SYNOPSIS: A small town ne'er-do-well hopes to win the girl of his choice by running for office as town mayor.
NOTES: The stage play opened on Broadway at the Ambassador on 28 September 1925 and ran a very satisfactory 90 performances. Alan Dinehart both starred as the small-town backslapper and directed. Walter Connolly and Gladys Lloyd were also in the cast. Richard Herndon produced. Warner Brothers purchased the film rights and made the first version in 1936 under the title, Brides Are Like That. Ross Alexander, Anita Louise and Gene Lockhart starred.
COMMENT: The story of this film has hardly any affinity with its title. The plot mainly centers on the hero (George Reeves) winning the mayoral race against the firmly entrenched incumbent (Ferris Taylor). The fact that he will also win the girl (the lovely Rosemary Lane) seems almost incidental, as he is also keen to put down the town blowhard (John Eldredge), especially as that particular loudmouth has marriage designs on Miss Lane.
The plot holds promise but unfortunately it is not realized, despite valiant efforts by Miss Lane and Mr Reeves. Oddly, it's the support cast that lets the side down, due both to miscasting (Francis Pierlot is right outside his range as the heroine's dad) and to Noel Smith's dull, listless, uninvolved direction. Another problem lies with a far too talkative screenplay that often gives the impression of a filmed stage play. Thank you, prolific Poverty Row writer Robert E. Kent (who churned out so much stuff he sometimes used the pseudonym, James B. Gordon).
Sad to say, photography and other credits are equally uninspired. Production values rate no more than average for a "B" feature. Perhaps slightly less.
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