Edward H. Robins Movies
- 1937
Meet the Missus poked fun at the contest crazes of the 1930s. Helen Broderick stars as a woman who spends every spare moment entering contests, much to the discomfort of her browbeaten hubby Victor Moore, who is left with all the housework. She finally makes the finals in the "Happy Noodles Housewives" championship. The contest rules require that Helen and Victor head for Atlantic City. Helen makes such a nuisance of herself that the judges award her the grand prize just to get rid of her. The totally unnecessary young-lover subplot in Meet the Missus was handled by Anne Shirley (as Helen and Victor's daughter) and Alan Bruce. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, (more)
- 1937
Love on Toast was one of several mid-1930s Hollywood films helmed by E. A. DuPont, a once-celebrated German filmmaker then on the skids. The plot concerns a female press agent who must select a "Mr. Manhattan" and "Miss Brooklyn" for an ad campaign mounted by a soup company. The Mr. Manhattan chosen is a singing soda jerk, who doesn't want to play along until he is given the honor of choosing his own Miss Brooklyn. He picks a brash radio songstress, who ends up causing all sorts of trouble at a banquet thrown in her honor -- but who cares now that Mr. Manhattan has fallen in love with the pretty press agent. John Payne, who'd emerged as a singing star the year before, is the hero; radio soubrette "Sugar" Kane (that was her billing!) is the troublesome gal from Brooklyn; and the press agent who sets the plot in motion is a movie newcomer named Stella Ardler, who under her given name of Stella Adler later established herself as one of America's foremost acting coaches. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Payne
- 1937
Frances Farmer plays the daughter of an honest and ethical newspaper publisher (Charlie Ruggles). She wants to become a reporter herself, but when her Dad refuses to give her an easy break, Frances goes to work for a rival "tell all" tabloid. Her irresponsible reporting causes a highly respected citizen to commit suicide, and also loses her the respect of her father. But when Frances gets "over her head" in tracking down a killer, her father comes to the rescue. Taking a bullet meant for his daughter, Ruggles dies in her arms, but not before advising her in how to report this late-breaking event: "Write it simply and clearly and keep the paragraphs short." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Fred MacMurray, Frances Farmer, (more)
