Men Are Such Fools

For the 1932 film, see Men Are Such Fools (1932 film).

Men Are Such Fools is a 1938 American romantic comedy directed by Busby Berkeley and written by Norman Reilly Raine and Horace Jackson. The film stars Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Hugh Herbert, Johnnie Davis, and Penny Singleton. It was released by Warner Bros. on July 16, 1938.^[1][2] Men Are Such Fools is adapted from the novel with the same name by Faith Baldwin.

Men Are Such Fools
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Busby Berkeley
Screenplay by	Norman Reilly Raine Horace Jackson
Based on	Men Are Such Fools 1936 novel by Faith Baldwin
Produced by	Jack L. Warner
Starring	Wayne Morris Priscilla Lane Humphrey Bogart Hugh Herbert Johnnie Davis Penny Singleton
Cinematography	Sidney Hickox Charles Schoenbaum
Edited by	Jack Killifer
Music by	Heinz Roemheld
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	July 16, 1938 (1938-07-16)
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Linda Lawrence skyrockets from a stenographer's desk to a job as account executive in an advertising agency. Although more interested in a career than in marriage, she falls in love with ex-football hero Jimmy Hall after his forceful courtship. They marry after Jimmy promises that he will not ask Linda to resign her position. Linda is pursued by her boss, Harvey Bates, and by Harry Galleon, a big radio contact man who can further her career if she will be "nice" to him. Jimmy becomes jealous, and Linda steps down to become a suburban housewife just as her name is becoming famous in the advertising and radio worlds.

Deciding that Jimmy is unambitious and content in a futureless job, Linda secretly promotes a junior partnership for him in an expanding firm. He refuses the job and she walks out on him, returning to her career. Jimmy accepts the partnership and becomes successful, crashing the newspaper chatter columns as a Broadway playboy. After waiting a year for Jimmy to get in touch with her, Linda announces a trip to Paris, ostensibly to get a divorce and marry Harry, who has converted his proposition to a proposal. That brings Jimmy on the run to stop her, which of course is what she wanted all along. Their reconciliation throws Harry into the arms of Beatrice Harris, a sardonic vamp whom he had cast aside years before.^[3]

Cast

• Wayne Morris as Jimmie Hall
• Priscilla Lane as Linda Lawrence
• Humphrey Bogart as Harry Galleon
• Hugh Herbert as Harvey Bates
• Johnnie Davis as Tad Turkel
• Penny Singleton as Nancy
• Mona Barrie as Beatrice Harris
• Marcia Ralston as Wanda Townsend
• Gene Lockhart as Bill Dalton
• Kathleen Lockhart as Mrs. Dalton
• Donald Briggs as George Onslow
• Nedda Harrigan as Mrs. Nelson
• Eric Stanley as Mr. Nelson
• Claud Allister as Rudolf
• Renie Riano as Mrs. Pinkel (credited as Reine Riano)
• James Nolan as Bill Collyer (uncredited)^[4]
• Carole Landis as June Cooper (uncredited)^[5]
• Vivienne Osborne as Lili Arno (uncredited)