Palmy Days

Palmy Days


Goldwyn / UA, 1931, B/W, 80 minutes, ***

Premiere release September, 1931

General release October, 1931



Stage and screen star Cantor gets mixed up with a group of phony fortune-tellers in this breezy early musical, in which he warbles the immortal "My Baby Said Yes, Yes". Dance routines are choreographed by the legendary Busby Berkeley. A funny story, though mostly a big ribbon around a lot of beautiful girls and great music. Fun movie.



Produced by: Samuel Goldwyn

Directed by: Edward Sutherland

Story and Dialogue by: Eddie Cantor, Morrie Ryskind and David Freedman

Continuity by: Keene Thompson

Musical Direction by: Alfred Newman

Music by: Con Conrad and Harry Akst

Dances and Ensembles by: Busby Berkeley

Settings by: Richard Day and Willy Pogany

Costumes Designed by: Alice O'Neill

Sound Technician: Vinton Vernon

Photography by: Gregg Toland

Film Edited by: Sherman Todd



Cast: Charlotte Greenwood [Helen Martin], Barbara Weeks [Joan Clark], Spencer Charters [A. B. Clark], Paul Page [Steve Clayton], Charles Middleton [Yolando], George Raft [Joe the Frog], Harry Woods [Plug Moynihan], and Eddie Cantor [Eddie Simpson], Additional Cast: Loretta Andrews, Edna Callaghan, Nadine Dore, Ruth Eddings, Betty Grable, Amo Ingraham, Jean Lenivick, Betty Lorraine, Neva Lynn, Nancy Nash, Fay Pierre, Nita Pike, Hylah Slocum, Betty Stockton, Hazel Witter [The Goldwyn Girls]



Musical Program: [0:04] Bend Down, Sister (sung and danced by Charlotte Greenwood and Goldwyn Girls in gymnasium); [0:41] There's Nothing Too Good for My Baby (sung by Eddie Cantor); [1:02] Yes, Yes (My Honey Said Yes, Yes) (sung and danced by Eddie Cantor and Goldwyn Girls); [1:16] Yes, Yes (My Honey Said Yes, Yes) (reprised by Eddie Cantor, Charlotte Greenwood and Preacher)