While the story is silly and often seems to be from another planet, the talented cast pulls it altogether and makes it a sunny experience. The always dependable Charlie Ruggles adds another memorable characterization and is surrounded by a most agreeable cast. He's a horoscope obsessed department store owner who plays matchmaker with the help "of the stars", all the while trying to get his long suffering secretary (Marjorie Gateson, taking over from his usual screen partner Mary Boland) to marry him.
With the appropriate name of "Dimwitty", Ruggles easily steals every moment, and Gateson gets in some terrific wisecracks, taking her away from the typical stuffy bubble headed society matrons she usually plays. Eleanore Whitney and Johnny Downs are the attractive youngsters he tries to set up, blocked by Ruggles' nasty nephew (Grady Sutton), an effeminate kiss-up who proclaims to be attracted to Whitney. She dances with Downs to the title song that is definitely reminiscent of the type of numbers that Fred and Ginger were doing at RKO.
Outside of Bing Crosby and the "College" themed films, Paramount was not known in the late 1930's for their musicals. This is a rare trip into song, dance and specialty for them, and it's better than average even though the songs are just fair. But when Ruggles and store security guard Ben Blue get drunk and end up in the store after hours and go wild with a gun on store displays, the hilarity goes overboard. A chorus girl number featuring them wearing balloons and moving around the dance floor on giant balls is particularly impressive. While the moon may be off, I can see that the man who lives there is very pleased.
With the appropriate name of "Dimwitty", Ruggles easily steals every moment, and Gateson gets in some terrific wisecracks, taking her away from the typical stuffy bubble headed society matrons she usually plays. Eleanore Whitney and Johnny Downs are the attractive youngsters he tries to set up, blocked by Ruggles' nasty nephew (Grady Sutton), an effeminate kiss-up who proclaims to be attracted to Whitney. She dances with Downs to the title song that is definitely reminiscent of the type of numbers that Fred and Ginger were doing at RKO.
Outside of Bing Crosby and the "College" themed films, Paramount was not known in the late 1930's for their musicals. This is a rare trip into song, dance and specialty for them, and it's better than average even though the songs are just fair. But when Ruggles and store security guard Ben Blue get drunk and end up in the store after hours and go wild with a gun on store displays, the hilarity goes overboard. A chorus girl number featuring them wearing balloons and moving around the dance floor on giant balls is particularly impressive. While the moon may be off, I can see that the man who lives there is very pleased.
