Summaries

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

After helping a numbskull graduate college, a nebbish blunders into a job running an amusement park. There he wards off a variety of con artists and other miscreants while he pursues a nightclub singer.—Andrei Blok

Eddie Pink, meek drycleaner in a college town (and secret fan of entertainer Joyce Lennox), sends for an assertiveness course. Soon, he finds himself hired by his dunce friend's mother as manager of Dreamland, an amusement park menaced by slot-machine racketeers. Can Eddie, armed with his mail-order mentor's few simple rules, triumph over menacing mobsters and feminine wiles?—Rod Crawford <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • damsel in distress
  • obsessed fan
  • bully
  • slot machines
  • contraption
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Musical
Release date Jan 23, 1936
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Cyclone Racer Roller Coaster, Nu Pike Amusement Park, Long Beach, California, USA
Production companies The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 40m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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