A top baseball pitcher "loses" his pitching skills whenever he falls in love. His teammates try to get him to settle down with one woman so they can start winning some games.A top baseball pitcher "loses" his pitching skills whenever he falls in love. His teammates try to get him to settle down with one woman so they can start winning some games.A top baseball pitcher "loses" his pitching skills whenever he falls in love. His teammates try to get him to settle down with one woman so they can start winning some games.
- Reporter
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- Final Game Spectator
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Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsWhen asked what the tallest hotel in Kansas City was, a cab driver claims that it was the Imperial Hotel. No hotel named the Imperial Hotel was ever the tallest hotel at any point in the history of Kansas City.
- Quotes
Hazel Jones: Of all the low down graft! I'm going to write a letter to the President of the League right after the game. Did you girls have to pay for your tickets?
Kitty McClouen: Twenty-five cents each!
Hazel Jones: That's fine. What'll I tell Hippo about this! When I married that lard pail he promised me faithfully that I could see all the games for free of charge.
When Wacky meets glamorous movie star Pepita Zorita, who is making a ballpark appearance to sell war bonds, it's love at first sight. Wacky and Pepita are quickly married; Wacky's pitching suffers; the team sinks into a losing streak. The player's wives decide that something must be done.
Eddie Albert smiles a lot as the overly enthusiastic Wacky, but the character really is a dunce. Lupe Velez at least shows some spirit as Pepita, and has a couple of good scenes where she displays her skills as a fast-talking spitfire.
Patsy Kelly, Joan Barclay, and Iris Adrian are the players' wives who decide that if the Sox are to have a chance at winning, then Wacky and Pepita must be separated. They waylay Pepita in a hotel in Kansas City and make plans to keep her there until the Series is over.
Jerome Cowan is kind of amusing as the team owner who knows nothing about baseball. Cliff Clark is predictably hard-boiled as the team manager. Tom Kennedy is funny as a suspicious hotel detective. Max Baer is actually pretty good as the burly ballplayer who is completely intimidated by wife Patsy Kelly.
As the leader of the wives, Patsy is loud but at least looks like she knows what she's doing. Unfortunately, most of the picture is not so convincing. Albert and Velez are fine but their characters are just not very interesting, and the whole goofy plot just doesn't really have any surprises. That's too bad because it is a fun cast.
- csteidler
- Jun 10, 2019
Details
- Runtime1 hour 2 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1