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Palmy Days is a 1931 American Pre-Code musical comedy film written by Eddie Cantor, Morrie Ryskind, and David Freedman, directed by A. Edward Sutherland, and choreographed by Busby Berkeley (who makes a cameo appearance as a fortune teller). The film stars Eddie Cantor. The famed Goldwyn Girls make appearances during elaborate production numbers set in a gymnasium and a bakery ("Glorifying the American Doughnut"). Betty Grable, Paulette Goddard, Virginia Grey, and Toby Wing are among the bevy of chorines. George Raft had an early role.
Eddie falls in love with Mr. Clark's daughter, but she's already in love with another man. Meanwhile, the bakery's awkward but well-meaning fitness instructor, Helen Martin, falls in love with Eddie. Eddie performs song and dance routines for the bakery's customers that drive sales through the roof, and Mr. Clark plans to pay his employees a generous cash bonus. Eddie is entrusted with the cash overnight, but Yolando finds out about the bonus and sends his goons after Eddie. Helen helps Eddie in his frantic struggle to protect the money. Eventually, Dr. Yolando incriminates himself. The money is saved, securing Eddie's position as Mr. Clark's trusted right-hand man, and Eddie realizes he actually loves Helen instead of Mr. Clark's daughter. The smitten Helen already had a minister on standby, so she and Eddie get married on the spot.
New York Times movie critic Mordaunt Hall, described Palmy Days as "a more or less funny diatribe" with "two or three inconsequential melodies and a great deal to gaze, including pretty damsels from the Pacific Coast and effectively photographed groups of dancers."New York Times, Movie Review, "Palmy Days (1931) The Screen; A Frolic, With Mr. Cantor" September 24, 1931
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