Laugh Your Blues Away
Cast & Crew
Charles Barton
Jinx Falkenburg
Bert Gordon
Douglass Drake
Isobel Elsom
George Lessey
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Synopsis
Social climber Mrs. Westerly is so anxious to ascend into the ranks of the social register that she has stretched the family's finances to the point that her son Jimmy is forced to take a job in a brokerage house. Although Jimmy enjoys working, his mother is horrified at the idea and so decides to invite the Conklins, a rich Western family, to visit, hoping that Priscilla, the family's daughter, will fall in love and marry Jimmy. Mrs. Westerly invites all of New York society to attend a reception in honor of the Conklins, but when she receives nothing but polite rejections, she decides to hire a group of unemployed actors to pose as titled foreigners, society queens and business tycoons. Among those hired to attend the reception is Boris Rascalnikoff, a Russian who pretends to be a prince. Accompanying him is his "sister" Sonia, who in real life is Pam Crawford, a blues singer. When Jimmy and Pam fall in love at the reception, Mrs. Westerly keeps separating them and propelling Jimmy into the company of Priscilla. Continuing her deception, Mrs. Westerly gives a series of parties for the Conklins, to which she invites all the imposters who attended the first party. One night at a masquerade ball, Mrs. Westerly informs Mrs. Conklin that she plans to announce Jimmy and Priscilla's engagement. Aware that her daughter loves Buck, the head wrangler on their ranch, Mrs. Conklin wires Buck to fly to New York as soon as possible. Upon Buck's arrival, Mrs. Conklin curtails Mrs. Westerly's plans by announcing Priscilla's engagement to the cowboy. Relieved, Jimmy searches for his Russian princess, and overhears Pam telling a cousin of the family that she is a phony. Furious, Jimmy tells her off, and Pam, heartbroken, leaves the party. Soon after, Jimmy finds out about his mother's deception and realizes that Pam was not at fault. With the help of Boris, Jimmy traces Pam to a nightclub and the lovers happily reconcile.
Director
Charles Barton
Cast
Jinx Falkenburg
Bert Gordon
Douglass Drake
Isobel Elsom
George Lessey
Vivien Oakland
Dick Elliott
Phyllis Kennedy
Robert Greig
The Pals Of The Golden West
Roger Clark
Frank Sully
Clyde Fillmore
Barbara Brown
Edna Holland
Edward Earle
Wyndham Standing
Florence Wix
Joel Friedkin
Earle Hodgins
James Morton
Walter Baldwin
Eddie Kane
John T. Murray
Bess Flowers
Shirley Patterson
Ken Christy
Louise Squire
Hallene Hill
Eddie Laughton
John Tyrrell
Arthur A. Wenzel
Richard Robert Rinehart
Eugene Walsh
Jack Lewis
Nora Lou Martin
Crew
Rex Bailey
Lionel Banks
Ed Bernds
Dick Charles
Eddie Cherkose
Stanley Cowan
Ned Dandy
Gene Depaul
Richard Fantl
Jack Fier
Larry Markes
Sidney Miller
Paul Murphy
Jacques Press
Robert Priestley
Don Raye
Harry Sauber
M. W. Stoloff
Philip Tannura
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Notes
The working title of this film was How Do You Do?
