A Broadway producer satirizes an important New York family. The family sues but their daughter falls in love with the producer.A Broadway producer satirizes an important New York family. The family sues but their daughter falls in love with the producer.A Broadway producer satirizes an important New York family. The family sues but their daughter falls in love with the producer.
The Ritz Brothers
- The Ritz Brothers
- (as Ritz Brothers)
Sig Ruman
- Herr Hanfstangel
- (as Sig Rumann)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRemade as "Let's Make Love" (1960) but with the genders of the leads reversed: Marilyn Monroe played Dick Powell's role and Yves Montand played Madeleine Carroll's.
- GoofsIn his third and final scene, actor Stepin Fetchit tells Dick Powell that Mimi is on the phone. His character name is Herman, but Powell says "Thanks, Step."
- Quotes
Commodore Caraway: Do you realize that our family honor has been outraged?
Aunt Fritz: Popcorn and peanuts!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Take It or Leave It (1944)
- SoundtracksHe Ain't Got Rhythm
(1937) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Performed by Alice Faye, The Ritz Brothers and chorus in the show
Featured review
Trite story and some good singing
"On the Avenue" was made in 1937 and starred Madeline Carroll, Dick Powell, Alice Faye and the Ritz Brothers. A musical revue does a send-up of a wealthy family, which outrages them. The writer, Gary Blake, accuses the young woman of the family, Mimi Caraway (Carroll) of being a bad sport. She invites him to dinner, and they fall in love. He promises to rewrite the skit. However, Mona Merrick (Faye), the leading lady who is in love with Gary, performs the skit so that the family comes off as even worse. Mimi retaliates by buying the production and planning some big revenge on Gary.
There are some good numbers and wonderful singing by Faye and Powell; alas, the appeal of the Ritz Brothers has always been lost on me. They always do these incredibly long routines in films, and to me, anyway, they're annoying rather than funny.
Madeline Carroll is stunningly beautiful; it's a shame she wasn't in Hollywood longer (in 1938, she was the highest paid actress in Hollywood). She returned to England to work for the war effort and stayed on after the war. Dick Powell, in the course of a 30-year career, reinvented himself several times. Here he is in his first incarnation, that of a juvenile tenor. He's very good and as he evolved into a serious actor and then a director and producer, he only got better. Alice Faye looks great and sings in her beautiful, smooth contralto; her stardom was just about to hit its peak.
All in all, very pleasant. If you're like me, record this and fast forward through the Ritz Brothers.
There are some good numbers and wonderful singing by Faye and Powell; alas, the appeal of the Ritz Brothers has always been lost on me. They always do these incredibly long routines in films, and to me, anyway, they're annoying rather than funny.
Madeline Carroll is stunningly beautiful; it's a shame she wasn't in Hollywood longer (in 1938, she was the highest paid actress in Hollywood). She returned to England to work for the war effort and stayed on after the war. Dick Powell, in the course of a 30-year career, reinvented himself several times. Here he is in his first incarnation, that of a juvenile tenor. He's very good and as he evolved into a serious actor and then a director and producer, he only got better. Alice Faye looks great and sings in her beautiful, smooth contralto; her stardom was just about to hit its peak.
All in all, very pleasant. If you're like me, record this and fast forward through the Ritz Brothers.
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- blanche-2
- Jun 29, 2008
Details
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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