Professional Sweetheart

1933
Passed
1h 13m

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Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, Frank McHugh, Zasu Pitts, and Gregory Ratoff in Professional Sweetheart (1933)

A vice-free radio singer wants to experience the dark side of life, so a press agent convinces her sponsor to choose a "professional sweetheart" from her fans.A vice-free radio singer wants to experience the dark side of life, so a press agent convinces her sponsor to choose a "professional sweetheart" from her fans.A vice-free radio singer wants to experience the dark side of life, so a press agent convinces her sponsor to choose a "professional sweetheart" from her fans.

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6.0/10

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Awards
- 1 win total

Trivia
"Professional Sweetheart" was Ginger Rogers' first film for RKO and - ironically, since so much of the plot revolves around getting Rogers' character to sign a radio contract - she had not yet signed a long-term contract with RKO when she made this film. She would sign a contract with the studio later in the year, just before making Flying Down to Rio (1933), her first film with Fred Astaire.

Goofs
While undressing in her bedroom, Miss Glory complains she's not allowed to wear any makeup when she is very plainly wearing excessive amounts of makeup, including lipstick and heavy black eye makeup, in that scene.

Quotes
Glory Eden: I wanna sin and suffer, and now I'm only sufferin'.

Connections
Featured in The Love Goddesses (1965)

Soundtracks
My Imaginary Sweetheart
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Akst
Lyrics by Edward Eliscu
Performed first by Ginger Rogers (dubbed by Etta Moten)
Performed later by Theresa Harris
(who may have been dubbed by Etta Moten)

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10/10

In Search Of The Purest Anglo-Saxon

The sponsors of a rowdy radio singer find a somber PROFESSIONAL SWEETHEART to keep her satisfied and out of trouble.

Ginger Rogers dominates this Pre-Code comedy with her saucy performance as the spoiled warbler. This was her first starring role and she makes the most of it, pouting and prancing across the screen (often in her lingerie) talking bold & brassy, but actually just longing for the right male to come along and knock her into submission. Disturbing implications aside, she is an eyeful and a great deal of fun to watch.

Norman Foster deftly underplays his role as a stolid Tennessee backwoodsman whose whole life is commandeered by Ms. Rogers and the avaricious makers of the Ippsie Wippsie wash cloth. His eventual break for freedom, with Rogers in tow, will elicit deep approval from at least one gender in the viewing audience.

A wonderful cast of character actors help support the stars: Gregory Ratoff as Ginger's scheming sponsor; Frank McHugh as his eager beaver press agent; ZaSu Pitts as a silly sob sister; Franklin Pangborn as a nervous decorator; Edgar Kennedy as owner of a rival wash rag company; Allen Jenkins as his factotum; and Sterling Holloway as a slow-talking reporter.

Movie mavens will recognize an unbilled Akim Tamiroff as a hotel room service waiter.