You're Telling Me
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Cast & Crew
Charles Lamont
Hugh Herbert
Anne Gwynne
Robert Paige
Edward Ashley
Ernest Truex
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Charles Handley, vice-president of the radio advertising agency of Driscoll, Dorsett & Handley, is forced by his wife Fanny to hire his nephew, the dimwitted Hubert Abercrombie Gumm. Hubert, who wants to learn the business from the bottom up, is put in charge of the mimeographing room, with disastrous results, as he mixes up the scripts of numerous radio programs. Instead of being fired, Hubert is mistakenly sent to Brooklyn to meet the arriving ship of noted explorer and author Fred Curtis, whom the advertising agency desperately wants to sign to an exclusive endorsement contract. At the docks, Fred is confronted by reporters, who question him on his relationship to the divorcing Adelle Parks. As a cover, the narcissistic Fred states that he is engaged to Kit Bellamy, the fiancée of his exploring companion, scientist Dr. Burnside "Burnsy" Walker. Afterward, Burnsy insists that the reluctant Fred go with him to Boston, in order to straighten things out with Kit, and Hubert and Fanny agree to take them there in her chauffeured limousine. Along the way, Fred tries to steal the limousine and head back to New York, but he is caught by Burnsy, who forces him to continue on to Boston. Hubert and Fanny, who had been left behind, buy a motor scooter and arrive at the Bellamy home before the two men. Fanny explains the situation to Kit, and though she is upset by her predicament, she confirms Fred's claim in front of a roomful of reporters. After the reporters leave, however, Kit fights with Burnsy over his inhibitions, much to the delight of Fred, who then sets his sites on his new "fiancée." Fred deceives Hubert into believing that he has signed the endorsement contract, when he has actually signed a piece of sheet music. Later that night, Fred pretends to suffer from "jungle fever," so the entire group is forced to spend the night at the Bellamy home. While Hubert and Fanny tend to his "medical needs," Fred tells Kit that Burnsy is really the "Casanova" explorer portrayed in his book. After Hubert's treatments, however, the explorer begs to be allowed to give up his deception and return to New York. At the same time, Kit calls a group of reporters, who arrive at the Bellamy home at the same time as Adelle. Kit then announces that she has broken her engagement to Fred, as she has learned that Burnsy was the real author of Jungle Nights and the leader of the expedition. Her story is supported when the weakened Fred collapses in front of the reporters and a girl claiming to be Leili, a native girl depicted in the book, rushes into Burnsy's arms. The next morning, everyone has left the Bellamy home except Fred and Kit, and she insists that they elope. Back at the advertising agency, the partners are thrilled that Fred has not actually signed the contract. Hubert is then sent to sign Burnsy to the same contract, and he finds the scientist in the steam room of the Explorer's Club. After Burnsy signs the contract, Hubert, with the help of Leili, stops Fred and Kit's wedding, then reunites the scientist with his intended.
Director
Charles Lamont
Cast
Hugh Herbert
Anne Gwynne
Robert Paige
Edward Ashley
Ernest Truex
Esther Dale
Eily Malyon
Charles Smith
Helen Lynd
Romaine Callender
Boyd Davis
Vicki Lester
Linda Brent
Harry Hayden
Jan Wiley
Jack Arnold
Phil Tead
Grace Stafford
Olaf Hytten
Ralph Dunn
William Haade
Emmett Lynn
Jane Cowan
Wilson Benge
Wilbur Mack
Heinie Conklin
Charles Mcmurphy
Eddy Chandler
Charles Sullivan
Frank O'connor
Gene O'donnell
Pat Maier
Jack Gardner
Charles Sherlock
Ralph Brooks
Jessie Arnold
Kernan Cripps
Fritzi Brunette
Vera Brunette
Gertrude Mack
Crew
Jerome Ash
Bernard B. Brown
Philip Cahn
Duane Decker
R. A. Gausman
Ken Goldsmith
Charles Gould
William Hedgcock
Frances Hyland
Harold H. Macarthur
Homer Mccoy
Charles O'neil
Jack Otterson
Jaik Rosenstein
H. J. Salter
Brenda Weisberg
Vera West
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The working title of this film was Temporarily Yours. In the film, Edward Ashley's character is referred to as both "Fred Curtis" and "Glen Curtis." According to Hollywood Reporter, Ashley was borrowed from M-G-M for the production. Hollywood Reporter news items and production charts include Elaine Morey, Marie McDonald, Susan Miller, Nell O'Day and Kathryn Adams in the cast, but their appearance in the released film has not been confirmed.
