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Bottoms Up is a 1934 American pre-Code musical comedy film made by Fox Film Corporation, and was directed by David Butler, who cowrote original story and screenplay with producer Buddy G. DeSylva and co-star Sid Silvers.
Bottoms Up: Directed by David Butler. With Spencer Tracy, Pat Paterson, John Boles, Sid Silvers. Promoter Smoothie King helps a pair of phonies con their way into a movie company. As Wanda heads toward stardom, she turns more and more from King toward the matinée idol.
- (172)
- Comedy, Drama, Musical
- David Butler
- 1934-04-13
PlotAfter winning a contest to go to Hollywood, Calif., Canadian actress Wanda Gale (Pat Paterson) falls for the promises of con man Smoothie (Spencer Tracy)...
- 82 min
- 2.8K
- Movie-Buff
Promoter Smoothe King helps a pair of phonies con their way into a movie company. As Wanda heads toward stardom, she turns more and more from King toward the matinee idol. King must decide between his plans and her happiness.
- David Butler, Ad Schaumer
- Spencer Tracy
Directed by David Butler. Tracy stars as a con man jockeying for position in Hollywood, trying to set up pretty Pat Paterson as a Hollywood star. Complications arise when hard-drinking actor John Boles takes an interest in the girl, and heartthrobs get in the way of best-laid plans.
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. In his only musical-comedy appearance, Spencer Tracy stars as fast-buck promoter Smoothie King. Our hero's latest scam is to pass off Hollywood extra Wanda Gale (Pat Patterson) and forger Limey Brook (Herbert Mundin) as British nobility, getting both of them prestigious jobs at a movie studio.
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Overview. Promoter "Smoothie" King helps a pair of phonies con their way into a movie company. As Wanda heads toward stardom, she turns more and more from King toward the matinée idol. King must decide between his plans and her happiness. David Butler.
