Week Sixty-Three
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| "She Couldn't Say No" 1940 |
MOVIE NAME: SHE COULDN'T SAY NO
STUDIO: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES, INC.
PRODUCER: BRYAN FOY
DIRECTOR: WILLIAM CLEMENS
DATE: 1940
TYPE: LEGAL, COMEDY-DRAMA
CAST:
ROGER PRYOR as Wallace Turnbull, EVE ARDEN as Alice Hinsdale, CLIFF EDWARDS as Banjo Page , CLEM BEVANS as Eli Potter, VERA LEWIS as Pansy Hawkins , IRVING BACON as Abner, SPENCER CHARTERS as Hank Woodcock , FERRIS TAYLOR as Judge Jenkins , SONNY BUPP as Boy
SOURCE: A F I, Catalog of Feature Films 1931-1940
STORY: The law firm of Turnbull and Johnson is experiencing financial problems when Henry Rockwell, an attorney for Atlantic Airways, brings a case to his old friend Wallace Turnbull. Rockwell's client wants to buy a lake owned by Eli Potter, an old man who hates airplanes, and Rockwell hires Wallace to persuade Eli to sell. He and process server Banjo Page leave for the town of Kerricksville to visit Potter. Wally is unable to locate Potter, who is being sought to appear in court on a $100,000 breach of promise suit filed by Pansy Hawkins. Wally was summoned to Washington. Banjo locates Potter and convinces him that Wally can win his case in exchange for the lake property. Learning that Wally is in Washington, Banjo convinces his secretary, Alice Hinsdale, to take the case. Posing as Wally's partner Johnson, Alice goes to Kerricksville to defend Potter, while in Washington, Wally and Rockwell decide to represent Pansy, hoping she will turn over the property for helping her win the case. Wally becomes furious when he learns what Alice is doing. Resenting his stubbornness, Alice decides to continue with her assignment. In the courtroom, Wally clashes with Alice, but when Pansy breaks down, Potter takes her in his arms and agrees to marry her. Wally realizing his unfairness to Alice, proposes to her.
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