On This Day...Ladies Should Listen (1934)

 Released today back in 1934, Ladies Should Listen was Cary Grant's 17th full length feature film.

Summary:

Businessman Julian De Lussac (Cary Grant) lives in an apartment building where, although she only knows him through the telephone, the building’s switchboard operator, Anna (Frances Drake), falls for him.  Anna discovers that De Lussac’s girlfriend, Marguerite (Rosita Moreno), is part of a group wanting to swindle him, so Anna decides to save him and expose the con artists.

Cast:

Cary Grant...Julian De Lussac

Frances Drake...Anna Mirelle

Edward Everett Horton...Paul Vernet

Nydia Westman...Susie Flamberg

Rafael Corio...Ramon Cintos (as Rafael Corio)

Rosita Moreno...Marguerite Cintos

George Barbier...Joseph Flamberg

Charles Ray...Henri - House Porter

Charles Arnt...Alber - Valet

Ann Sheridan...Adele (as Clara Lou Sheridan)

Henrietta Burnside...Telephone Operator

Joseph North...Butler (as Joe North)

Quotes:

Julian De Lussac: Wait a minute. How will I know when you get to 10?

Ramon Cintos: You'll be dead.

Julian De Lussac: Your approach was wrong. You treated her with respect.

Paul Vernet: Why, of course!

Julian De Lussac: Yes, that's the trouble. You treat respectable women one way and the other kind another. Reverse your procedure and see what happens. Your popularity will surprise you.

Paul Vernet: Even with a girl like Susie?

Julian De Lussac: Please! You're speaking of my future wife.

Paul Vernet: Well, she sent me up here to ask you to join the party.

Julian De Lussac: Wellll!

Paul Vernet: May I tell her you can't come?

Julian De Lussac: Certainly.

Taglines:

He Talked Fast and Stayed Single Until a Girl Slowed Him Down to a Simple "I Do"! 

(Original Print Ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Lubbock, Texas - August 24, 1934)

The hilarious affairs of a besieged bachelor who lost his head and his freedom at the same time! 

(Print Ad- Niagara Falls Gazette, ((Niagara Falls, NY)) 6 September 1934)

"I'll Kill Myself If You Don't See Me-"..He Lied! 

(Print Ad- Evening Star, ((Washington DC)) 23 August 1934)

She Got In His Hair at first...but later he found her in his heart! 

(Print Ad-Troy Times, ((Troy NY)) 20 October 1934)

GIRLS! Get an earful of this! LISTEN...but don't believe a word he tells you...because it'll sound too good to be true! 

(Print Ad-Lawrence Daily Journal-World, ((Lawrence, Kans.)) 5 October 1934)

Lobby Cards:

Directed by Frank Tuttle

Distributed by Paramount Publix

Running time: 62 minutes

Artwork by Rebekah Hawley at Studio36.