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Strike Me Pink

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Milquetoast Eddie Pink (Eddie Cantor) takes a new job managing an amusement park run by the forceful Hattie (Helene Lowell), mother of Eddie's lunkheaded friend Butch (Gordon Jones). The local mob, led by crime boss Vance (Brian Donlevy), leans on Eddie to install some of their crooked slot machines in the park. Meanwhile, a love triangle develops between Eddie, Vance's torch-singer girlfriend, Joyce (Ethel Merman), and Hattie's lovestruck secretary, Claribel (Sally Eilers).

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Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine These episodes should convince anyone that Eddie is a genuine and lovable comic, and not just simply a radio gagster or a popeyed little man in a hurry. Sep 25, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member I've seen quite a few Eddie Cantor films and some of them are wonderful films. However, Cantor also made a few clunkers--and STRIKE ME PINK is one of them. The film starts out well. Cantor plays a milquetoast owner of a dry cleaning business. Because he's so afraid, he takes a correspondence course to make him an assertive man. This aspect of the film is pretty funny and I really was hooked. When Cantor's friend graduates college, Cantor is offered a job running the amusement park owned by his friend's mother. They hire him because he acts tough and assertive--and they need that because hoods (led by Brian Donlevy and William Frawley) are trying to force the park to place crooked slot machines on the property. The last three managers all met with "unfortunate accidents" or just disappeared, so it looks as if Cantor is in over his head. Again, so far so good--the set up is just fine and the film is a mildly amusing comedy. However, one problem is noticeable half-way through the film. While Cantor himself often sings cute little songs in his films, this time there are some Busby Berkely-like production numbers and the addition of a lady singer that frankly didn't work. The humor, at times, took a back seat to irrelevant musical numbers. The dumb plot involving the dark-haired lounge singer just didn't work at all. By the middle of the film, the quality and humor started to fade. However, towards the end the film got really, really bad--like the writers had no idea what to do with the film. Going from a gentle comedy to a "wacky" and outrageous comedy just failed miserably. All too often, Cantor wasn't even in a scenes--just his stunt double. Additionally, with the awful roller coaster scene, too much of a reliance on rear-projection and dippy stunts sank the film. At this point, I just couldn't wait for it to end. It's a shame really, as I wanted to love this film--too bad it all turned to crap at the end. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member The last of Cantor's Goldwyn films starts out OK, then descends into stupidity and boredom. Not even Ethel Merman's production numbers add much spice. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member never could understand the fuss over this guy, even his guest appearance in tv's 'boardwalk empire" Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Milquetoast Eddie Pink (Eddie Cantor) takes a new job managing an amusement park run by the forceful Hattie (Helene Lowell), mother of Eddie's lunkheaded friend Butch (Gordon Jones). The local mob, led by crime boss Vance (Brian Donlevy), leans on Eddie to install some of their crooked slot machines in the park. Meanwhile, a love triangle develops between Eddie, Vance's torch-singer girlfriend, Joyce (Ethel Merman), and Hattie's lovestruck secretary, Claribel (Sally Eilers).
Director
Norman Taurog
Production Co
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Genre
Musical, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 16, 1936, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 27, 2020
Runtime
1h 40m
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