Week Eighty-Two
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"Love On Toast" 1939 Sonny |
MOVIE NAME: LOVE ON TOAST
STUDIO: MAJOR PICTURES CORP.
PRODUCER: ADOLPH ZUKOR
DIRECTOR: E.A.DUPONT
DATE: 1937
TYPE: ROMANTIC COMEDY with Songs
CAST:
STELLA ARDLER as Linda Craven , JOHN PAYNE as Bill Adams, GRANT RICHARDS as Clark "Sandy" Stanford , KATHERINE KANE as Polly Marr , BENNY BAKER as Egbert , ISABEL JEWELL as Belle Huntley, LUIS ALBERNI as Joe Piso, WILLIAM B. DAVIDSON as Jonathan , FRANKLIN PANGBORN as Finley, SONNY BUPP, as boy with baby brother
SOURCE: A F I, Catalog of Feature Films 1931-1940
SONGS:"I'd Love to Play a Love Scene" and "I want a New Romance."
STORY: Clark "Sandy" Stanford, heir to his father's soup factory, has no flair for business. To boost sales before the international sales meeting, the Publicity Agent Linda Craven, whom Sandy loves, comes up with the idea for a Stanford Soup Sweethearts contest. A "Mr. Manhattan" will be chosen to represent the men of New York and a "Miss Brooklyn" will be his bride. Each contestant must submit ten soup labels to qualify. Italian cook Joe Piso enters handsome soda jerk Bill Adams in the contest, against his wishes, for the one thousand dollar prize. Linda immediately chooses Bill as Mr. Manhattan and decides that he should pick his own wife. When Linda arrives at the drugstore to meet Bill, he throws a cake in her face and refuses to meet her. Determined, Linda goes to his boarding house. On the street, Linda agrees to watch a little boy's baby brother and is accused of kidnapping. When she is forced to take refuge from the child's mother in Bill's bathroom, Bills tells her that Linda is his wife and has been driven crazy the loss of their son Hugo. Linda then finds a nine hundred dollar bill for Bill's airplane repair and learns that he was a pilot until he was grounded. He finally agrees to be Mr. Manhattan for five thousand dollars. The next night, the contest to pick Miss Brooklyn is broadcast over the radio as part of the sales convention. Linda is infuriated when Bill chooses a brunette named Polly Marr, instead of who she picked. The nights entertainment continues with a boxing match, with a blindfolded Bill to referee. When a brawl ensues, Linda and Bill slip out for a beer and learn that they are both from the same county in Wisconsin. Sandy and Linda plan to marry after the campaign is over. Linda plans a romantic dinner for Bill and Polly, during which Bill is supposed to propose. Linda and Bill flirt while Polly is detained. Eventually they kiss, but Bill is still not convinced that Linda has a mind for romance. Bill makes his obligatory proposal to Polly. At the business meeting, Sandy announces his and Linda's engagement. Linda, however, says that big business is no place for a woman and admits a dire to be feminine and a gracious empty-headed hostess. She then refuses to stage the "Mr. Manhattan/Miss Brooklyn" wedding and resigns. Bill returns the prize money and sends Joe with a cake. Linda rushes to the drugstore and the cake at Bill, which starts a storewide food fight. Escaping Bill and Linda find each other and kiss.
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