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She Couldn't Say No

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Eve Arden and Roger Pryor in She Couldn't Say No (1940)
Wally is a lawyer with no clients so when he gets a job to buy a lake and the surrounding 1000 acres for Trans Atlantic Airlines, he jumps at the chance. But when ole man Potter puts a load of buckshot in his rear, Wally old Potter to hire Turnbull and Johnson to represent Potter in a breach of promise suit. When Wally cannot be found Banjo gets Alice to take the case- which is her first. Her fee for defendant Potter is the Lake and the 1000 acres. When Wally shows up, he has the plaintiff Pansy as a client and his fee is also the lake and the 1000 acres.
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Wally is a lawyer with no clients so when he gets a job to buy a lake and the surrounding 1000 acres for Trans Atlantic Airlines, he jumps at the chance. But when ole man Potter puts a load ... Read allWally is a lawyer with no clients so when he gets a job to buy a lake and the surrounding 1000 acres for Trans Atlantic Airlines, he jumps at the chance. But when ole man Potter puts a load of buckshot in his rear, Wally old Potter to hire Turnbull and Johnson to represent Potter... Read allWally is a lawyer with no clients so when he gets a job to buy a lake and the surrounding 1000 acres for Trans Atlantic Airlines, he jumps at the chance. But when ole man Potter puts a load of buckshot in his rear, Wally old Potter to hire Turnbull and Johnson to represent Potter in a breach of promise suit. When Wally cannot be found Banjo gets Alice to take the case... Read all
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    • Director
      • William Clemens
    • Writers
      • Earl Baldwin(screen play)
      • Charles Grayson(screen play)
      • Benjamin M. Kaye(from the play by)
    • Stars
      • Roger Pryor
      • Eve Arden
      • Cliff Edwards
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    • Director
      • William Clemens
    • Writers
      • Earl Baldwin(screen play)
      • Charles Grayson(screen play)
      • Benjamin M. Kaye(from the play by)
    • Stars
      • Roger Pryor
      • Eve Arden
      • Cliff Edwards
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    • 7User reviews
    • 1Critic review

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    Eve Arden and Clem Bevans in She Couldn't Say No (1940)
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    Roger Pryor
    Roger Pryor
    • Wallace Turnbull
    Eve Arden
    Eve Arden
    • Alice Hinsdale
    Cliff Edwards
    Cliff Edwards
    • Banjo Page
    Clem Bevans
    Clem Bevans
    • Eli Potter
    Vera Lewis
    Vera Lewis
    • Pansy Hawkins
    Irving Bacon
    Irving Bacon
    • Abner
    Spencer Charters
    Spencer Charters
    • Hank Woodcock
    Ferris Taylor
    Ferris Taylor
    • Judge Jenkins
    Chester Clute
    Chester Clute
    • Ezra Pine
    George Irving
    George Irving
    • Henry Rockwell
    Zeffie Tilbury
    Zeffie Tilbury
    • Ma Hawkins
    George Guhl
    George Guhl
    • Barber
    Frank Mayo
    Frank Mayo
    • Town Marshal
    Bertha Belmore
      Sonny Bupp
      Sonny Bupp
      • Boy with News of Pansy
      • (uncredited)
      Glen Cavender
      Glen Cavender
      • Juror
      • (uncredited)
      Ann Edmonds
      Ann Edmonds
      • Rockwell's Secretary
      • (uncredited)
      Paulette Evans
      • Phone Gossip #1
      • (uncredited)
      • Director
        • William Clemens
      • Writers
        • Earl Baldwin(screen play)
        • Charles Grayson(screen play)
        • Benjamin M. Kaye(from the play by)
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      • Trivia
        The character Eli Potter states that he almost 80 years old, but actor Clem Bevans was actually 61 when this was filmed.
      • Goofs
        Though the dialog tells us the film takes place in 1925 (a year before Benjamin Kaye wrote the play on which it is based), the cars, clothes and settings are those of 1940, when it was made.
      • Quotes

        Alice Hinsdale: First good case we get and Wallace is minus his Johnson.

      • Connections
        Version of She Couldn't Say No (1930)
      • Soundtracks
        Watching My Dreams Go By
        (1929) (uncredited)
        Lyric by Al Dubin
        Music by Joseph A. Burke

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      5/10
      dump Wally
      Wally Turnbull (Roger Pryor) is a struggling lawyer in New York City. He has imaginary partner Johnson and Alice Hinsdale (Eve Arden) is his loyal secretary. She put aside her own law degree to work for him due to her unrequited love for him. Due to a convoluted plot, she pretends to be Johnson and they end up on opposite sides of a case.

      It's quite progressive to have a female lawyer at this time. I do wish for the movie to be less convoluted and more funny. I'm not saying that it's bad but it needs work. Alice spends most of the first half with Banjo. She needs to spend time with Wally for the audience to truly fall in love with this as a romance. In the end, Wally is not appealing and that part of the film falters. Eve Arden is pretty good and Cliff Edwards is a fun sidekick. I'd rather just get rid of Wally and have this be a single gal lawyer movie.
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      • Release date
        • December 7, 1940 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • United States
      • Language
        • English
      • Filming locations
        • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
      • Production company
        • Warner Bros.
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 2 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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