You're the One (1941 film)

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You're the One
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Ralph Murphy
Screenplay by Gene Markey
Produced byGene Markey
Starring Bonnie Baker
Orrin Tucker
Albert Dekker
Edward Everett Horton
Cinematography Ted Tetzlaff
Edited by Archie Marshek
Music by Phil Boutelje
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • February 19, 1941 (1941-02-19)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

You're the One is a 1941 American musical comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Bonnie Baker, Orrin Tucker, Albert Dekker and Edward Everett Horton. [1] The film was released on February 19, 1941, by Paramount Pictures. [2]

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Plot

Bonnie (Bonnie Baker) is a dour-faced hat-check girl at a hotel run by the imperious Edger Crump (Tom Dugan), when famous bandleader Orrin Tucker (himself) comes to the hotel to play a show. The performance is to be aired on radio station KXQZ, run by the slightly mad “Dr.” Colonna (Jerry Colonna), who is actually a garage mechanic who runs around wearing a stethoscope.

Trying to convince Tucker to let her sing with the band, Bonnie runs into singing star Luke Laramie (Albert Dekker), to whom she takes an instant dislike. Eventually, she convinces Tucker to let her sing on the air, thanks to the recommendation of Joe Frink (Edward Everett Horton), who was actually an old friend of her father’s back in Texas.

But things go disastrously wrong when Luke finds he cannot sing due to a “voodoo curse” placed on him by Mme. Ziffnidyiff (Mariska Aldrich). Colonna fills in by singing “The Yogi Who Lost His Power”, but the crowd is unappreciative; one patron hurls an overripe pomegranate at Colonna’s head, knocking him cold. Just when it looks like there’ll be a riot live on the air, Bonnie steps in and sings the big number “You’re The One”, which gets a tremendous hand. Luke, his “curse” lifted, arrives and he and Bonnie sing “I Could Kiss You For That”, after which he kisses her. The whole cast sings “Strawberry Lane” into the closing credits.

Cast

Reception

Bosley Crowther of The New York Times reviewed the musical negatively, criticizing it as "perilously close to being the most haphazard, pointless and dull motion picture shown on Broadway this season." [3] He specifically critiqued the acting of Bonnie Baker and Orrin Tucker as being lackluster, and Jerry Colonna and Edward Everett Horton's roles for engaging in "meaningless and unfunny business".

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References

  1. Fetrow p.594
  2. "You're the One (1941) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  3. Crowther, Bosley (1941-02-20). "Movie Review - You re the One - THE SCREEN". The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2015-07-04. Retrieved 2015-07-02.

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