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Ginger Rogers and Francis Lederer share equal billing -- and near-equal screen time -- in this amiable RKO programmer. Lederer plays Karel Novak, an incredibly naïve Czech immigrant who is taken under the wing of streetwise New York chorus girl Sylvia Dennis (Rogers). With the help of lovable cop-on-the-beat Murphy (J. Farrel McDonald), Sylvia hides Karel from the immigration authorities and ultimately falls in love with him. In addition to Karel's illegal-alien status, the plot is complicated by a crooked lawyer (Arthur Hohl) and a group of well-meaning welfare workers who endeavor to place Sylvia's kid brother Frank (Jimmy Butler) in a foster home.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Starring: Francis Lederer, Ginger Rogers, Arthur Hohl

Released: January 11, 1935

Runtime: 73.0

Popularity Rating: 0.119

RKO Radio Pictures

United States of America

Karel Novak Francis Lederer
Sylvia Dennis Ginger Rogers
Halsey J. Pander Arthur Hohl
Frank Dennis Jimmy Butler
Officer Murphy J. Farrell MacDonald
Miss Anthrop Helen Ware
Miss Evans Eily Malyon
Mrs. Schultz - Landlady Lillian Harmer
Minister Donald Meek
Police Sergeant Sidney Toler
The Judge Oscar Apfel
Customs Inspector Reginald Barlow
Liquor Store Owner (uncredited) Andy Clyde
Marriage License Clerk (uncredited) Spencer Charters

Art — Art Direction: Charles M. Kirk
Art — Art Direction: Van Nest Polglase
Camera — Director of Photography: Nicholas Musuraca
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Walter Plunkett
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Artist: Mel Berns
Crew — Sound Recordist: John E. Tribby
Directing — Assistant Director: Dewey Starkey
Directing — Director: Stephen Roberts
Editing — Editor: Jack Hively
Production — Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Sound — Original Music Composer: Alberto Colombo
Writing — Screenplay: Edward Kaufman
Writing — Screenplay: Jane Murfin
Writing — Story: Don Hartman
Writing — Story: Norman Krasna