Artists And Models (1937)

An advertising bigwig (Jack Benny) is charged with choosing a queen for the yearly Artists And Models ball. He wants to make his girlfriend (Ida Lupino) the queen but his client (Richard Arlen) has other ideas. He wants a society type, not a professional model. Directed by Raoul Walsh (WHITE HEAT). A bland musical comedy whose sole distinction is casting Jack Benny as a romantic leading man. Benny's persona never translated well to flm, he seemed more suited for TV and radio. It's a failure as a musical and as a comedy. Two musical numbers compensate for the barely there formulaic plot: a lively dance number with Judy Canova and Ben Blue that accents their physical agility and a jazz number with Martha Raye and Louis Armstrong directed by Vincente Minnelli in his first Hollywood assignment. With Gail Patrick, Hedda Hopper and Cecil Cunningham.