Ready, Willing and Able (1937)
1h 33m
Running Time
March 6, 1937Release Date
Ready, Willing and Able (1937)
1h 33m
Running Time
March 6, 1937Release Date
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Plot.
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.
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This Movie Is About.
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Cast & Crew.
Ruby Keeler
Jane
Lee Dixon
Pinky Blair
Allen Jenkins
J. Van Courtland
Louise Fazenda
Clara Heineman
Ross Alexander
Barry Granville
Ray Enright
Director
Carol Hughes
Angie
Hugh O'Connell
Truman Hardy
Jerry Wald
Writer
Sig Herzig
Writer
Wini Shaw
Jane Clarke
Teddy Hart
Yip Nolan
Warren Duff
Writer
Richard Macaulay
Writer
Jane Wyman
Dot
Addison Richards
Edward McNeil
Pat C. Flick
Writer
Al Shaw
Moving Man
Sam Lee
Moving Man
E. E. Clive
Sir Samuel Buffington
May Boley
Mrs. Beadle
Charles Halton
Brockman
Adrian Rosley
Angelo
Lillian Kemble-Cooper
Mrs. Buffington
Barnett Parker
Waiter
William Arnold
Customs Agent
Herbert Ashley
Stage Doorman
George Beranger
Tenant
Elsa Buchanan
Maid at Party
Sol Gorss
Cameraman
Al Herman
Tenant with Shaving Cream
Harry Jackson
Piano Player
Dickie Jones
Junior
Milton Kibbee
Steward
Ethelreda Leopold
Blonde in Balcony at Show's Opening
Carlyle Moore Jr.
Reporter on Dock
Dennis Moore
Reporter at Party
Hal Neiman
Tenant
Gertrude Pedlar
Elderly Lady in Hallway
Thomas Pogue
Ship's Captain
Cliff Saum
Yip's Assistant
Jeffrey Sayre
Reporter at Party
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
Purser
Myrtle Stedman
Junior's Mother
Joan Valerie
Switchboard Operator
Bobby Watson
Tenant
Leo White
Tenant
William Worthington
Elderly Man in Hallway
Johnny Mercer
Music / Lyricist
Carl Jules Weyl
Art Direction
Howard Shoup
Wardrobe Supervisor
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Sol Polito
Director of Photography
Ray Heindorf
Music Arranger
Ben Markson
Treatment
Mary C. McCall, Jr.
Treatment
Gene Lewis
Dialogue
Maurice Leo
Additional Dialogue
Bobby Connolly
Music Director / Stage Director
Richard Whiting
Music / Lyricist
Virginia Dabney
Media.
Details.
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Wiki.
Ready, Willing, and Able is a 1937 American musical film directed by Ray Enright and starring Ruby Keeler, Lee Dixon, Allen Jenkins and Ross Alexander. It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. Songs in the film were written by composer Richard A. Whiting and lyricist Johnny Mercer. The most successful song introduced by Wini Shaw and Ross Alexander, and reprised throughout, was "Too Marvelous for Words", which has become a pop and jazz standard.
In the final production number choreographed by Bobby Connolly, Ruby Keeler and Lee Dixon tap across the keys of a giant-sized typewriter while dancers’ legs mimic typebars striking letters. The film was released to lackluster business in the aftermath of Alexander's suicide.