Hitting a New High

A Paris cabaret singer dreams of becoming a Metropolitan Opera singer. A press agent arranges her Manhattan debut by way of Africa.

Cast

Lily Pons

as Suzette

Jack Oakie

as Corny Davis

Edward Everett Horton

as Lucius B. Blynn

John Howard

as Jimmy James

Eric Blore

as Cedric Cosmo

Eduardo Ciannelli

as Andreas Mazzini

Luis Alberni

as Luis Marlo

Vinton Hayworth

as Carter Haig

Leonard Carey

as Jervons

Reviews

CinemaSerf

For a brief while, I thought the MGM lion had strayed onto set and was going to shorten this feature for us, but he merely yawned and went back to sleep. Now that is quite an accomplishment as for much of this film we are treated to the pizzicato dulcets of aspiring opera singer “Suzette” (Lily Pons...

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