Movie: "Speak Easily"
| Release Date: | Aug 1932 |
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| Genre: | Comedy |
| Runtime: | 82 min. |
| Cast: | Buster Keaton (Professor Timoleon Zanders Post) Jimmy Durante (James 'Jimmy' Dodge) Ruth Selwyn (Pansy Peets) Thelma Todd (Eleanor Espere) Hedda Hopper (Mrs. Peets) William Pawley (Griffo) Sidney Toler (Stage Director) Lawrence Grant (Dr. Bolton) Henry Armetta (Tony) Edward Brophy (Reno) Oscar Apfel (Lawyer's Representative...) Reginald Barlow (Billington (uncredited)) Jack Baxley (Tom, Sheriff's Deputy (uncredited)) Sidney Bracey (Jenkins (uncredited)) Jim Farley (Station Agent (uncredited)) DeWitt Jennings (Sheriff of Lincoln County (uncredited)) Fred Kelsey (Process Server (uncredited)) Dave O'Brien (Chorus Boy (uncredited)) Inez Palange (Rosa, Tony's wife (uncredited)) Harry Tenbrook (Baggage Man (uncredited)) |
Storyline: Naive, bookish Professor Post (of Potts College) inherits a huge amount of money and decides that now he can afford to go out and enjoy life. He falls for a dancer in a bad stage show, and with his new money decides to buy the show and take it to Broadway. Will the Professor prove too nice to succeed in show business? Or will he triumph over bill-collectors, critics, and sexy vamp Eleanor Espere?
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