Palmy Days
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	A. Edward Sutherland
Written by	Eddie Cantor Morrie Ryskind David Freedman
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn
Starring	Eddie Cantor Charlotte Greenwood George Raft
Cinematography	Gregg Toland
Edited by	Sherman Todd
Music by	Harry Akst
Production company	Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	October 3, 1931 (1931-10-03)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,601,000[1][2]

Palmy Days is a 1931 American Pre-Code musical comedy film written by Eddie Cantor, Morrie Ryskind, and David Freedman, directed by A. Edward Sutherland, and choreographed by Busby Berkeley (who makes a cameo appearance as a fortune teller). The film stars Eddie Cantor. The famed Goldwyn Girls make appearances during elaborate production numbers set in a gymnasium and a bakery ("Glorifying the American Doughnut"). Betty Grable, Paulette Goddard, Virginia Grey, and Toby Wing are among the bevy of chorines. George Raft had an early role.^[3]

Plot

Eddie Simpson's family bakery/restaurant grows into a huge success; thanks to Simpsons's entertainment shows and a fortune-telling booth run by the mysterious Yolando.

When Simpson discovers the fortune-teller is running a racket that cheats people out of their savings; Yolando and his henchman do their best to dispose of him by feeding him into one of the large bakery ovens. However, their efforts fail.

Cast (in credits order)

• Charlotte Greenwood as Helen Martin
• Barbara Weeks as Joan Clark
• Spencer Charters as Mr Clark
• Paul Page as Steve
• Charles Middleton as Yolando
• George Raft as Joe – Yolando's Henchman
• Harry Woods as Yolando's Henchman
• Eddie Cantor as Eddie Simpson

Music

Cantor's major musical numbers are "My Baby Said Yes, Yes" and "There's Nothing Too Good For My Baby".

Reception

The film was one of the most popular movies of the year.^[4]

New York Times movie critic Mordaunt Hall, described Palmy Days as "a more or less funny diatribe" with "two or three inconsequential melodies and a great deal to gaze, including pretty damsels from the Pacific Coast and effectively photographed groups of dancers."^[5]

Product placement

Brand-name products rarely appeared in movies of this period, partly because of the campaign against that practice by the motion picture trade periodical Harrison's Reports. In an editorial, that publication reported the on-screen appearance of an Underwood Typewriter and product of Continental Baking Company.^[6]