You Said a Mouthful
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLloyd Bacon
Screenplay byRobert Lord
Bolton Mallory
Story byWilliam B. Dover
Produced byRaymond Griffith
StarringJoe E. Brown
Ginger Rogers
Preston Foster
Allen Hoskins
Harry Gribbon
Edwin Maxwell
Sheila Terry
CinematographyRichard Towers
Edited byOwen Marks
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • December 8, 1932 (1932-12-08)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

You Said a Mouthful is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Robert Lord and Bolton Mallory. The film stars Joe E. Brown, Ginger Rogers, Preston Foster, Allen Hoskins, Harry Gribbon, Edwin Maxwell and Sheila Terry.[1][2] The film was released by Warner Bros. on December 8, 1932.

Plot

Joe Holt works for the Armstrong Rubber Goods company and believes that he has invented an unsinkable bathing suit. His colleagues mock Joe behind his back and fool him into thinking that his boss likes the swimsuit idea.

Joe travels to California to inherit his aunt's fortune, which he intends to use to finance the manufacture of his swimsuit. However, his aunt died broke. Joe befriends a servant's son, Sam Wellington, and together take a boat to Santa Catalina Island.

Socialite Alice Brandon mistakes Joe for a famous swimmer with his same name. She has just parted ways with channel swimmer Ed Dover and wants Ed to lose an upcoming channel race, so she persuades Joe to enter. Sam must teach Joe how to swim. The real swimmer Joe Holt finds himself in jail after being accused as an impostor. Joe impresses Alice by winning the race.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "You Said a Mouthful (1932) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ Hall, Mordaunt (November 18, 1932). "Movie Review - The Kid From Spain - Eddie Cantor in an Uproarious Farce With Interludes of Singing and Dancing - Joe E. Brown's Latest". The New York Times. Retrieved August 10, 2015.

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Films directed by Lloyd Bacon
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