Meet the Boyfriend is a 1937 American film directed by Ralph Staub.
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Plot summary
A heartthrob singer, Tony Page, also known as "America's Boyfriend", decides to wed a Swedish actress. His manager doesn't want this because he is afraid of Tony losing female fans, so he takes up a $300,000 insurance policy if Tony does in fact wed. Tony soon meets a girl named June Delaney on a bus who doesn't swoon over him like other girls. He falls for her but doesn't know her true identity.
Cast
Robert Paige as Tony Page
Carol Hughes as June Delaney
Warren Hymer as Wilbur 'Bugs' Corrigan
Pert Kelton as Beulah Potts
Andrew Tombes as J. Ardmore Potts
Gwili Andre as Vilma Vlare
Ed 'Oscar' Platt as Oscar
Lou Fulton as Elmer
Smiley Burnette as Orchestra Leader
Leonid Kinskey as Dr. Sokoloff
Syd Saylor as Buddy
Selmer Jackson as Madison
Cy Kendall as Walters
Robert Middlemass as McGrath
Mary Gordon as Mrs. Grimes
Soundtrack
"Sweet Lips (Kiss My Blues Away)" (Written by Harry Tobias and Roy Ingraham)
"You Are My Rosebud" (Music by Alberto Colombo / Lyrics by Smiley Burnette)
"Singing My Hillbilly Song" (Written by Smiley Burnette)
"To Know You Care" (Written by Harry Tobias and Roy Ingraham)
"This Business of Love" (Written by Harry Tobias and Roy Ingraham)
Critical reception
Motion Picture Herald gave a positive review and described the film as "A lightweight concoction of song, romance and comedy." Although finding the storyline to be "the "boy meets girl" formula with no plot maneuvers to make the affair different or outstanding", the reviewer felt that the film was enjoyable and well supported by a cast of "pleasing if not prominently known players."
Variety considered this to be a poor film, with no notable cast members and "without b.o. (box office) prospects", and described it as a "farce without laughs." It commented "Scripters, director and cast go way overboard for comedy; little excuse for such clumsy writing."