Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Lancoor A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

kidboots Winnie Lightner was a unique performer who was a terrific find for Warners when she stole "Gold Diggers of Broadway"(1929). Her high spirited performances as well as a genuine love of entertaining had her bursting through the dullness of "The Show of Shows". Not long after when musicals were on their way out Winnie was almost their first casualty, unfortunately just at the time when Warners felt she had earned the right to carry a big musical comedy. This was "The Life of the Party" and it was going to be spectacular - Technicolor production, romantic leads from Broadway (Jack Whiting, Irene Delroy), strong comic support (Charles Butterworth), grand tunes and even a fashion show!! But as studios started to get public feedback, Warners got jittery and ended up slashing all the songs except one. So what was left was an extremely funny gold- digger farce where performers occasionally pause to break into song but nothing happens!! Projecting a 100 watt personality Winnie proved she didn't need songs and it was one of Warners few successes in that dismal year of 1930!!A super opening as the camera flashes along the great white way giving viewers a glimpse of bright lights and the best and most popular of Warners films of 1930!! And the pace doesn't slacken as the camera pans to the music store with Flo and Dot ("the gold dust twins") strutting their stuff. Behind a bevy of sheet music plugging Warners/First National recent song hits Winnie Lightner (as Flo) sings the only song in the film, the bouncy "Poison Ivy" but it's her constant stream of wisecracks that will keep you in stitches. Dot (Irene Delroy) is the pretty one and it's the discovery that the handsome boy who she has kept faithful to has married an old dowager for her money, that send both her and Flo down the gold digging path. The first millionaire the gals fleece (out of a $5,000 wardrobe) is fashion retailer Mons. Le Maire and Charles Judels is hilarious as the hyper-active Frenchman with his funny dances and temper tantrums, all the while screaming "I Will Not Lose My Temper"!!Now in Havana and with Dot posing as a wealthy widow, Flo is in charge and boy is there a mix up!! Between Smiths - A.J. Smith, the wealthy inventor of Rush invigorating elixir, Flo mistakes him for con-man (a natty John Davidson) and she spends the rest of the movie trying to separate Dot from the man of her dreams, the real A.J. Smith (Jack Whiting) who is hanging around like a love sick puppy and who..... Charles Butterworth adds his comic revelry as a "not quite there" hotel guest who has a passion for Winnie and horses!!With no songs to sing Jack Whiting seemed superfluous, at least Delroy got to look fetching in some fashionable clothes but often the scene found them gazing at the moon, then cutting as soon as they opened their mouths to sing!! But according to a Photoplay review, only Winnie, Charles Butterworth and Charles Judell were needed as the laughs poured out of them and they did!!Highly Recommended.

footlightparade1 I can't understand why it is rated so low, it was really a joy to watch and the characters were all so well formed, I think this film may have helped inspire some like it hot, it has brilliant, witty characters, and it's great for all the pre-code fans. It tells a tale of two ambitious gold diggers, and it's such a shame the musical numbers were cut out and the Technicolor lost, but still a very fun film, also starring the beautiful Ziegfeld girl Irene Delroy, her and Winnie contrast and their opposites attract and they make a wonderful pair. I watched this film for Winnie Lightner but I was introduced to a few other forgotten stars and they were just spectacular, they were played with a lot of charisma and quirkiness.

Like_Wu_told_me Often-witty dialogue can't quite save a predictable, simplistic plot, but Winnie Lightner and Irene Delroy keep the film quite entertaining. The film as a whole is totally inconsequential, but several of the performances, especially those of the two leads, are enough to recommend it. Lightner's forceful, abrasive, energetic, and often hilarious performance is a perfect foil for Delroy's sweet, dewy, and relatively languid one. Charles Butterworth's underplayed humor is very welcome in a minor role, while the unfunny slapstick subplot anchored by Charles Judels' almost grotesque performance as Monsieur LeMaire throws the film off pitch whenever it resurfaces throughout. Overall, simple, predictable, and worth a watch.

vitaphone This great comedy was planned as a musical but the musical numbers were cut out before general release due to the fact that the public had grown tired by late 1930. Only one song was left in the picture. Winnie Lightner is at her best in this All Talking All Technicolor Comedy! Winnie Lightner and her friend (played by Irene Delroy) decide to do some gold digging when they are fired from their job in a sheet music store. They find a dressmaker named Le Maire (played by Charles Judels) to work on and once they got the goods they take off for Havana! Meanwhile the dressmaker is happy thinking he is going to spend the night with the girls along with his friend. He goes wild in a hilarious scene where he starts breaking all the furniture while his friend only says "Yoo-Hoo" and makes him even more irritated! Some of the funny gags in this comedy include a scence where the dressmaker is showing the girls some dresses and says "And this one the prince wanted to wear but his mother would not let him!" This comedy was originally made in Technicolor. The last known print was throwed away by Technicolor Corporation in the 1950's after a black and white print has been made to show on television. But even in black and white this film is a riot! :) Towards the end of the film LeMaire catches up with the two golddiggers and literally destroyed a room shouted "I Will Call The Police If I Don't Get The Money For The Dresses" After he gets a check he says: "And I'm gald I didn't lose my temper!" One of the best early Warner Brother talking comedies.