GManfred In fact, the cast is about the only thing "Page Miss Glory" has in its favor. It is a 1930's comedy which has Marion Davies playing a slow-witted rube (think Gomer Pyle) who comes to the Big City to find a job. She catches on as a housemaid in a hotel, where Pat O'Brien and Frank McHugh are staying. They are con men who hear about a beauty contest on the radio and cook up a scheme to win the prize money.It's not worth going into detail from there, because what follows is a dull story with a lousy script and jokes that fall flat, many of which have 'so's your old man'-type punch lines (I told you it was a 30's comedy). The camera lingers too long on some jokes and situations, taking some of the starch out of the humor, and Miss Davies overplays her part and flattens other spots which could have been funnier.O'Brien and Mc Hugh do their best, with O'Brien relying on his loud, rapid-fire delivery to gin up excitement. Mary Astor is on hand with little to do and is given some stale dialogue, and the same for Allen Jenkins, Barton MacLane and Patsy Kelly. The title song is fair at best. All in all, a forgettable effort directed by, of all people, Mervyn LeRoy, who should have known better.

calvinnme ...so if you are expecting a typical Marion Davies vehicle in which she is the center of attention most of the time you're going to be disappointed. However, if you're just looking for a fun fast moving comedy in the tradition of 1930's Warner Brothers this will hit the spot.There are two con-men (Pat O'Brien and Frank McHugh) inventing the concept of Photoshop over 50 years before it is a practical reality by entering a composite photograph in a beauty contest and winning, Marion Davies being brave enough to parade around before the camera for almost a full hour as an overweight plain chamber maid, and Dick Powell as a Dudley DoRight type of ace pilot with a chest full of medals who proposes to the beauty contest winner, who is, of course, a girl he's never even met since she doesn't exist. Marion's chamber maid character returns the sentiment having fallen in love with the pilot's picture. Mary Astor plays the mismatched and possessive fiancée of Frank McHugh's character.In short this movie is intentionally ridiculous fun. It pokes fun at publicity campaigns and what makes people famous and interesting to the press and has plenty of that rapid fire dialogue for which Warners was famous in the 30's. Just take off your thinking cap and enjoy.

Maliejandra Kay Page Miss Glory is a Cinderella story, a breezy romp that makes you smile but doesn't make you think. It starts with a group of downtrodden friends (Frank McHugh, Pat O'Brien, Mary Astor) who always get swept up in get-rich-quick schemes. Their latest one is to make a composite photograph of the best female features and send it into a radio beauty contest. They call her Dawn Glory, but Miss Glory does not exist. They win the contest, but it causes a fervor with the public and a high demand for interviews. Aviator Bingo Nelson (Dick Powell) even falls in love with her and asks her hand in marriage. What to do? Con the hotel maid (Marion Davies) into posing as Miss Glory, that's what! Of course, Powell has his obligatory song which provides the film's title. Davies is quite beautiful though she is no spring chicken. She utilizes a slight accent, but does not really get a chance to show her comic potential. Still, the film is great entertainment.

jayms Like "Front Page Woman," this is a comedy I'd never heard of and only discovered because of TCM. Fast paced dialogue played with relentless Looney Tunes energy make this a sharp spoof of media manipulation and public gullibility that holds up well nearly 70 years later. Marion Davies inhabits her slow witted small town girl thrust into the limelight. Dick Powell parodies himself as the Hero of the Air who falls in love with her picture and proposes before they've ever met. Pat O'Brien and Frank McHugh share a wonderful rapport as the con artists behind it all. Only Mary Astor seems wasted as she has little to do though she does it with elan. Treads similar territory to `Nothing Sacred' or more recent offerings like `Simone' and `Wag the Dog.' Highly recommended.