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Peach O'Reno (1931) [IN PROCESS - Information may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies]


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Title: Peach O'Reno [IMDb]


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Release date: December 25, 1931
Studio: RKO
Runtime: 63 minutes
IMDB genres: comedy, musical, romance

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After a quarrel at their 25th wedding anniversary, Joe and Aggie Bruno decide to divorce each other, and both leave for Reno. So do their daughters Prudence and Pansy, but they want to get their parents back together. Joe and Aggie, accidentally, are becoming clients at the same law firm, Wattles and Swift, which is the biggest and most successful in town. But being on the opposite sides in the same case is not the only problem for Wattles and Swift, the concurring law firm Jackson, Jackson, Jackson and Jackson, has started a price war and one of its member has just been appointed judge, furthermore, there's Ace Crosby, whose ex-wife got her divorce with the help of Wattles and Swift, who vowed to shoot Wattles for this. Wattles disguises as widow Hanover, Joe's co-respondent. Crosby, waiting at the office-turned-casino, wins too much at the poker table, so Wattles tries to lure him away, after he and Joe have been seen by Aggie. Aggie, who has met Judge Jackson, who told her that she and her husband are clients at the same law firm, switches to Jackson, Jackson, Jackson and Jackson, after Wattles disguise fails. So does Crosby's attempt to murder him. The Bruno daughters meanwhile have fallen in love with the lawyers, and now they are trying to prevent the divorce. In a crazy court session they try all their tricks.

Plot keywords (from IMDb): argument, argument, attempted murder, attempted murder, bar, bar, bigamy, bigamy, bullet proof vest, bullet proof vest, co respondent, co respondent, courtroom, courtroom, craps, craps, cross dressing, cross dressing, damsel in distress, damsel in distress, dancing, dancing, deception, deception, divorce, divorce, female impersonation, female impersonation, fire, fire, gambler, gambler, gunfire, gunfire, judge, judge, law, law, lawyer, lawyer, marriage, marriage, marriage proposal, marriage proposal, police, police, pre code film, pre code film, prissy sissy, prissy sissy, prohibition era, prohibition era, radio broadcasting, radio broadcasting, reno nevada, reno nevada, roulette, roulette, singer, singer, singing, singing, sister, sister, slang, slang, song, song, train, train, trial, trial slapstick comedy, vendor, vendor, wedding anniversary, wedding anniversary, wig, wig, slapstick comedy

Cast and Crew

ActorRole
Bert WheelerWattles
Robert WoolseyJulius Swift
Dorothy LeePrudence Bruno
William A. SeiterDirector
Ray HeindorfOrchestrator
Max SteinerMusical Director

Film Statistics

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Film duration: 1:02:44
Music duration: 00:14:05
Pages in score: no score available
Total themes: 17
Themes with variants: 0
Total variants: 0
Total gestures: 3
Total underscoring sections: 0
Total underscoring duration: 00:00:00
Total instances: 22

Themes

Name Uses Variants
Dear Old Girl 2 0
From Niagara Falls to Reno 2 0
A Perfect Day 1 0
After the Clouds Roll By 1 0
Assembly 1 0
Carolina Moon 1 0
Dancing with Tears in My Eyes 1 0
Get Hot 1 0
Guilty 1 0
Hearts and Flowers 1 0
Here Comes the Bride 1 0
I'm Wild About Harry 1 0
Moment Musicale 1 0
RKO Tower 1 0
The Apache Dance 1 0
The Skaters 1 0
There's a Ring Around the Moon 1 0

Gestures

Name
Chord
Ta-da!
Tuning