Barbara Kent, Joyce Compton are manicurist at a barber shop in an upscale hotel, where they fend off the men; some of the guys are flirtatious, some rapacious, and some serious about their intentions. It doesn't pay much, but they get by, rooming together, and using each other to cover for them, along with Helen Mack. But Miss Mack's business is bad, and Miss Comptonis tired of working hard and getting nowhere, so when Wheeler Oakman suggests there's an easier way to earn money, she goes along, to her eventual sorrow.
This is a Chesterfield production, which means it aspires to be worthwhile within its Poverty Row budgets, and director Richard Thorpe shows what he can do within short budgets. Mischa Auer has a funny role in an era before anyone else had discovered he could do comedy, and Albert Gran has a chance to play a grand old guy and earn the audience's sympathy. It's no award winner, but with enough pre-Code spice to add some piquancy, it moves along very nicely.
This is a Chesterfield production, which means it aspires to be worthwhile within its Poverty Row budgets, and director Richard Thorpe shows what he can do within short budgets. Mischa Auer has a funny role in an era before anyone else had discovered he could do comedy, and Albert Gran has a chance to play a grand old guy and earn the audience's sympathy. It's no award winner, but with enough pre-Code spice to add some piquancy, it moves along very nicely.