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Ready, Willing, and Able (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Ready, Willing, and Able' is a 1937 musical film directed by Ray Enright and starring Ruby Keeler and Ross Alexander.
Songs in the film were written by composer Richard A. Whiting and lyricist Johnny Mercer. The most successful song introduced by Wini Shaw and Ross Alexander, and reprised throughout, was "Too Marvelous for Words", which has become a pop and jazz standard.
In the final production number choreographed by Bobby Connolly, Ruby Keeler and Lee Dixon tap across the keys of a giant-sized typewriter while dancers legs mimic typebars striking letters. The film was released to lackluster business in the aftermath of Alexanders suicide.
Cast
* Ruby Keeler as Jane Clarke
* Lee Dixon as Pinky 'Pinkie' Blair
* Allen Jenkins as J. 'Katsy' Van Courtland
* Louise Fazenda as Clara Heineman
* Ross Alexander as Barry Granville (his last film before his suicide)
* Carol Hughes as Angie
* Hugh O'Connell as Truman Hardy
* Wini Shaw as The English Jane Clarke
* Teddy Hart as Yip Nolan
* Addison Richards as Edward 'Mac' McNeil
* E.E. Clive as Sir Buffington
* Jane Wyman as Receptionist
* Lillian Kemble-Cooper as Mrs. Buffington
* unbilled players include Milton Kibbee
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