Ready, Willing, and Able (film)

Ready, Willing, and Able
Ready, Willing, and Able
Directed by	Ray Enright
Written by	Richard Macaulay (story); Warren Duff; Sig Herzig; Jerry Wald
Produced by	Samuel Bischoff
Cinematography	Sol Polito
Edited by	Doug Gould
Music by	Heinz Eric Roemheld (Uncredited)
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	March 6, 1937
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Ready, Willing, and Able is a 1937 musical film directed by Ray Enright and starring Ruby Keeler and Ross Alexander.

Songs in the film were written by composer Richard A. Whiting and lyricist Johnny Mercer. The most successful song introduced by Wini Shaw and Ross Alexander, and reprised throughout, was "Too Marvelous for Words", which has become a pop and jazz standard.

In the final production number choreographed by Bobby Connolly, Ruby Keeler and Lee Dixon tap across the keys of a giant-sized typewriter while dancers’ legs mimic typebars striking letters. The film was released to lackluster business in the aftermath of Alexander’s suicide.

Cast[]

Ruby Keeler as Jane Clarke
Lee Dixon as Pinky 'Pinkie' Blair
Allen Jenkins as J. 'Katsy' Van Courtland
Louise Fazenda as Clara Heineman
Ross Alexander as Barry Granville (his last film before his suicide)
Carol Hughes as Angie
Hugh O'Connell as Truman Hardy
Wini Shaw as The English Jane Clarke
Teddy Hart as Yip Nolan
Addison Richards as Edward 'Mac' McNeil
E.E. Clive as Sir Buffington
Jane Wyman as Receptionist
Lillian Kemble-Cooper as Mrs. Buffington
unbilled players include Milton Kibbee

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