poster

1941

NR (10/23/1941) (US)

Adventure, Comedy, Crime

1h 15m

53

User Score

Three delicious lovelies on the loose..for laughs!

Overview

Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.

1941

53

User Score

NR (10/23/1941) (US)

Adventure, Comedy, Crime

1h 15m

Three delicious lovelies on the loose..for laughs!

Overview

Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.

Cast

Joan Blondell

Joan Blondell

Hope Banner

Binnie Barnes

Binnie Barnes

Faith Banner

Janet Blair

Janet Blair

Charity Banner

Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley

Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager

John Howard

John Howard

Tommy Hopkins

Hugh O'Connell

Hugh O'Connell

Chief of Police

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician

Eric Blore

Eric Blore

Charlemagne, looking for Charlie

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey

Fred Chambers, editor

Una O'Connor

Una O'Connor

Maggie O'Callahan, scrubwoman

Almira Sessions

Almira Sessions

Tessie Conarchy, scrubwoman

Dorothy Vaughan

Dorothy Vaughan

Mrs. McDougall, scrubwoman

Walter Soderling

Walter Soderling

Charlie, the deceased

Alec Craig

Alec Craig

Samuel, potential casket customer

Joseph Crehan

Joseph Crehan

Labor leader

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Mortician

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Mortician's Wife

Eddie Dunn

Eddie Dunn

Policeman Eddie

Harry Harvey

Harry Harvey

Reporter