Palm Springs (1936)
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Synopsis of Palm Springs
Just before his brief turn as a "singing cowboy," radio crooner Smith Ballew starred in Paramount's Palm Springs. Filmed on location at the famed California resort community, the story concerns the efforts by near-bankrupt gambler Capt Smyth (Sir Guy Standing) to marry off his daughter Joan (Frances Langford) to wealthy Englishman George Brittel (David Niven). Unfortunately for Smyth, Joan falls in love with Slim (Ballew), who hails from Wyoming and apparently hasn't got a dime. The film can't seem to make up its mind to be a straight comedy or a musical, nor does it seem that anyone concerned cared all that much about the plot. The songs are by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin, who evidently saved their best stuff for Bing Crosby. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Palm Springs
- Frances Langford - Joan Smyth
- Guy Standing - Capt. Smyth
- Spring Byington - Aunt Letty
- E.E. Clive - Bruce Morgan
- Grady Sutton - Bud
- David Worth - Leonard
- Ann Doran
- Cyril Ring - Reception Clerk
- Lee Phelps - Bartender
- Smith Ballew - Slim
- Ernest Cossart - Starkey Butler
- David Niven - George Brittel
- Sterling Holloway - Oscar
- Maidel Turner - Mrs. Baxter
- Sarah Edwards - Miss Pinchon
- Fred "Snowflake" Toones - Porter
- Ella McKenzie - Schoolgirl
- Frances Morris - Maid
- Director(s):
- Aubrey Scotto
- Writer(s):
- Humphrey Pearson, Myles Connolly, Joseph Fields
- Producer(s):
- Walter Wanger
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