Palmy Days
Screening on Film
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland.
With Eddie Cantor, Charlotte Greenwood, George Raft.
US, 1931, 35mm, black & white, 77 min.
With Eddie Cantor, Charlotte Greenwood, George Raft.
US, 1931, 35mm, black & white, 77 min.
A gang of shady spiritualists led by a young George Raft plan to rob a large bakery staffed by a gaggle of Gorgeous Goldwyn Cover Girls (as they were so named in the film’s publicity). Enter Eddie Cantor, who inadvertently outwits the criminals while being pursued romantically by an energetic trainer at the bakery’s gymnasium (Greenwood). Cantor sings “My Baby Says Yes, Yes,” which became one of his signature numbers, and Berkeley begins to experiment with his trademark overhead camera shots, adding a new vision to the familiar shtick.
