Safety in Numbers (1930 film)

Safety in Numbers
Still with Carole Lombard and Josephine Dunn
Directed by	Victor Schertzinger
Written by	George Marion Jr. Percy Heath
Story by	Marion Dix
Starring	Buddy Rogers Kathryn Crawford Josephine Dunn Carole Lombard
Cinematography	Henry W. Gerrard
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	May 30, 1930 (1930-05-30)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Safety in Numbers is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film. It stars Buddy Rogers, and features Kathryn Crawford, Josephine Dunn, and Carole Lombard (in one of her early roles).

Plot

William Reynolds is set to inherit $350 million on his next birthday, but his uncle says he must learn the ways of the world beforehand. His uncle hires three follies girls to guide William around New York.^[1]

Cast

Buddy Rogers as William Butler Reynolds
Kathryn Crawford as Jacqueline
Josephine Dunn as Maxine
Carole Lombard as Pauline
Roscoe Karns as Bertram Shapiro
Richard Tucker as F. Carstair Reynolds
Francis McDonald as Phil Kemptom
Raoul Paoli as Jules
Virginia Bruce as Alma McGregor
Geneva Mitchell as Cleo Carewe
Louise Beavers as Messalina
Lawrence Grant as Commander Brinker (uncredited)
Tom London as Motorist (uncredited)
Russ Powell as Doorman (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

Reception

The reviewer for the Motion Picture Herald wrote, "Here's that rare combination of intelligent direction, brilliant dialogue, and rich humor. The result is a picture that is entertainment plus." Mordaunt Hall of The New York Times was less enthusiastic, but praised the musical numbers.^[1]

References

1 2 Ott, Frederick W. (1972). The Films of Carole Lombard. Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press. pp. 75–77. ISBN 978-0806502786.

External links

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Selected films directed by Victor Schertzinger

The Clodhopper (1917)
The Son of His Father (1917)
His Mother's Boy (1917)
The Hired Man (1918)
The Family Skeleton (1918)
Playing the Game (1918)
His Own Home Town (1918)
The Claws of the Hun (1918)
A Nine O'Clock Town (1918)
Coals of Fire (1918)
Quicksand (1918)
String Beans (1918)
Hard Boiled (1919)
Extravagance (1919)
The Sheriff's Son (1919)
The Homebreaker (1919)
The Lady of Red Butte (1919)
When Doctors Disagree (1919)
Other Men's Wives (1919)
Jinx (1919)
The Slim Princess (1920)
The Concert (1921)
Made in Heaven (1921)
Mr. Barnes of New York (1922)
Long Live the King (1923)
Bread (1924)
Man and Maid (1925)
The Return of Peter Grimm (1926)
The Showdown (1928)
Forgotten Faces (1928)
Redskin (1929)
Nothing But the Truth (1929)
Fashions in Love (1929)
Paramount on Parade (1930)
Safety in Numbers (1930)
Heads Up (1930)
Friends and Lovers (1931)
The Constant Woman (1933)
One Night of Love (1934)
Let's Live Tonight (1935)
Love Me Forever (1935)
The Music Goes 'Round (1936)
Something to Sing About (1937)
The Mikado (1939)
Road to Singapore (1940)
Rhythm on the River (1940)
Road to Zanzibar (1941)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
The Fleet's In (1942)

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