Man About Town

For much of the '30s, Eddie Anderson had appeared in many films as either a brief extra or somewhat of a supporting character. Then. a few years back before this movie, he became a regular on Jack Benny's radio show as his butler Rochester. In many previous pictures, Anderson had been credited as his own name but because of his fame on the radio program being announced as his character by Don Wilson, he's credited as Rochester in the opening credits though as his own name as playing Rochester by the end credits. For the rest of the Paramount films, it's his character name he's credited as. It's also to the benefit of working for Benny that Eddie has more screen time than previously including performing a couple of dance spots. And as on radio, he and Jack have great chemistry on screen. They're usually the best part of this movie which also has Benny's other co-star from his radio show, Phil Harris, doing his own wisecracking and conducting his band and singing a tune as do also Betty Grable-pre-stardom-wise-and leading lady Dorothy Lamour. I'll stop there and just say I liked the comedy plot about mistaken identity concerning who the Benny character is involved with romantically and many of the troupe dancers that were being showcased here. So that's a recommendation of Man About Town.