Artistic Temper

1932
18m

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A doctor's wife shows how she make a perfect three-minute egg by singing a song with a length of exactly three minutes. She longs to have a singing career, but her stuffy husband won't hear ... Read allA doctor's wife shows how she make a perfect three-minute egg by singing a song with a length of exactly three minutes. She longs to have a singing career, but her stuffy husband won't hear of her hanging out with low-class show people.A doctor's wife shows how she make a perfect three-minute egg by singing a song with a length of exactly three minutes. She longs to have a singing career, but her stuffy husband won't hear of her hanging out with low-class show people.

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5.7/10

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Ruth Etting

Ruth Whitney…

Johnny Dale

Victor Kilian

Everett - Actor

Wilfred Lytell

Dr. Jim Whitney
(uncredited)

Donald MacBride

Stagehand
(uncredited)

Frances McHugh

Frank McNellis

Gavin Muir

Gigolo
(uncredited)

Lucille Sears

Helen
(uncredited)

Harry Tyler

Magician
(uncredited)

Director
- Roy Mack
Writers
- A. Dorian Otvos
- Sig Herzig
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Trivia
Ruth Etting was the subject of one of 1955's biggest box office hits, Love Me or Leave Me (1955), with Doris Day portraying Etting and James Cagney (in an Oscar-nominated performance) as racketeer Martin Snyder, who promoted her to stardom.

Quotes
Magician: Hocus pocus, Kalamazoo!

Soundtracks
That's What Heaven Means to Me
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Akst
Lyrics by Jack Yellen
Sung by Ruth Etting

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8/10

Ruth, you're better off without the jerk!

"Artistic Temper" is a most enjoyable Vitaphone short. And, unlike many Vitaphone shorts, particularly the early ones, this one actually has a story and is much like a short movie.

Ruth Etting plays Ruth White, a housewife who is married to a doctor who, inexplicably, hates show people. He does not want her going on the stage and has told her he doesn't want show people hanging around their home. Why? I have no idea. Regardless, the doctor is called away on a case and Ruth lets her piano player friend bring his Broadway friends for a visit. However, the idiot husband arrives early and throws what amounts to as a big temper tantrum...and Ruth leaves. Soon, she's on the stage and over the years she becomes famous. But what about her ex-husband, the doc?

I enjoyed Etting's singing quite a bit...it was very smooth and relaxing. I also liked the story....even if I did think the husband was a real wiener! Overall, very well done for a Vitaphone short...and well worth seeing.