Ready, Willing And Able (1937)
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The Warner Bros. musicals began running out of gas in the late 1930s, yielding such lukewarm efforts as Ready, Willing and Able. Ruby Keeler, as charmingly ingenuous as ever, plays Jane, a college student with show-biz aspirations. In order to land a role in an upcoming Broadway spectacular, Jane… More The Warner Bros. musicals began running out of gas in the late 1930s, yielding such lukewarm efforts as Ready, Willing and Able. Ruby Keeler, as charmingly ingenuous as ever, plays Jane, a college student with show-biz aspirations. In order to land a role in an upcoming Broadway spectacular, Jane impersonates famous British stage luminary Jane Clarke (and never mind that her British accent is as transparent as a plastic bag). On the strength of Jane's supposed reputation, fly-by-night producers Pinky Blair (Lee Dixon) and Barry Granville (Ross Alexander) convince a movie studio to pony up the money for their Broadway show. The trouble begins when the real Jane Clarke shows up, threatening lawsuits left and right. Somehow, Pinky and Barry are able to make both of their leading ladies happy, and the show goes on. The film's solitary musical highlight is "Too Marvelous For Words," performed by a battalion of leggy chorines on a huge typewriter; curiously, this very famous sequence was barely mentioned at all in the original reviews for Ready, Willing and Able. Sadly, co-star Ross Alexander died before the film was released nationally. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ray Enright
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts
Unrated,
- Studio
- Warner Bros.
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Cast
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Ruby Keeler
as Jane Clarke
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Lee Dixon
as Pinky Blair
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Allen Jenkins
as Jay Van Courtland
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Louise Fazenda
as Clara Heineman
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Carolyn Hughes
as Angie
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Ross Alexander
as Barry Granville
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Winifred Shaw
as Jane Clarke
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Teddy Hart
as Yip Nolan
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Hugh O'Connell
as Truman Hardy
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Addison Richards
as Edward McNeil
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Shaw and Lee
as Moving Man
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E.E. Clive
as Sir Samuel Buffington
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Jane Wyman
as Dot
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May Boley
as Mrs. Beadle
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Charles Halton
as Brockman
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Adrian Rosley
as Angelo the Tailor
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Barnett Parker
as Reginald Fortescue
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Elsa Buchanan
as Maid
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Sol (Saul) Gorss
as Cameraman
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Lillian Kemble-Cooper
as Mrs. Buffington
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Milt Kibbee
as Steward
- Carlyle Moore Jr.
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Dennis Moore
as Reporter
- Gertrude Pedlar
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Cliff Saum
as Yip's Assistant
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William Worthington
as Eldery Couple
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Dick Jones
as Kid
- Carol Hughes
