financially strapped paramount pull out all the stop for this 34 stage adaptation entry represent big budget and large cast and extravagant production and mitch leisen tag a the director . what happen . two thing represent busby berkeley do not work for the out of focus rock and a murder mystery script that do not deserve to be in the same trash can a the bad charlie chan first draft down the street . i have to believe that the cutting be out of leisen hand since the great duke ellington number be savagely chopped and but that doesn not mean that it ain not worth a look represent the sweet marihuana number feature topless chorus girl be a mind blower and consider the looming production code and it also have the ravish toby wing ( whose unfortunately feed horrible line and play the prototype dumb blonde ) a a chorion hot for an otherwise preoccupied jack oakie . carl brisson act be bland a melba toast but he a competent singer . maclaglen reach for new plateau a a stereotypical dumb detective . and try to spot lucy in the chorus . this rate a 7 . 0 a a curiosity . feb 2010 re think represent i recently give the film another look and now feel i be wrong to berate the lack of busby berkeley production number . i can understand leisen argument for more realistic production number within the context of the plot . i still have enormous issue with the edit however . paramount and the racy major studio in town and face huge issue with the production code at the bad possible time in it history and financially speaking and and pull out all the stop on this one ( also check out 1934 search for beauty ) . a must see for pre code buff .