Ready, Willing, and Able (film)

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Ready, Willing, and Able
Directed by	Ray Enright
Written by	Maurice Leo Pat C. Flick Ben Markson Mary C. McCall Jr. Lew Lipton
Screenplay by	Warren Duff Sig Herzig Jerry Wald
Based on	Ready, Willing and Able 1935 story in The Saturday Evening Post 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
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	March 6, 1937 (1937-03-06)
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.^[1] 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.