Ready, Willing, and Able (film)

Ready, Willing, and Able
Directed by Ray Enright
Written by Warren Duff
Sig Herzig
Jerry Wald
Story by Richard Macaulay
Produced by Samuel Bischoff
Starring Ruby Keeler
Lee Dixon
Allen Jenkins
Cinematography Sol Polito
Edited by Doug Gould
Music by Heinz Eric Roemheld
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Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date
 March 6, 1937
Running time
 93 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Ready, Willing, and Able is a 1937 American musical film directed by Ray Enright and starring Ruby Keeler, Lee Dixon, Allen Jenkins and Ross Alexander. It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. Songs in the film were written by composer Richard A. Whiting and lyricist Johnny Mercer. The most successful song introduced by Wini Shaw and Ross Alexander, and reprised throughout, was "Too Marvelous for Words", which has become a pop and jazz standard.

In the final production number choreographed by Bobby Connolly, Ruby Keeler and Lee Dixon tap across the keys of a giant-sized typewriter while dancers’ legs mimic typebars striking letters. The film was released to lackluster business in the aftermath of Alexander's suicide.

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