Strike Me Pink

1936
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1h 40m

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Eddie Cantor, Dona Drake, and Ethel Merman in Strike Me Pink (1936)

Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.

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Eddie Cantor

Eddie Pink

Ethel Merman

Joyce Lennox

Sally Eilers

Claribel Higg

Harry Einstein

Parkyakarkus
(as Parkyakarkus)

William Frawley

Mr. Copple

The Goldwyn Girls

Dancers

Helen Lowell

Hattie 'Ma' Carson
(as Helene Lowell)

Gordon Jones

Butch Carson

Brian Donlevy

Vance

Jack La Rue

Mr. Thrust
(as Jack LaRue)

Sunnie O'Dea

Sunnie

Dona Drake

Mademoiselle Fifi
(as Rita Rio)

Edward Brophy

Killer

Sid Fields

Chorley Lennox
(as Sidney H. Fields)

Don Brodie

Mr. Marsh

Charles McAvoy

Mr. Selby

Stanley Blystone

Miller

Duke York

Smiley

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Trivia
According to contemporary articles in the New York Times and Variety, Clarence Budington Kelland wrote his story as a vehicle for Harold Lloyd. The novel was serialized in The Saturday Evening Post from May 25 to June 29, 1935.

Goofs
In the dance number around 1:14:30, during the shot from above where the circle of women in white are trading places with men in black, the couple in the upper right run into each other and fail to complete the spin. The lady especially breaks into laughter and shakes her head, as her partner laughs and looks around (probably looking for someone to shout cut).

Quotes
Eddie Pink: Dead men don't hiccup.

Connections
Featured in Broadway: The American Musical (2004)

Soundtracks
First You Have Me High (Then You Have Me Low)
(1935) (uncredited)
Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics by Lew Brown
Sung by Ethel Merman and danced by chorus including The Goldwyn Girls
Also sung by Eddie Cantor a cappella

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The last and the least of the Cantor-Goldwyn films.

If you have not seen "Whoopee!" or "Palmy Days" or "Kid Millions" or "Roman Scandals" or "The Kid from Spain", you may think that "Strike Me Pink" is a pretty funny comedy. However, compared to the films mentioned above, it just doesn't make it. Instead of writing for his usual "frightened and nervous little man" persona, Cantor is given a script which would be better suited to Harold Lloyd. The musical numbers, though serviceable, are not even close to the great songs introduced in the previous pictures. Casting Ethel Merman, so perfect in "Kid Millions", as the romantic lead was a total mistake. Parkyakarkus and Bill Frawley are descent comic foils for Cantor, but somehow it all seems a little contrived. If you have seen the other films Cantor made for Goldwyn, this one may be a little disappointing. Don't get me wrong! There are some funny bits in the film. It's certainly not a total disaster, but compared to the films which came before it, it leaves much to be desired.