Frank Morgan

Two mayors meet at a convention and, despite their contrasting personalities and views, find themselves attracted to one other. At a Mayor's convention in San Francisco, California, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is Mayor of Puget City, and is proud of his rough and tumble background. Standish is Mayor of Winona, Maine, and is equally proud of her education and dedication to the people who elected her. Thrown together, the two opposites attract, and their escapades during the convention get each of them in hot water back home. —Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com> Steve (Clark Gable) and Clarissa (Loretta Young) inadvertantly get caught up in shenanigans in a series of adventures during a Mayor's convention in San Francisco, California. Frank Morgan is along to keep it light and fun. Raymond Burr tries to throw a monkey wrench into the works. —ksf-2

The Shop Around the Corner revolves around a girl and boy who were the employees of a gift shop, stand one another, without aware they have already fell in love with each other through the post as an anonymous pen pal and further the story revolves did they realize and identify each other.

The ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., famed producer of extravagant stage revues, are portrayed. At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Flo Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-successful neighbor Billings, and also steals his girlfriend. This pattern is repeated throughout their lives, as Ziegfeld makes and loses many fortunes putting on ever-bigger, more spectacular shows--sections of which appear in the film. French revue star Anna Held becomes his first wife, but being married to the man who "glorified the American girl" is not so glorious. Late in life, now married to Billie Burke, he seems to be all washed up, but. —Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu> This lively biopic depicts the rise of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., a theater producer who became renowned during the 1920s for his lavish stage productions. Starting out by promoting individual performers, Ziegfeld established revues featuring dozens of women, shows that developed into his famous Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway. His appreciation of women is also apparent off-stage, leading to a love triangle involving actresses Anna Held and Billie Burke. —Jwelch5742