grace Mcdonald
Shemp Howard
Walter Catlett
Buddy Rich
David Bruce
Mary Wickes
Bobby Scheerer
Dorothy Babb
Jack Norton
Harry Hayden
William Haade
Barbara Brown
Louis Dapron
John Harmon
Eddie Kane
Gus Glassmire
Janet Shaw
Fred Cordova
Crew
Woody Bredell
Bernard B. Brown
Lew Brown
Mel Chapman
William Chapman
Chester Cohn
Louis Dapron
R. A. Gausman
Ken Goldsmith
Jack Goodman
John Goodman
Irving Gordon
John Green
John Grey
James T. Marshall
Charles Maynard
Ned Miller
Jess Moulin
Martin Obzina
Lt. Comdr. Charles P. "scratch" Poakes
Albert Rice
Sid Robin
E. R. Robinson
Mel Ronson
Allen Roth
Vic Schoen
Milton Schwarzwald
W. A. Timm
Jaromir Vejvoda
Vera West
Mack Wright
Film Details
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Notes
The working title of this film was Solid Senders. An early draft of the SAB stated that the screenplay for this film was written by Mel Ronson and Oscar Brodney, and was based on an original story by Brodney. The revised SAB, however, listed the writing credits as they were presented onscreen. It has not been determined if Brodney contributed any material to the released film.
