Let's Fall in Love (1933)

Starring Edmund Lowe, Ann Sothern, Miriam Jordan, Gregory Ratoff,
Greta Meyer
Directed by David Burton

Print: black/white
Runtime: 67 min.
Genre: musical
Print Quality: B

A genial lampoon of the Greta Garbo craze, Let's Fall in Love stars Ann
Sothern as Jean, a Brooklyn-born aspiring actress. It so happens that Ken
(Edmund Lowe), an ambitious movie director, is searching for a Swedish
actress to replace his temperamental star Forsell (Tala Birrell). In
desperation, Ken decides to transform Jean into a Scandinavian film
sensation, spending six weeks coaching her in the proper accent and "I
vant to be alone" demeanor. The ruse is successful until Ken's jealous
ex-fiancee Gerry (Miriam Jordan) exposes Jean as a phony, but by this
time the inevitability of a happy ending is never in doubt. The Harold
Arlen-Ted Koehler title tune from Let's Fall in Love would become
something of an anthem for Columbia Pictures, popping up in everything
from Pal Joey to Shake, Rattle and Roll!