''Let's Go Native'' is a 1930 American

pre-Code Pre-Code Hollywood was the brief era in the American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in film in 1929LaSalle (2002), p. 1. and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines, popularly known ...

black-and-white

musical Musical is the adjective of music Music is generally defined as the The arts, art of arranging sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Exact def ...

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...

, directed by

Leo McCarey Thomas Leo McCarey (October 3, 1898 – July 5, 1969) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was involved in nearly 200 films, the most well known today being ''Duck Soup'', '' Make Way for Tomorrow'', '' The Awful T ...

and released by

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...

. Jerry comments on being the only man on an island populated by women, "It was one of the Virgin Islands, but it drifted." The tagline was: "Paramount's wild, merry, mad hilarious farce!"

Cast

Jack Oakie Jack Oakie (born Lewis Delaney Offield; November 12, 1903 – January 23, 1978) was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on Theatre, stage, radio and television. He portrayed Napaloni in Charlie Chaplin, Chaplin's ''T ...

- Voltaire McGinnis *

Jeanette MacDonald Jeanette Anna MacDonald (June 18, 1903 – January 14, 1965) was an American singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier ('' The Love Parade'', '' Love Me Tonight'', '' The Merry Widow'' and '' ...

- Joan Wood *

Richard "Skeets" Gallagher Richard "Skeets" Gallagher (July 28, 1891 – May 22, 1955) was an American actor. He had blue eyes and his naturally blond hair was tinged with grey from the age of sixteen. Biography He was born on July 28, 1891 in Terre Haute, Indiana ...

- Jerry, King of the Island * James Hall - Wally Wendell * William Austin - Basil Pistol *

Kay Francis Kay Francis (born Katharine Edwina Gibbs; January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968) was an American stage and film actress. After a brief period on Broadway in the late 1920s, she moved to film and achieved her greatest success between 1930 an ...

- Constance Cook *

David Newell David Alexander Newell (born November 24, 1938) is an American television actor known primarily for his portrayal of Mr. McFeely, the delivery man on '' Mister Rogers' Neighborhood''. He also worked in the public relations department of Fre ...

- Chief Officer Williams *

Charles Sellon Charles A. Sellon (August 24, 1870 – June 26, 1937) was an American stage and film actor. Sellon appeared in more than 100 films and stage acts between 1901 and 1935. He played the blind Mr. Muckle in W. C. Fields' comedy '' It's a Gift' ...

- Wallace Wendell Sr. *

Eugene Pallette Eugene William Pallette (July 8, 1889 – September 3, 1954) was an American actor who worked in both the silent and sound eras, performing in more than 240 productions between 1913 and 1946. After an early career as a slender leading man, ...

- Deputy Sheriff 'Careful' Cuthbert *

Iris Adrian Iris Adrian Hostetter (May 29, 1912 – September 17, 1994) was an American stage, film actress and dancer. Life and career Adrian was an only child, born in Los Angeles, California, to Florence (née Van Every) and Adrian Earl Hostetter, who ...

- Chorus Girl *

Virginia Bruce Virginia Bruce (born Helen Virginia Briggs; September 29, 1910 – February 24, 1982) was an American actress and singer. Early life Bruce was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As an infant she moved with her parents, Earil and Margaret Briggs, ...

- Chorus Girl

Soundtrack

* "It Seems To Be Spring" :Lyrics by George Marion Jr. :Music by Richard A. Whiting :Copyright 1930 by Famous Music Corp. * "Let's Go Native" :Lyrics by George Marion Jr. :Music by Richard A. Whiting :Copyright 1930 by Famous Music Corp. * "My Mad Moment" :Lyrics by George Marion Jr. :Music by Richard A. Whiting :Copyright 1930 by Famous Music Corp. * "I've Gotta Yen For You" :Lyrics by George Marion Jr. :Music by Richard A. Whiting :Copyright 1930 by Famous Music Corp. :Sung by Jack Oakie * "Joe Jazz" :Lyrics by George Marion Jr. :Music by Richard A. Whiting :Copyright 1930 by Famous Music Corp. :Sung by Jack Oakie * "Pampa Rose" :Lyrics by George Marion Jr. :Music by Richard A. Whiting :Copyright 1930 by Famous Music Corp. * "Don't I Do?" :Lyrics by George Marion Jr. :Music by Richard A. Whiting :Copyright 1930 by Famous Music Corp.

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Soundtrack

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